Siddiqui, SaimaSchool of Medicine |
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Dr. Saima Siddiqui, an assistant professor/clinical, is a Family Physician who cares for patients, teaches medical students and residents, and conducts research. Dr. Siddiqui holds certification in Family Medicine and a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in Hospice and Palliative Medicine from the American Board of Family Medicine. She is also a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (London, UK). Before completing her Family Medicine Residency at UTHSCSA and joining the Department of Family and Community Medicine?s faculty, Dr. Siddiqui cared for patients in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as Family Physician.
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| 9/2015 - Present | Associate Professor/Clinical | UT Health San Antonio, Family and Community Medicine, San Antonio, TX |
| 1/2012 - Present | Medical Director Air Force Village Hospice and Medical Director | Air Force Village Hospice, San Antonio, TX |
| 7/2005 - Present | Assistant Professor/Clinical | University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX |
| Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
| 2015 | Clinical Investigation | University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio , TX |
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| 2012 | Fellowship | Hospice and Palliative Care | American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care Chicago , IL |
| 2011 | Postdoctoral Training | Research | Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Richmond , VA |
| 2005 | Residency | Family Practice | The University of TX Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
| 1999 | Royal College of General Practitioner London , United Kingdom |
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| 1987 | MD | Medicine | Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women Lahore , Pakistan |
| 1982 | BS | Biology, Physics, Chemistry | Wapda College Guddu, Pakistan Guddu, Sind , Pakistan |
Cancer Care- I am working on different collaborative models for care of cancer patients during acute treatment phase |
Collaboration of Generalist and Specialist- Cancer patients` acute treatment consists of chemotherapy and radiation continue for months or sometimes years. During this management phase, they often lost contact with their primary care physicians resulting in neglect of management of chronic conditions. Cancer patients end up in emergency room for management of cancer treatment side effects which can be managed at Primary Care Physician (PCP) office. My American cancer society funded research project aims to bridge this gap and increase collaboration of cancer patients care during this treatment phase by finding the barriers and facilitators for development of this collaborative model of care. |
College Students Research Teaching- I teach high school and college students about research methods. My special area of interest is qualitative research. I have sent high school and college students to conduct observations of waiting room for Primary Care Physicians and Oncologists, help them in writing poster proposals and present posters at Scientific meetings. |
Pain management- Developing curriculum for residents and medical students for pain and palliative care clinic |
Palliative Care- Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative care |
Qualitative Research- Qualitative research is said to be the starting point of all research questions. It gives first hand information of subjects views about different issues and provide the basis to formulate an intervention for quantitative studies. I am conducting a qualitative research project funded by American Cancer Society to formulate intervention for future randomized controlled trials |
| Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
| 5/2013 - Present | CVS Care Mark Clinic Providers | ||
| I work with group of nurse practitioners and physician assistants for CVS pharmacy. I am responsible for supervising and teaching them by phone, texts and monthly meetings. We discuss one educational topic and discuss any difficult patient management issues in clinics. I am responsible for their chart audits. 4 hrs/month. No students. | |||
| 4/2013 - Present | Generalist and Specialist collaboration for cancer management during initial treatment phase | University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| Grand Rounds presentation in the Department of Family and Community Medicine; UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. | |||
| 4/2013 - Present | Undergraduate Student Supervision | University of Texas Health Science Center | |
| 1/2012 - Present | Nurse Practitioners | Air Force Village Hospice | |
| I work for Air Force Village Hospice. I am responsible for supervising and teaching nurse practitioner about management of hospice patients physical, social and psychological issues, including acute and chronic medical problems, pain management, psychological problems etc. | |||
| 7/2005 - Present | Individual Instruction | UTHSCSA | |
| 7/2005 - Present | Resident inpatient teaching | UTHSCSA | 11 students |
| I teach Family Medicine in patient team, 3-4 weeks per year. Team consist of one third year resident, one nurse practitioner, two second year resident, four interns, 1-2 medical students, one podiatry intern, one podiatry student and sometimes 1-2 pharmacy student and one physician assistant student. I am on call 24 hours, during inpatient service. I adapt my teaching methods and content to match my learners? existing knowledge and background. I use group and case discussions, reflections on important and difficult interactions with patients, brief presentations on patient management problems and stories based on my clinical experiences. I model interpersonal and communication skills and professionalism to students, residents, and other members of the healthcare team. I am responsible for conducting morning rounds and organising in patient team. I teach residents end of life care, ethical issues of patient management, communication techniques and family meetings. My special interest is emphasis on pain management, advance directives, living will and end of life care. I conduct daily sit in and walking rounds, supervise family meetings and minor bed side procedures like paracentesis, thoracocentesis etc,. | |||
| 7/2005 - Present | Rotation Student Supervision | UTHSCSA | |
| 7/2005 - Present | Post-Doctoral Student Supervision | UTHSCSA | |