Carolyn Stern, MD  -   Founding Partner, DeafDOC.org

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Carolyn Stern, MD, is a Board Certified Family Physician.  She is Deaf from birth due to maternal Rubella (German measles).
International Work & Consulting
The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Health Care Professional: Achieving Success

        - Rochester, NY - February 2009

21st World Congress of Rehabilitation International:  Ensuring a Society for All

        - Quebec City, Quebec - August 2008

All-China Higher Special Education Conference

        - Tianjin, China - October 2004

The Japanese Ministry of Health and Social Welfare: Japanese Federation of the Deaf

        - Tokyo, Japan - September 2000

Team Physician: U.S. Deaf Olympic Team

        - Rome, Italy - July/August 2001
 
Consulting to Medical Organizations

The Joint Commission (Previously JCAHO)

National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Greater Los Angeles Association of The Deaf (GLAD)

National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)

Deaf Health Task Force

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

University of Rochester Medical School (URMC)

National Association of the Deaf (NAD)

Gallaudet University

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)

 
Public Speaking

Midwestern University - "Communication with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patient"

University of Illinois, Chicago Medical Center - "Deaf Patients in a Medical Setting"

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital - "Deaf Awareness in the Medical Setting"

Chicago Otolaryngological Society - "Nucleus Channel 22 Cochlear Implant: A Personal Viewpoint"

Society of Teachers in Family Medicine, North Central Region Meeting

The Twelfth Forum for the Behavioral Sciences - "Family Practice Residency Training for Physically Disabled Physicians: Challenges and Opportunities"

Ravenswood Hospital Family Practice and Mental Health Care Center

Federal Task Force: Women, Minorities and Disabled in Science and Technology

American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting
 
Faculty Appointments

Volunteer Clinical Instructor - University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) - Rochester, NY - 1998-Present

Adjunct Faculty - Gallaudet University, Washington, DC - 2008

Longitudinal Primary Care Instructor - University of Illinois - 1996-1998
 
Clinical Experience

Urgent Care Physician, Unity Health System

Medical Director, School Physician, Rochester School for the Deaf

Urgent Care Physician, Eastside Medical Urgent Care, LLC

Private Professional Practice

Camp Physician, Camp Seneca Lake

Family Physician, Lifetime Health

Family Physician, Advocate Medical Group
 
Board Appointments & Committees
Rochester Hearing and Speech Center
Congregation Light of Israel
Monroe County Medical Society
Chicago Area Interpreter Referral Service (CAIRS)
The Foundation for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation
American Academy of Family Physicians
Illinois Academy of Family Physicians
 
Education

Family Medicine Residency, Lutheran General Family Practice Residency, Park Ridge, IL

Doctor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts, Biochemistry, Cum Laude, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Junior Year Study Abroad, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, England