Physicians

Vice Chair of Education

Department / Division
Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Chairman Office

Address
DUMC 2808
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-4000

Office Telephone
919-668-4836

Fax Telephone
919-681-5825

Training

• MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1985

Residency

• Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University (Illinois), 1985-1988
• (Chief Resident, 1988-1989)

Fellowship

• Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 1989-1992

Clinical Interests
Pediatric education, pediatric infectious diseases, HIV infection, general pediatrics

Research Interests
Pediatric HIV: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV; Medical Education; Pediatric Education; Pediatric Medical Student, Residency and Fellowship Training Programs

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Turner DA, Narayan AP, Whicker SA, Bookman J, McGann KA. 2011. Do pediatric residents prefer interactive learning? Educational challenges in the duty hours era. Medical Teacher 33(6): 494–496 (2011)

Working Group on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Management of HIV-Infected Children. Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection. February 28, 2008; pp 1-134. Available at http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/PediatricGuidelines.pdf.
(2008)

Mapping students' clinical experiences to pediatric clerkship goals. Lee A. Sharkey A. McGann K. Sumner W 2nd.
American Medical Informatics Association Symposium (AMIA). Annual Symposium Proceedings/AMIA Symposium:1003, 2006. (2006)

Elward AM, McGann KA, Steps to Reduce Nosocomial Infections in Children. Infections in Medicine 2002; 19:414-419. (2002)

McGann KA. Overview of Pediatric HIV Infection. In: (Powderly WG, ed.) Manual of HIV Therapeutics, New York: Lipincott-Raven Publishers; 1997; 50-59. (1997)

McGann KA, Collman R, Kolson DL, Gonzalez-Scarano F, Coukos G, Coutifaris C, Strauss JF, Nathanson N. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 causes productive infection of macrophages in primary placental cell cultures. J Infect Dis 1994;169:746-53 (1994)

Sharkey AM, McGann KA, Andriole DA, Jeffe DB.  How well are our students doing as pediatric interns?  (in preparation)