BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

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NAME

 

Butler, Patricia M.

POSITION TITLE

 

Professor and Associate Dean for Educational Programs

 

EDUCATION/TRAINING  (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

(if applicable)

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

Aberdeen University Medical School, Aberdeen, Scotland

M.B.,Ch.B.

1965

Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.  Positions and Honors

 

Academic Appointments:

1980-1987         Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Department of Pediatrics;

 

1987-1990         Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

 

1988-1990            Assistant Dean, Office of Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

 

1990                 Visiting Professor, The University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas

 

1990-1997         Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas

 

1990-present     Associate Dean for Educational Programs, Undergraduate Medical Education, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas

 

1995-present     Associate Dean for Educational Programs, Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas

 

1997-present     Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas

 

Honors/Awards:

 

1982-1987            Teaching Award for Outstanding Clinical Clerkship

1984-1987 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award

1985                 John P. McGovern Outstanding Teaching Award

1988                 Visiting Professor, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque

1993                 Elected to Fellowship in the American Psychiatric Association

1994                 Outstanding Faculty Award for Problem-Based Learning

1996                 Appointed LCME Site Visit Fellow-Quillen Medical College, East Tennessee State University

1998                 Member, LCME Site Visit Team-University of Tennessee, Memphis

1999                       Fellowship in Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women

2002-present     Member, ACGME Institutional Review Committee

2003                 Member, LCME Site Visit Team-University of California, San Diego

2003                 Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

2005                 Member, LCME Site Visit Team-Morehourse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

2006                 Member, LCME Site Visit Team-University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL

2007                 Member, LCME Site Visit Team-McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Canada

 

B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order)

 

Publications:

 

Refereed Original Articles in Journals

1.     Seshadri, R., Colebatch, J.H., Gordon, P.M., and Eckert, H.:  Long-term Administration of Desferioxamine in Thalassemia Major.  Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1974, 49,621, Hematology Research Unit, Royal Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Melbourne, Australia.

2.     Butler, P.M.:  Play Therapy.  In:  The Mind of the Child Who is Said to be Sick.  Ed by Copeland, D.R., Pfefferbaum, B., Stovall, A.  Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Illinois, 1983.

3.     Butler, P.M., Johnson, C., Shreeve, W.:  Evaluation of a Psychiatry Clerkship, Factors in Success.  Journal of Psychiatric Education 9:248-257, 1985.

4.     Michael, R., Butler, P.M., Pfefferbaum, B., Conley, S.B., and Suhr, M.A.:  End-Stage Renal Disease:  Impact on Educational and Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescents. Houston Medical Journal, 2:59-65, 1986.

5.   Risser, W.L., Mullins, D., Butler, P.M., and West, M.S.:  Diagnosing Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescent Females with Abdominal Pain. Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 8:431-435, 1987.

6.     Baker, J.G., Butler, P.M.:  Issues in Psychotherapy with Chronically Ill Adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 4:186-191, 1987.

7.   Pfefferbaum, B., Butler, P.M., Mullins, D., Copeland, D.R.:  Benzodiazepine Toxicity in Children:  Two Case Histories.  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 48:11 450-451, 1987.

8.     Sofinowski, R.E., Butler, P.M.:  Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy:  A Review.  Texas Medicine, 10:66-69, 1991.

 

Chapters

 

1.           Butler, Patricia M.  Child and Adolescent Development and Psychopathology in Behavioral Science for Medical Students.  Frederick S. Sierles, M.D., ed.  Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore 1992.

 

C.  Research Support

 

Grant # QE1998DI1350    Principal Investigator (UTMSH):  Patricia M. Butler, MD     Dates of Project:  1/1/1999–9/30/2001

Funding Agency:  Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board (TIFB) to Gulf Coast Regional Consortium (UTHSCH, UTMB, and Baylor College of Medicine)

Name of Project: Implementation of technology among the academic health centers, community clinics and rural areas

Amount:  $1 million

Brief Description of Project:  To implement video conferencing between the Medical School and the community clinics for education and patient care.

Role:  Principal Investigator – to oversee the project