Biography

Dr. Baldor is the Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Major responsiblities include oversight of the Department's Undergraduate and Graduate Educational Programs. He also serves as the Director of Community Based Education for the medical school and the Director of Managed Care Education for the Meyers Primary Care Institute. Dr. Baldor is a graduate of the University of Vermont College of Medicine, and he completed his family practice internship and residency at Hahnemann Family Health Center in Worcester. Following three years with the Indian Health Service of New Mexico, he joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Baldor has served as President of the Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians. He has published and lectured on a wide variety of family medicine and an eduational topics.  He authored the textbook Managed Care Made Simple, a widely utilized primer on the basics of managed care, healthcare costs, and the evolving U.S, healthcare system, currently in its 2nd edition (Blackwell Scientific, Inc.).

Dr. Baldor's special medical interests include skin diseases, managed care, evidenced based medicine and care of persons with intellectual disabilities. Additionally, advancing quality primary care education from the medical student to the practicing physician is of particular interest. His personal interests include grape physiology and fermentation.

Current Positions

Vice Chairman and Predoctoral Director, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Director, Community-Based Education, UMMS Office of Medical Education
UMMS Educational Policy Committee (Chair)

Affiliations

Office of Medical Education:
 Director of Community Based Education (3/95 – Present)
 Director of Longitudinal Preceptor Program (6/08 – Present)
Meyers Primary Care Institute:
 Director of Health Policy Education (3/97 – Present)
 Director of Managed Care Education for the Meyers Primary Care Institute
 See also:http://www.umassmed.edu/meyers/faculty/baldor.aspx
Eunice  Kennedy Shriver Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation & Research: 
   Medical Director (3/03 – Present)

Scholarly Activity

Teaching:
2008 – Present            Oral Health Interclerkship (Course Coordinator)
2005 – Present            People with Disabilities Interclerkship (Annual Keynote address)
2000 – Present            Cross-Cultural Medicine Interclerkship (Small Group Leader)  
1999 – Present            Third Year Domestic Violence Interclerkship (Small Group Leader)
1997 – Present            Nutritional Medical Course Lecture Series (Use of Supplements)
1996 – Present            Third Year Health Policy Interclerkship (Course Director)
1992 – Present            Community Medicine Clerkship (Caring for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities (MR)
1990 – Present            Third Year Core FP Clerkship Evidenced-based Medicine Workshop and Preceptor
1990 – Present            UMMS Advisor Program

Grants:
2010-2015       PI, Predoctoral Training in Family Medicine, (HRSA)
2010-2011       Advisory Group Member, Health Surveillance of Adults w/ Intellectual Disabilities, (CDC)
2007-2010       PI, Predoctoral Training in Family Medicine, (HRSA)
2007-2010       PI, Residency Training in General & Pediatric Dentistry, (HRSA)

Publications:
Domino F (Editor), Baldor RA (Associate Editor), Golding J, Erhlich A (Associate Editors).  The 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 2005- Present.  Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia.
Baldor RA (Editor), Domino F, Ehrlich A (Associate Editors). Epocrates Lab Manual. 2000- Present www.online.epocrates.com
Baldor RA,  Common Skin Cancers, in Taylor’s Manual of Family Medicine, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2008.
Fournier PO, Savageau JA and Baldor RA.  A Shift in Referral Patterns for HIV/AIDS Patients.  Journal of Family Practice 2008:57(2);E1-9.
Baldor RA, Care of the Adult with Intellectual Disability (MR). In UpToDate. Rose, BD (Ed) UpToDate, Wellesley, MA 2007.
Baldor RA,  Recognizing the Signs of Antidepressant-Induced Mania or Hypomania.  Advances in Primary Care Medicine Clinical Update 2007, Issue 2, 15-18.