Jill V. Helphinstine, M.D._______        _      

EDUCATION

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

     Pediatric Residency Program

     Volunteer Physician at ADA Camp Carolina Trails for children with diabetes

     ABP Pediatric Board Examination, passed

Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

     Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

          Medical School Honors

                     Mary Jean Yoder Senior Award (for excellence in academics and service)

                     Slemenda Scholar (fully funded exchange experience in Kenya)

                     Steinmetz Scholarship

                     Helen Bennett Scholarship

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

     Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Psychology, with Highest Distinction

     Overall GPA 3.91/4.00

            Undergraduate Honors

                       Herman B. Wells Scholar (four-year full tuition merit scholarship)

                       Susan Butler Senior Award (for excellence in character and academics)

                       Phi Beta Kappa

                       Golden Key National Honor Society

                       CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Award

                       Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society

                       Dean’s List – all semesters

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

              2004 - present                Indiana University School of Medicine

                                                        Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

WORK EXPERIENCE

Indiana University School of Medicine/IU Medical Group/Eskenazi Medical Group Indianapolis, IN Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (8/05 – present) Provide clinical care to largely Spanish-speaking population in inner city Indianapolis; supervise both residents and medical students on a regular basis; FCP-1 course instructor (8/06 - present); FCP-2 course instructor (8/18 – present); Community Pediatrics rotation director (1/14 – present)

Indiana University Center for Global Health Indianapolis, IN Director, Interdepartmental Residency Track in Global Health (7/09 – 11/16) Responsible for leadership, curriculum development, and coordination of new track for residents from multiple disciplines (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, OB/GYN, Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry). Developed curriculum for Global Health section of FCP-1 course for IUSM.

Indiana University/IU-Kenya Partnership Eldoret, Kenya Team Leader/Medical Liaison (7/04 -7/05) Supervised total of fifty medical students and residents during their two-month rotations at Moi University School of Medicine; provided clinical care and instruction to Kenyan medical students on the pediatric wards daily; provided clinical care to HIV-positive children through HIV care program AMPATH (Academic Model for Providing Access to Healthcare)

Indiana University Department of Chemistry Bloomington, IN Associate Instructor for Freshman Chemistry Laboratory (8/96 – 5/97) Managed twenty-four students during a three-hour lab each week, graded reports, and tutored during office hours

Kendrick Memorial Hospital Center for Hip and Knee Surgery Mooresville, IN Research Assistant (5/93 – 8/96) Researched and wrote peer review medical research papers on various topics in orthopedic surgery for four summers during undergraduate education    

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

St Clair NE, Abdul-Mumin A, Banker SL, et al. Global Guide: A Comprehensive Global Health Education Resource for Pediatric Program Directors. Pediatrics. 2020;145(2):e20192138

Banker, S. Helphinstine, J. Chapter 2: Global Health Training at Home: Competencies and Implementation. Global Health in Pediatric Education: an implementation guide for program directors. St. Clair, N (Editor). American Board of Pediatrics Global Health Task Force. Raleigh, NC. Sept 2018.

Umoren, RA. Gardner, A. Stone, GS. Helphinstine, J. Machogu, EP. Huskins, JC. Johnson, CS. Ayuo, PO. Mining, S. Litzelman, DK. “Career choices and engagement in global health: A 24-year follow-up study of U.S. participants in the Indiana University-Moi University global health elective experience.” Manuscript submitted for publication in Healthcare – the Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation Sept 2015. 

Huskins, JC. Owiti, P. Wambui, C. Stone, GS. Umoren, RA. Helphinstine, J. Machogu, EP. Carter, J. Johnson, DS. Litzelman, DK. Mining, S. Ayuo, PO. Gardner, A. “Ulienda wapi: Long-term follow-up of past participants of North American and European rotations from Moi University School of Medicine, Kenya.” Presented at Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD) annual conference March 2015.

Ritter MA. Helphinstine J. Keating EM. Faris PM. Meding JB. “Total hip arthroplasty in patients with osteonecrosis.” The effect of cement techniques. Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. (338):94-9, 1997 May. 97314026

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS/COLLABORATIONS

American Board of Pediatrics Global Health Task Force for Resident Trainees (May 2016 - present). Global Health in Pediatric Education: an implementation guide for program directors. Published by ABP September 2018. https://www.abp.org/ghpdguidehome

Our Kids Our Community (July 2017 – present). Collaboration with IUSM faculty to develop one-year curriculum for early-career pediatricians to enhance skills in clinical education, child advocacy and physician leadership.

AMWA Poster Presentations March 2018 - mentored three groups of medical students on development of abstract and poster presentations. Two were accepted for presentation (“IPV and the cycle of violence” and “Sexual assault and mental health implications”).

“An Interdisciplinary Global Health Track: Five Years of Experience.” Accepted for podium presentation at national APPD conference April 2017. Collaborator: Jenny Baenziger, MD.

“Physician Burnout: Where do we go from here?” Aug 2015. Humanism in Medicine Symposium, Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

“Physician Burnout: Where do we go from here?” April 2015. Pediatric Pearls, Riley Hospital for Children.

“Virtual Environment Applications in Resident Education.” February 2013. ACGME Annual Educational Conference.

“Care of the HIV-Exposed Infant.” Aug 2009. University of Minnesota/Center for Disease Control Global Health Course.

“Interesting Clinical Case Presentation – Steven-Johnson Syndrome/TEN following Nevirapine exposure.” Aug 2009. University of Minnesota/Center for Disease Control Global Health Course.

RETRIEVABLE SCHOLARSHIP

Interdisciplinary Residency Track in Global Health. Developed two-year curriculum framework. (http://www.indiana.edu/~medicine/globalhealth/program-components/interdisciplinary-global-health-curriculum/) 

Global Health “FromTheCaseFiles” Compiled and edited thirty global health clinical cases written by IUSM medical students and residents on global health electives.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Spanish – Proficient; able to perform history and physical with ease; able to describe illnesses and their implications to Spanish-speaking families without difficulty

Swahili – Conversational skills; one year of private language instruction during time spent in Kenya

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

EHDI Learning Community Project (Feb 2018-present) - volunteer committee member

Global Interfaith Partnership (11/06 – 11/09) Served on advisory committee for organization that partners with sister churches/faith groups in Chulaimbo, Kenya to provide nutrition, school fees, school uniforms to orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS

Blacknall Presbyterian Church Youth Worker (8/02 – 6/04) Support, encourage, and instruct high school youth of the church throughout each school year

Camp Carolina Trails (7/02, 7/03) Served as a volunteer physician for a week-long summer camp for children with diabetes, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association

Supershot Saturday (10/98 – 10/99) Administered free immunizations to children of the Hispanic community in Indianapolis

St. Thomas Free Clinic (8/98 – 6/99) Paired with volunteer physicians to provide care for the uninsured population of Johnson County, Indiana

Camp Quality (8/98) Worked with eight-year-old survivor of childhood leukemia during week of cancer camp

Spring House Calls (4/98, 4/99, 4/07) Teamed with medical students to do yard work and other household maintenance duties for the poor and elderly in two inner-city Indianapolis neighborhoods

Genessaret Free Clinic of Indianapolis (10/97 – 5/01) Volunteered at the Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center during one of the free health clinics offered each month; drove recreational vehicle for mobile health clinic every two months

Take Five Program at Riley Hospital for Children (8/97 – 6/99) Assisted school teacher with tutoring/mentoring two hours each week

Camp Allendale (7/95 – 7/96) Worked two summers as a counselor for junior high camp

CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCES

Eldoret, Kenya (5/98 – 7/98; 8/00 – 10/00; 7/04 – 7/05; 4/09 – 5/09; 7/10 – 8/10, 9/11-10/11, 5/14-6/14) Selected to represent Indiana University School of Medicine at Moi University in Kenya as a Slemenda Scholar; returned August 2000 through October 2000 for two-month rotation in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics; returned in July 2004 as team leader for 2004-2005 academic year to teach, mentor, and supervise medical students and residents on international elective; served as an interim team leader/faculty supervisor in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014.

Adelaide, Australia (1/96 – 7/96) Overseas study experience at the University of Adelaide; lived in an International Student Residence for four months with students from all over the world (Israel, Taiwan, Kenya, Nigeria, Germany, Canada, Sri Lanka)

Native American Christian Mission in Arizona (3/95) Taught chemistry classes for the week, lived in the dormitories with the junior high and high school girls, and performed maintenance duties in the dormitories and school

Moscow, Russia (7/94 – 8/94) Spent one month in Russia working at a secondary school for ten days, living with a family for one week, and working at a camp for families for the last ten days

Mountain Mission School in Grundy, VA (3/94) Performed maintenance duties at the school and built relationships with many Ethiopian refugee children, as well as children from the inner cities of Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and New York City

San Luis Potosi, Mexico (12/93 – 1/01) For seven years, traveled to Casa de Ninos, a children’s home in San Luis, over Christmas break to work and build relationships with the children there; led group of 17 IU students in 1998, 1999, and 2001

Samborondon, Ecuador (7/93) Spent two weeks living and working with twenty American and forty Chilean students in effort to improve living conditions in Samborondon