Eamon C Armstrong

Biography

I completed my medical training (MBBCh) at The University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg South Africa in 1987 and did my internship at the Johannesburg Hospital. Thereafter I held a series of positions before immigrating to the USA in 1993.

I completed my Family Medicine residency training in 1997 at the Highland Hospital/University of Rochester Family Medicine Residency Program in Rochester New York. This 42-year-old program is arguably the one of the premiere training programs in the US and the world. Rochester is also the epicenter of the ‘biopsychosocial model’ developed by George Engel and this remains a core part of my practice of medicine and teaching.

On completion of my residency training, I passed my specialty board exams to become a Board-Certified specialist family physician. During my tenure with the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine I did a faculty development fellowship.

My areas of interest are broad and include the ever burgeoning field of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and more specifically ‘patient-centered point-point-of care EBM’, In July 2012 I graduated with distinction with an MSc in International Primary Health Care from the University of London. The degree focused on organizational change at all levels including guideline implementation, and on improving service delivery. Throughout there was a strong emphasis on research in primary care.

Before moving to Tucson and joining Banner Health and the University of Arizona I lived and worked in Tuba City AZ serving the Navajo and Hopi Nations for close to four years.  I am based at the BUMG Alvernon Family Medicine Clinic and Residency Program. Here I see patients and supervise and teach residents. I am an Associate Clinical Professor with the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Clerkship Director for the Department of Family and Community Medicine.

 

Degrees

• M.S. International Primary Health Care
• University of London, London, United Kingdom
• MBChB Medicine
• University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
• B.S. Physiology & Medical Biochemistry
• University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Awards

• 2024: Graduating Resident Class - Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching’ - University of Arizona Tucson Alvernon Family Medicine Program.
• University of Arizona Tucson Family Medicine Residency Program, Summer 2024
• Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Summer 2022
• Summer 2021
• Summer 2020
• The Vice-Chancellor’s team teaching and learning award - awarded to the team who run the Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice (BCMP) Program
• University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa, Summer 2013
• Visiting Professor Bayfront Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program
• University of South Florida College of Medicine, Spring 2006
• Teacher of The Year Award in Family Medicine
• Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Pennsylvania, Fall 2004
• Dean’s Special Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching at Lehigh Valley Hospital.
• Drexel University College of Medicine, Pennsylvania, Fall 2003
• Pool Trust Grant - EPOC (Evidence at the Point-Of-Care) Project.
• Pool Trust, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Fall 2003
• Headley White Award - Clinical Teacher of the Year in Family Practice.
• Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown PA, Fall 2002
• Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown PA, Fall 2000
• Visiting Professor
• Brown University Department of Family Medicine, Rhode Island, Fall 2002
• Senior CEDS (Center for Educational Development & Support) Fellowship
• Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown PA, Fall 2001
• Teacher of the Year Award in Family Medicine
• Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Pennsylvania, Fall 2001