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Andy Kanter, MD

State: New York
Medical Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medical Informatics
PSR Affiliation: Member, National PSR Board of Directors
Professional Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Clinical Biomedical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at the Earth Institute, Columbia University; Director of Medical Informatics / Health Info Services, Millennium Villages Project, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Areas of Expertise:

  • Global warming mitigation and clean energy solutions
  • Nuclear power, nuclear waste, radiation exposure
  • Iran nuclear crisis
  • Nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament
  • Nuclear war, terrorism and preparedness
  • Medical student activism
  • Global/international health

Publications:

  • Richardson ML, Pozzi-Mucelli RS, Kanter AS, Kolb FO, Ettinger B, Genant HK:  Bone Mineral Changes in Primary Hyperparathyroidism.  Skeletal Radiology 15(2):85-95, 1986.
  • Spach DH, Kanter AS, Dougherty MJ, Larson AM, Coyle MR, Brenner DJ, Swaminathan B, Matar GM, Welch DF, Root RK, Stamm WE. Bartonella (Rochalimaea) quintana Bacteremia in Inner-City Patients with Chronic Alcoholism: New Engl J Med  332(7):424-7, 1995.
  • Kanter AS, Spencer DC, Steinberg, MH. Development of an HIV Clinical and Research Database for South Africa. Meth Inform Med. 36: 144-8, 1997
  • Kanter AS, Spencer DC, Steinberg MH, Soltysik R, Yarnold PR, Graham NM: Supplemental Vitamin B and Progression to AIDS and Death in Black South African Patients Infected with HIV. Letter. J of AIDS. 21:252-253, 1999.
  • Kanter A, Naeymi-Rad F, Buchan IE. Right information, right patient, right time: intelligent content searching supporting point-of-care applications. Proc AMIA Symp 2000;:403-7.
  • Kanter AS, Bukachi F, Johnson E. Bridging Culture and Language: IPH Search – A Pilot Global Health Information System. Medinfo, 2001: 406.
  • Cole C, Kanter A, Cummens M, Vostinar S, Naeymi-Rad F.  Using a Terminology Server and Consumer Search Phrases to Help Patients Find Physicians with Particular Expertise. Medinfo, 2004:11(Pt 1):492-6. San Francisco, California, September 7-11, 2004
  • Kanter A, Maldonado J, Varshney A, Naeymi-Rad F.  A Mediated Health Search Portal for Trusted Medical Content.  Medinfo, 2004:11(Pt 2):1138-41. San Francisco, California, September 7-11, 2004.
  • Tierney W, Kanter AS, Fraser HSF, Bailey C. Establishing Partnerships to Promote eHealth in Developing Countries: Lessons from Africa. Health Affairs. In press.
  • Kanter AS, Dick J, Bukachi F, Johnson E, Borland C, Dusable S, Wariero O and Sachs ES. Update on the Millennium Global Village-Net: Status and Lessons Learned. HELINA 2009, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 2009.
  • Seebregts CJ, Mamlin BW, Biondich PG, Fraser HS, Wolfe BA, Jazayeri D, Allen C, Miranda J, Baker E, Musinguzi N, Kayiwa D, Fourie C, Lesh N, Kanter A, Yiannoutsos CT, Bailey C; The OpenMRS Implementers Network. Int J Med Inform. 2009 Jan 19.
  • Kanter AS, Negin J, Olayo B, Bukachi F, Johnson E, Sachs SE. Millennium Global Village-Net: Bringing together Millennium Villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Int J Med Inform. 2009 Sep 17.

In the Spotlight

  • August 16, 2010
    Countdown to Zero
    On the 65th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, the Sacramento Annual August Peace Event and Physicians for Social Responsibility-Sacramento screened "Countdown To Zero," a film that traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs. Read more about this month’s chapter in the spotlight event on Hiroshima.