Macaran A. Baird, MD, MS

Primary Research Themes: Integrating mental health and behavioral health into primary care; family therapy and chronic illness; alcohol and drug abuse treatment; family involvement in health care

Education Activities: Teaches residency workshops in behavioral medicine, practice management, and integrated health care; teaches Physician and Patient and Primary Care Clerkship courses to medical students; teaches in the University of Minnesota Mini Medical School

Current Grants

HRSA, “Clinical Researcher Development”

Selected Publications

Rasmussen NH, Furst JW, Swenson-Dravis DM, Agerter DC, Smith AJ, Baird MA, Cha SS. Innovative reflecting interview: Effect on high-utilizing patients with medically unexplained symptoms. Disease Management. 2006;9(6):349-359.

Naessens JM, Baird MA, Van Houten HK, Vanness DJ, Campbell CR. Predicting persistently high primary care use. Annals of Family Medicine. 2005;3(4): 324-30.

Baird, MA. Managing the practice population: Allocating and managing resources. In: Jones R, et al., eds. Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press; 2003:367-369.

Baird, MA, Margali, PA. Family medicine: Family interviewing and assessment. In: Jones R, et al., eds. Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press; 2003:309-315.

Baird, MA. Beyond the mind-body split: Reconnecting physical and mental healthcare. Minnesota Physician. 2003;17(5):10-11.

Baird, MA. Comments on the commissioned report—health and behavior: The interplay of biological, behavioral, and societal influences. Families, Systems, and Health. 2002; 20(1):1-6.

Weihs K, Fisher L, Baird MA. Families, health and behavior—a section of the commissioned report by the committee on health and behavior. Families, Systems, and Health. 2002;20(1):7-57.

Education

MS, Family Practice and Community Health, Minor: Counseling, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1983

MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 1975

Selected Professional Activities

President, University of Minnesota Medical School Clinical Sciences Council

Chair, UCare Minnesota Board of Directors

Mayo Clinic Excellence through Teamwork Award, 2003

Board member, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Program on Depression in Primary Care Advisory Committee

John P. McGovern Visiting Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 2001

Board Member, MacArthur Foundation, Depression in Primary Care Project Advisor Board, 1995-present