Kathleen Culhane-Pera, MD, MA

Assistant Professor
kathiecp@yahoo.com
651-602-7565

Research Themes: Hmong cultural and health care issues; multi-cultural competence and education

Education Activities: Outpatient and inpatient precepting, Regions Family and Community Medicine

Current Grants

Midwest Clinicians Network, East Lansing, MI “Improving Group Visits for Hmong Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus”

Ramsey Medical Society Foundation, St. Paul, MN “Chronic Diseases in Hmong Refugees from Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand”

Selected Publications

Culhane-Pera KA, Peterson KA, Crain AL, Center BA, Lee M, Her B, Xiong T. Group visits for Hmong adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pre-post analysis. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2005;16:315-327.

Culhane-Pera KA, Ring J. Movies and Cultural Diversity. In: Alexander M, Lenahan P, and Pavlov A, eds. Cinemeducation: A Comprehensive Guide to Using Film in Medical Education. Abingdon, UK: Radcliffe; 2005:167-172.

Her C, Culhane-Pera KA. Working with Hmong patients. Postgraduate Medicine. 2004:116(6):39-50.

Culhane-Pera KA, Patten S. Cultural Competence. In: South-Paul JE, Matheny SC, Lewis EL, eds. Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Family Medicine. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill; 2004:669-679.

Culhane-Pera KA, Cha D, Kunstadter P. Hmong in Laos and the United States. In:  Ember CR, Ember M, eds. Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World’s Cultures. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum; 2004:729-743.

Culhane-Pera KA, Vawter DE, Xiong P, Babbitt B, Solberg M, eds. Healing by Heart: Clinical and Ethical Case Stories of Hmong Families and Western Providers. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press; 2003 (Winner of Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize for best medical book of 2003).

Education

MD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1983

MA, Anthropology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1989

Selected Professional Activities and Awards

Hmong Youth Education Project, 1992-present

Hmong Health Care Professionals Coalition, 1996-present

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Multicultural Health Care and Education Group (co-chair 1995-1999), 1993-present

Refugee and Immigrant Task Force, MN Dept of Health (co-chair, Provider and Patient Education), 2004

HealthPartners Cultural Competence and Health Outcomes Disparities, 2002-2003

MN Academy Family Practice Best Residency Teacher of the Year Award, 1999