VirginiaUpchurchCollierMD

Nephrology • Chestertown, MD

Chair Emeritus, Department of Medicine Christiana Care Health System Professor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

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Office
5306 Johnsontown. Road
Chestertown, MD 21620
Phone+1 302-540-2453
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Summary

I am a Physician Executive, Chair Emeritus of the Department of Medicine and emeritus Physician Leader of the Acute Medicine Service Line at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, DE. With more than 25 years of institutional, departmental, and residency program leadership experience, I specialize in principles and practice of physician leadership, mentorship of faculty, residents, and students, and physician recruiting.

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1980
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Nephrology, 1977 - 1979
Johns Hopkins UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 2017 - 2024
MD State Medical License 1980 - 2022
DE State Medical License 1989 - 2019
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Master American College of Physicians, 2012
Member, Board of Regents American College of Physicians, 2004-2010
Parker Palmer Courage to Teach Award Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, 2002
Leon Peris Memorial Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching Jefferson Medical College, 2003
Member, Governing Council Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, 2000-2004
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
When the patient does not pay: a survey of primary care physicians.
Neil J. Farber, Charles V. Roche, Brian M. Aboff, Virginia U. Collier, Joan Weiner> ;Medical Care. 2010 Jun 1
10 citations
Primary Care Physicians’ Decisions About Discharging Patients from Their Practices
Neil J. Farber, Michelle E. Jordan, Julie Silverstein, Virginia U. Collier, Joan Weiner, E. Gil Boyer> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008 Jan 3
1 citations
Changing Premedical Requirements
Virginia U. Collier, Lawrence G. Smith, Steven E. Weinberger> ;JAMA. 2007 Jan 3
1 citations
BRIEF REPORT: Health Care Provided by Program Directors to Their Resident Physicians and Families
Allen R. Friedland, Neil J. Farber, Virginia U. Collier> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2006 Dec 1
135 citations
Redesigning Training for Internal Medicine
Steven E. Weinberger, Lawrence G. Smith, Virginia U. Collier> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2006 Jun 20
47 citations
Physicians' Decisions to Withhold and Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment
Neil J. Farber, Pamela Simpson, Tabassum Salam, Virginia U. Collier, Joan Weiner, E. Gil Boyer> ;Archives of Internal Medicine. 2006 Mar 13
33 citations
Physicians' willingness to report impaired colleagues.
Neil J. Farber, Stephanie Gilibert, Brian M. Aboff, Virginia U. Collier, Joan Weiner, E. Gil Boyer> ;Social Science & Medicine. 2005 Oct 1
2 citations
Primary care practitioners' understanding of physiatric practice: effects on intention to refer.
Cristin McKenna, Neil J. Farber, Kelly S. Eschbach, Virginia U. Collier> ;Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2005 May 1
30 citations
Frequency and perceived competence in providing palliative care to terminally ill patients: a survey of primary care physicians
Neil J. Farber, Susan Y. Urban, Virginia U. Collier, Michael Metzger, Joan Weiner, E. Gil Boyer> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2004 Oct 1
25 citations
The Good News About Giving Bad News to Patients
Neil J. Farber, Susan Y. Urban, Virginia U. Collier, Joan Weiner, Ronald G. Polite, Elizabeth B. Davis, E. Gil Boyer> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2002 Dec 1
14 citations
Residents' prescription Writing for nonpatients
Brian M. Aboff, Virginia U. Collier, Neil J. Farber, Deborah B. Ehrenthal> ;JAMA. 2002 Jul 17
209 citations
Stress in Medical Residency: Status Quo after a Decade of Reform?
Virginia U. Collier, Jack D. Mccue, Allan Markus, Lawrence G. Smith> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2002 Mar 5
4 citations
Correlates of young physicians' support for unionization to maintain professional influence.
Virginia U. Collier, Mohammadreza Hojat, Susan L. Rattner, Joseph S. Gonnella, James B. Erdmann, Thomas J. Nasca, J. Jon Veloski> ;Academic Medicine. 2001 Oct 1
14 citations
Chaperone use by residents during pelvic, breast, testicular, and rectal exams.
Deborah B. Ehrenthal, Neil J. Farber, Virginia U. Collier, Brian M. Aboff> ;Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2000 Aug 1
1 citations
Problem-based learning in the medicine clerkship: a resident-driven strategy for teaching third-year students.
David Maleh, Matthew Burday, Virginia U. Collier, Joshua Polster> ;Academic Medicine. 2000 May 1
13 citations
Accelerated Progression of Chronic Renal Insufficiency After Parathyroidectomy
Virginia U. Collier, William E. Mitch> ;JAMA. 1980 Sep 12
4 citations
Calcium and phosphorus in chronic renal failure during nutritional therapy.
Mackenzie Walser, William E. Mitch, Virginia U. Collier> ;Contributions to Nephrology. 1980 Jan 1
Staying in the here-and-now: a pilot study on the use of dialectical behaviour therapy group skills training for forensic clients with intellectual disability.
Sakdalan, J. A., Shaw, J., Collier, V.> ;J Intellect Disabil Res. 2010 Jun
A comprehensive community-based program for training internal medicine residents in ambulatory settings.
Collier, V., Curtin, P.> ;Acad Med. 1997 May
Change from the bottom up.
Collier, V., Fraser, J., Evans, C.> ;Nurs Times. 1998 Apr 16
Creatinine metabolism in chronic renal failure.
Mitch, W. E., Collier, V. U., Walser, M.> ;Clin Sci. 1980 Apr
Metabolic effects of L-phenyllactate in perfused kidney, liver, and muscle.
Collier, V. U., Butler, D. O., Mitch, W. E.> ;Am J Physiol. 1980 May
Coombs negative autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with diffuse livedo reticularis.
Donovan, D. C., Collier, V. U., Baumann, C. G., Kickler, T. S.> ;Md State Med J. 1983 Nov
CPC: uveitis and genital ulcerations in a young female.
Collier, V. U., Upchurch, K. S.> ;Del Med J. 1989 Aug
Access to health care in America.
Collier, V. U.> ;Del Med J. 1990 Jul
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Professional Memberships

Society of Hospital Medicine - SHM
Member
American College of Physicians - ACP
Master
Society of General Internal Medicine - SGIM
Member
American Clinical and Climatological Association
Member
Academic Alliance for Internal Medicine - AAIM
Member
American Medical Association - AMA
Member
American Academy of Physician Leadership
Member

Hospital Affiliations

ChristianaCareNewark, Delaware