Shwetha V. Iyer

Shwetha V. Iyer, M.D.

Area of research

  • Master Adaptive Learner Structural Competency Stigma in written language Immigrant health education Lifestyle Medicine

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  • Montefiore Medical Center 3544 Jerome Avenue 324 Bronx, NY 10467

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Professional Interests

  • Dr. Shwetha Iyer is Program Director of the Primary Care/Social Internal Medicine Program at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Temple University and completed her residency in the Primary Care/Social Internal Medicine Program Track at Montefiore. She developed and completed training as a global health faculty fellow in the Global Health and Clinical Skills Fellowship at Montefiore. Her area of interest includes medical education, specifically in curriculum development and coaching. She has adapted and teaches a weight management curriculum for residents, developed and co-directs the clinical reasoning curriculum, and has refined the advocacy and women’s health curriculum for the residency program. Her current curricular focus is the development of the Master Adaptive Learner model and structural competency in residency education.  Prior to her current position, she served as Associate Program Director for the Primary Care/Social Internal Medicine Program

Selected Publications

  • Iyer S, Jay M, Southern W, Schlair S. Assessing and Counseling the Obese Patient: Improving Resident Obesity Counseling Competence. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice.2018 Mar - Apr;12(2):242-245. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2018.02.007. Epub 2018 Mar 16. 
  • Wang L, Iyer S, Browder C, Cunningham C. Internal Medicine Residents’ Attitudes Regarding Opioid Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Prescribing. Journal of Addiction Medicine. Subst Abus. 2018;39(3):371-376.doi: 10.1080/08897077.2018.1439800. Epub 2018 May 15. 
  • Iyer S, Goss E, Browder C, Paccione G, Arnsten J. Development and evaluation of a clinical reasoning curriculum as part of an Internal Medicine Residency Program. Diagnosis. 2019 Jun 26;6(2):115-119. doi: 10.1515/dx-2018-0093.
  • Goss, E., Iyer, S., Arnsten, J. et al. Liberation Medicine: a Community Partnership and Health Advocacy Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents. J GEN INTERN MED 35, 3102–3104 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05518-1 
  • Holaday L, Gover M, Iyer S, DeLuca J, Stella J, Gold M, Goss E. Effectiveness of training primary care internal medicine residents in etonogestrel implants and impact on their future practice: A cross sectional study. Contraception. 2022 July 30. Vol 115, p31-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2022.07.013

Hamso, M and Iyer, S. Chapter 25: Federally Qualified Health Centers. In Leading a Medical Practice. Springer Publications. February 2018. Editors: Lu, L.B., Barrette, E.-P., Noronha, C., Sobel, H.G., Tobin, D.G. (2022: 2nd edition in press)