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Kirsti A. DyerSuite101.com Contributing Writer 
Kirsti A. Dyer MD, MS, FT, CWS (a.k.a. Comfortdoc) is a respected physician, health educator, professor, grief, loss & bereavement expert, life challenges expert, author and former NICU Parent. She was the first physician to receive Fellow in Thanatology (Death, Dying and Bereavement) standing with the Association of Death Education and Counseling. Dr. Dyer is also a Certified Wellness Specialist. Dr. Dyer is the Domain Designer for the Journey of Hearts website, created in 1997 as the first and only physician based website devoted to educating people about the normal grief response. She has presented scientific papers about her experiences with Journey of Hearts(tm) and the Medical Internet at several U.S. conferences and international conferences in London, England, Heidelberg, Germany and Victoria, Canada. Dr. Dyer has lectured for Kaiser Permanente, March of Dimes, U.C. Berkeley Extension, American Institute of Medical Education, the California Hospice Foundation, American Medical Student Association, the California Maritime Academy, Columbia College and the Tuolumne County Medical Society. She has developed online courses for Madonna University's Bereavement Certificate Program, Columbia College, NICU Solutions and the University of Pittsburgh's Supercourse. An avid writer, Dr. Dyer has had her articles published in a variety of medical journals, conference proceedings as well as in online sites. She has had profesional articles published in Neonatal Network, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), JMIR (Journal Medical Internet Research), WJM (Western Journal of Medicine), California Physician, American Journal of Medicine, Southern Medical Journal, Female Physician and Sacramento Medicine. In the online setting she has published articles for Squidoo.com, About.com as the Death, Dying & Bereavement Guide, the MedicalWellnessAssociation.com, Trauma Response - AAETS.org – American Association of Experts in Traumatic Stress, Support4Change.com, LearningPlaceOnline.com, MomMD.com, Type-A Mom.com, Foodiemama.com and NICUSolutions.com. She writes in four different blogs, the Grief, Loss and Transitions Blog to accompany the Journey of Hearts site and the NICU Parent Support Blog to accompany the NICU Parent Support site, the site developed based on her NICU experiences with her youngest daughter. Most recently she has started an Edublogs IEducation Blog) for her teaching experiences, Ruminations of an Online Instructor / MD and another for her interest in the environment and love of nature, My Green Doc Blog. Since having her second daughter in March 2002, she has been on hiatus from practicing clinical medicine to be the primary caregiver for her two young daughters. In 2004 she joined the faculty of Columbia College in 2004 as an Adjunct Faculty in the Biological Sciences Department where she teaches Nutrition and Wellness. In November 2006 Dr. Dyer joined the College of Nursing and Health at Madonna University as an Associate Adjunct Professor teaching online Bereavement Courses in Grieving Family Systems as part of the Hospice Graduate Education program's Certificate in Bereavement. |
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