Laura W McCray, MD, MSCE

Laura W McCray, MD, MSCE

Professor and Vice Chair of Academics and Faculty Development

Department of Family Medicine

Contact Information
E-mail: Laura.McCray@uvmhealth.org
Office Location:
The University of Vermont Medical Center, Family Medicine - South Burlington, 3 Timber Lane, South Burlington, Vermont 05403

Education

2021-2022   Fellow, Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) Leadership Education for Academic Development (LEADS)

2013-2014   Fellow, National Institute of Program Director Development, Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
2005-2008   Post Doctoral Fellow, Research and Faculty Development, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, 
                        University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 
2005-2007   M.S. in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE), Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 
                        University of Pennsylvania   
2002-2005   Residency in Family Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA                    
1998-2002    M.D. (cum laude), Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 
1993-1997    B.S. in Biology and Psychology (cum laude), Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 

Academic Interests

Mindfulness in medicine
Mental illness in primary care
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Epidemiology
Physician burnout and well-being

Academic Appointments

2021-present   Vice Chair of Academics and Faculty Development

2020-present   Professor

2014-present   Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
2013–present  Program Director, Family Medicine Residency, Department of Family Medicine, UVM
2008–2014      Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
2008-2014       Associate Program Director, Family Medicine Residency, Department of Family
                           Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Research Grants

2017-2019     Frymoyer Scholar: Institutional Teaching Grant "Stress Management and Resilience Training for Residents (SMART-R) and Medical Students"

2010-2012     Frymoyer Scholar: Institutional Teaching Grant "Preventing Burnout: The Development of a Medical Student and Resident Physician Wellness Curriculum"

Publications

2018  Wright J, McCray L, Eells T, Gopalraj R, Bishop L. Computer-assisted Cognitive-behavior Therapy in Medical Care Settings. Current Psychiatric Reports. 2018; 20(92).
2018  Wells M, Owen J, McCray LM, Eells T, Bishop L, Wright JH, Brown G, Richard D, Thase M. Computer-assisted Cognitive-behavior Therapy for Depression in Primary Care: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Primary Care Companion CNS Disord. 2018;(2):17r02196.
2013 Bhar, S, Wiltsey-Stirman S, Zembroski D, McCray LW, Oslin D, Brown G, Beck A. Recruiting Older Men for Geriatric Suicide Research. International Psychogeriatrics. 2013 Vol. 25, no. 1 (Jan 2013), pp. 88-95
2011 Bhar, S, Wiltsey-Stirman S, Zembroski D, McCray LW, Oslin D,Brown G, Beck A.; Recruiting Older Men for Geriatric Suicide Research. International Psychogeriatrics. In press
2011  McCray LW, Wright JW, Breaking Free From Depression: Pathways to Wellness. New York: Guilford Press, 2011
2008 McCray LW, Cronholm PF, Bogner HR, Gallo JJ, Neill RA. Resident Physician Burnout: Is there hope?. Family Medicine. 2008;40(9):248-254.
2007 McCray LW, Bogner HR, Sammel MD, Gallo JJ. The role of patient personality  in the identification of depression in older primary care patients. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2007;22(11):1095-11007