MD, 1990, New Jersey Medical School (Medicine)

BA, 1986, University of Pennsylvania (Biology)

Steven Barnett, MD

Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

Medical Director of Strong Connections Telehealth Sign Language Interpreter Program

Co-Associate Director, National Center for Deaf Health Research

Contact Information:
University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Family Medicine
Family Medicine Research Programs
1381 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620

Email:
steven_barnett@urmc.rochester.edu

Additional Education:
Family Medicine Residency, University of Wisconsin, 1990-1993

Family Systems Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1994-1996

Overview

Steve Barnett, MD, was born in Brooklyn, grew up in New Jersey, went to college in Philadelphia, attended medical school in New Jersey and his residency in Wisconsin. He came to Rochester for the family systems medicine fellowship and stayed in the area doing research, locum tenens family medicine and rural emergency department work.

He joined the faculty in 2002 in the research division. His research, teaching and clinical interests include healthcare across languages and cultures, healthcare system access for people who are deaf, and physician-patient communication. He is medical director of Strong Connections, the University of Rochester Medical Center's Telehealth Sign Language Interpreter Program.  Dr. Barnett is also the Co-Associate Director of the CDC-funded Rochester Prevention Research Center: National Center for Deaf Health Research.

Recent Publications

Steinberg, A., Barnett, S., Meador, H., Wiggins, E., Zazove, P. (2006).  Healthcare system accessibility:  Experiences and perceptions of Deaf people.  Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21(3): 260-266.

Barnett, S., Katcher, L., Katcher, M. (2005) Care of the deaf child.  In L. Osborn, T.G. DeWitt, L.R. First, and J. Zenel (Eds.), Pediatrics (pp. 982-988).  Philadelphia:  Elsevier-Mosby. 

Barnett, S. (2002).  A hearing problem. American Family Physician, 66: 911-912, 915.

Barnett, S. (2002).  Communication with deaf and hard-of-hearing people: A guide for medical education. Academic Medicine, 77: 694-700.

Barnett, S. (2002).  Cross cultural communication with patients who use American Sign Language. Family Medicine, 34:376-382.

Barnett, S., and Franks, P.  (2002).  Health care utilization and adults who are deaf:  Relationship with age at onset of deafness. Health Services Research, 37:105-120.

Barnett, S., and Franks, P. (1999).  Telephone ownership and deaf people: Implications for telephone surveys.  American Journal of Public Health, 89: 1754-1756.

Barnett, S., and Franks, P. (1999).  Deafness and mortality: Analyses of linked data from the National Health Interview Survey and National Death Index.  Public Health Reports, 114: 330-336.

Stein, M.T., Barnett, S., Padden, C.A. (1999).  Parental request to withhold a hearing test in a newborn of deaf parents. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 20: 177-180.

            Reprinted in Pediatrics, 107: 883-887, 2001.

            Reprinted in Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 22(2): S77-S80, 2001.

Barnett, S., and Franks, P. (1999).  Smoking and deaf adults: Associations with age at onset of deafness. American Annals of the Deaf, 144(1): 44?50.

Barnett, S. (1999).  Clinical and cultural issues in caring for deaf people. Family Medicine, 31(1): 17-22.

            Excerpted in Vibes:  The Canadian Hearing Society’s Quarterly Magazine, 29(1): 14-15, 17-18, 20-21. April 2001.

Speice, J., and Barnett, S. (1998).  John: Lessons in caring.  In F. Thomas and T.S. Nelson (Eds.), Tales from Family Therapy: Life-changing Clinical Experiences (pp. 133-139). Binghamton, New York:  Haworth Press.

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