Education

• Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine,  University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, July 1998-2001
• M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,  Baltimore, MD,  1994 - 1998
• Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, Michigan State University, College of Natural Science,  1990-1994

Teaching Responsibilities

Head of Colleges, Denali College, Univ. of Washington School of Medicine, Aug 2015-Present.

The primary goal of the colleges are to oversee a four-year integrated curriculum of clinical skills and professionalism, and provide students with consistent faculty mentoring. Through the program, the college mentors teach proficiency in basic clinical skills of physical examination and diagnosis, and clinical reasoning with a patient-centered approach. Each Alaska student is assigned to a specific college mentor that will stay with them through their four years of medical education. The mentor groups meet regularly and participate in direct bedside teaching in the hospitals around Anchorage. I serve as a direct student mentor while also supervising the other physician mentors. I also frequently participate in the classroom teaching for the Foundations of Medicine Course and patient care simulations in the UAA Simulation Lab.

Professional & Department Service

• Secretary of the Board, Ledgends Inc. 2016-Present
• Medical Director, Mountain Trip Guide Service, 2009-2018
• Professionalism Committee, University of Washington School of Medicine, 2016-Present
• Clinical Skills Workgroup Member. University of Washington School of Medicine. 2014-2018
• Simulation Committee, College of Health Sciences. UAA. 2014-2017
• Developed Interprofessional Education Curriculum for WWAMI Medical Students. Collaborative effort with UAA School of Nursing. Annette Rearden and  Marianne Murray. 2014-2016
• Developed pilot for combined High Performance CPR and AHA Basic Life Support Instruction for matriculating WWAMI medical students. Collaboration with Dr. Mike Levy, Medical Director Anchorage Fire Department and David Carlbom, Pulmonology and Critical Care University of Washington School of Medicine. 2015-Present
• Immersion Development Committee Member, University of Washington School of Medicine. 2014-15
• Primary Care Preceptorship Development Committee Member, University of Washington School of Medicine. 2015
• Professionalism and Ethics Committee Member, University of Washington School of Medicine. 2013
• Medic 1 Resuscitation Academy graduate, Seattle Washington. Oct. 2014
• Congruence Committee, University of Washington School of Medicine, 2013
• Thursday Medical Student Lecture Series, WWAMI Program, University of Washington Medical School, Frequent Lecturer, 2007 – 2013
• Mentor for undergraduate premedical “shadow” students. Providence Alaska Medical Center. 2012-Present
• Guest Speaker, Alaska Premedical Summit. 2012
• Coordinator of Suture Clinic, Alaska Premedical Summit. 2012-Present
• WWAMI Leadership Conference, 2012
• Consulting Physician, Millrock Resources LLC., 2012.                         
• Education Council, Emergency Department, Providence Alaska Medical Center, 2009 – 2013
• Technician Education, Providence Alaska Medical Center Emergency Department, 2006-2014
• Emergency Department Council, Providence Alaska Medical Center, 2007-2008
• Physician Guest Lecturer, Yinchuan City Hospital, Yinchuan City, China, 2006
• Assistant Coach, Alaska Rock Gym Climbing Team, 2006 – 2010
• Women’s Ice Climbing Clinic Instructor, Anchorage Ice Festival, 2009-2013
• Climbing Stunt Double, Disaster on K2, Discovery Channel Documentary, 2009
• Mayors’ Advisory Board for EMS, Anchorage, Alaska, 2001-2005
• New Mexico Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Medical Officer, 1999-2001

Research Interests

• Emergency Services in Rural Nepal:  Collecting data regarding the epidemiology of current emergency services and practices in rural Nepal in order to assist future national and international health projects. 2000. Preceptor: Daryll Macias M.D.
• Wound Infections:  Using database to investigate factors associated with infections in outpatient wounds.  University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center,  Department of Emergency Medicine.  1999-2001.  Preceptor:  Cameron Crandall M.D.
• Malaria:  Developed protocols, coordinated field studies, and analyzed data concerning the prevalence and drug resistance of malaria in villages along the Amazon River basin.  Naval Medical Research Institute Detachment,  Iquitos,  Peru.  January-April,  1997.  Preceptor:  Alan Magill M.D
• Nerve Growth Factor:  Investigated effects of Fibroblast Growth Factor on PC12 cells and characterized Nerve Growth Factor Receptor subtypes.  Michigan State University,  Department of Pharmacology. 1991-1994.  Preceptor:  Margarita Contreras Ph.D.

Publications

Publications:

• Navitsky R, Cameron S, Leinicke T, and Brillman J. Infectious Causes of Medical Disorders.Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine. 2000;14 (12):9-19
• Leinicke TM, Navitsky RC, Cameron S, and Brillman J.  Fever in the Elderly. Emergency Medicine Practice 1999;1 (5): 1-24

Abstracts and Poster Presentations:

• Navitsky RC, Leinicke TM, Gupta SK, and Macias DM. Description of Emergency Medical Services in the Western Hill Districts of Nepal. Poster presented at the Western Regional Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Meeting, March 2001
• Leinicke TM, Rasmussen R, Crandall CS, and Cheney P. Incidence and Characteristics of Traumatic Wound Infections in the Emergency Department. Poster presented at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, May 2000. Manuscript in process
• Leinicke TM, et al.  Epidemiology of Malaria in Three Communities of the Peruvian Amazon.  Poster presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting,  December 1997
• Leinicke TM et al.  In Vivo Resistance to Pyrimetharnine/Sulfadoxine for the Treatment of P. Falciparum Malaria in Peru.  Poster presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting,  December 1997
• Contreras ML and Leinicke TM.  Stable FGF-Stimulated Neurite Formation in PC12 Cells is Substratum- Dependent.   In The Pliarmacoloqist,  Amer Soc for Pharm and Exp Ther;  Bethesda,  1993; 35(3): 173

Career History/Work Experience

• Emergency Physician, Alaska Emergency Medicine Associates, Providence Alaska Medical Center. 2005-Present
• Emergency Physician, Major, USAF, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. 2001-2005
• Adjunct Associate Professor, WWAMI School of Medical Education, College of Health Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage. 2006-2013, 2018-Present      
• Associate Director, Alaska WWAMI, Foundations of Clinical Medicine and Colleges, 2015-2017
• Term Associate Professor of Medical Education, WWAMI School of Medical Education, College of Health Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage. 2013-2015
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. 2006-Present
• Adjunct Associate Professor, WWAMI School of Medical Education, College of Health Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage. 2006-2013, 2018-Present
• Associate Director, Alaska WWAMI, Foundations of Clinical Medicine and Colleges, Aug  2015-2017
• Term Associate Professor of Medical Education, WWAMI School of Medical Education, College of Health Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage. 2013 – 2015.
• College Mentor, Denali College, Univ. of Washington School of Medicine, Aug 2015-Present.
• Head of Colleges, Denali College, Univ. of Washington School of Medicine, Aug 2017-Present.
• Course Chair, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Alaska WWAMI. 2011-2015.
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. 2006 – Present