Eugene Mochan, PhD, DO
Dr. Mochan currently serves as the Associate Dean for Primary Care and Continuing Education as well as Director of the Centers for Evidence-Based Practice and Community Outreach. He is responsible for overseeing the Medicine & Society-Epidemiology and Medical Ethics course, as well as directing two statewide nationally recognized community outreach programs, the Area Health Education Center and Bridging the Gaps: Community Health Internship Program. He has received numerous awards for his dedication to community health, including Special Recognition awards from two community non-profit organizations: New Directions for Women and Spruce Adolescent Counseling and Education Center. He is also a recipient of the Linbach award for distinguished teaching He has received over $7 million in funded grants, with the most recent grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) establishing the Center for Evidence-Based Practice at PCOM.
Dr. Mochan has published over 40 articles in many prestigious journals, written several book chapters and has presented more than 100 abstracts at various national and international meetings. He is a research member of the American College of Rheumatology, a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and serves on the Committee on Education and Evaluation of the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. He was also recently elected as a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and appointed as a member on the Pennsylvania Department of Health's State Health Improvement Plan Steering Committee.
Dr. Mochan received his PhD in Biochemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo and served as an NIH-funded postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his medical degree at PCOM and completed his postgraduate clinical training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine (UMDNJ-SOM). Prior to coming to PCOM as a Professor of Family Medicine, Associate Dean of Primary Care and Professor/Chairman of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, he served as Professor and Chairman of UMDNJ-SOM's Department of Family Medicine.
Dr. Mochan has recently published an article on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in The State of Arthritis in Pennsylvania, a report of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and an article on the role of cytokines in chronic inflammatory disease, in Philadelphia: A Tradition of Rheumatology, a report of the Philadelphia Rheumatism Society.
Email: genem@pcom.edu
Publications
Integrating Evidence Based Medicine into Clinical Practice. Mochan, E. (in press). Consultant.
Diagnosis and Management of Osteoarthritis: An Evidence-Based Approach. Mochan, E. (in press). In: Essentials of Family Medicine, 3rd Edition, R. Rakel, Ed.
New Challenges for Primary Care Physicians in the Early Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Mochan, E. (in press). Consultant.
Overview of the Molecular Basis of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Implications for Primary Care Physicians. Mochan, E. CD-ROM produced by Southeast Pennsylvania Arthritis Foundation.
The State of Arthritis in Pennsylvania, 2003. Mochan, E. 2003. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Role of Cytokines in Gene Activation Associated with Chronic Inflammatory Diseases. Mochan, E. 2003. Philadelphia Rheumatism Society.
Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Mochan, E. 2003. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Using Computer-Based Instructional Resources to Enhance Physician Training. Halpern, R.H. and Mochan, E. March, 2002. Presentation at Undergraduate Medical Education for the 21st Century.
Developing Strategies for Teaching Evidence Based Medicine at the Predoctoral Level. Mochan, E. and Kaiser, K.D. March 2001. Presentation at Undergraduate Medical Education for the 21st Century.
Utilizing Standardized Families/Communities to Enhance First Year Medical Students’ Awareness of Population-Based Medicine. Thornton, R., R. Borghaei, F. Daghigh, K. Kaiser, T. Errichetti, and E. Mochan. March, 2001. Presentation at Undergraduate Medical Education for the 21st Century.
Interleukin 1 induces hypoxia-inducible factor 1 in human gingival and synovial fibroblasts. Thornton RD, Lane P, Borghaei RC, Pease EA, Caro J, Mochan E. 2000. Biochem J. 350(Pt 1):307-312.
Development of a Longitudinal Evidence Based Medicine Predoctoral Curriculum: Integration into the Basic Sciences. Mochan, E. and K.D. Kaiser. 1999. Society Teachers Family Medicine (Northeast Region).
A Statewide system to track medical students careers: the Pennsylvania model. Rabinowitz, H.K., Veloski, J.J., Aber, R.C., Adler, S., Ferretti, S.M., Kelliher, G.J., Mochan, E., Morrison, G., Rattner, S.L., Sterling, G., Robeson, M.R., Hojat, M., Xu, G. 1999. Acad Med. 74(1):S112-S118.
Identification of IL-1 regulated genes in human synovial and gingival fibroblasts by differential display. Gorski GK, Paul M, Soohoo H, Borghaei RC, Mochan E, Thornton R, Pease E. 1999. Inflamm Res. 48(Suppl 2):S122-123.
Identification of a cytokine-induced repressor of interleukin-1 stimulated expression of stromelysin 1 (MMP-3). Borghaei RC, Sullivan C, Mochan E. 1999. J Biol Chem. 274(4):2126-2131.
Osteopathic family physicians' attitudes, knowledge, and self-reported practices regarding obesity.[comment]. Harris JE, Hamaday V, Mochan E. 1999. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 7:358-365.
Loss of body cell mass in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Kiki J, McCarry ME, Brent L, Harris J, Mochan E. 1999. Inflammation Research. 48(Suppl 2):S109-110.
Induction of mitogen-inducible nuclear orphan receptor by interleukin 1 in human synovial and gingival fibroblasts. Borghaei RC, Sinai RS, Mochan E, Pease EA. 1998. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 251(1):334-338.
Interleukin-4 suppression of interleukin-1-induced transcription of collagenase (MMP-1) and stromelysin 1 (MMP-3) in human synovial fibroblasts. Borghaei RC, Rawlings PL, Mochan E. 1998. Arthritis Rheum. 41(8):1398-1406.
Induction of bone morphogenetic protein-2 by interleukin-1 in human fibroblasts. Fowler MJ, Neff MS, Borghaei RC, Pease EA, Mochan E, Thornton RD. 1998. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 248(3):450-453.
Teaching Strategies for Implementing Evidence Based Medicine into the Predoctoral Curriculum. Mochan, E. and K.D. Kaiser. 1998. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (Annual Meeting), Seattle, WA.
Teaching Strategies for Introducing Evidence Based Medicine in the Predoctoral Curriculum. Mochan, E. and K.D. Kaiser. 1997. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (Annual Meeting) Chicago, IL.