Maternal Health Module Faculty

Dr. Robert P. Griggs, Jr. is a Board-Certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist with over thirty years of clinical experience in private practice and academic medicine. He pursued his undergraduate studies at Cornell University and graduated from the SUNY @ Buffalo School of Medicine. While in private practice Dr. Griggs engaged in the delivery of low-risk and high-risk pregnancies, was credentialed and performed both major and minor abdominal and laparoscopic procedures, and held clinical and teaching privileges at four area hospitals. Dr. Griggs currently serves as Director of Obstetrics and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Nu Health Medical Center in East Meadow, New York, where he is actively engaged in the training and education of Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Practice Providers, and medical students, and residents. Dr. Griggs has a special interest in obstetrical and gynecological Ultrasound. Dr. Griggs is a former Initial Clinical Experience (ICE) Preceptor, and is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine @ Hofstra University. He also serves as Honorary Police Surgeon for the Nassau Sheriffs Department, New York City Police Department, and the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association.

Meghan Constantino, CNM has practiced as a nurse midwife since 2006, after graduating from Yale University School of Nursing and Stanford University.  She has worked as Clinical Faculty at Yale School of Nursing, in private practice and most recently at Community Health Center Inc since 2017.  She is a guest lecturer for programs at Fairfield University, Yale School of Nursing and Frank H Netter School of Medicine.  She is a lecturer for Project Echo Complex Care Management and a faculty preceptor for Community Health Center Inc’s Family Nurse Practitioner Residency Program.

Core ECHO Faculty

Raghuram B. Bhat, MD, MA, FAPA, is a psychiatrist in private practice, with a special interest in post-traumatic stress disorder. He is board-certified in psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, addiction medicine, and community and public psychiatry.  In addition to his private practice in Camas, WA, Dr. Bhat provides psychiatric consultation to primary care clinics in underserved areas of Washington through a collaborative care program, and via e-consulting.  Prior to private practice, he had held various medical leadership roles, including Chief Medical Officer of a community mental health organization. Dr. Bhat attended medical school at Saba University and completed his psychiatry residency and geriatric psychiatry fellowship at Stony Brook University. He also completed a community-based integrated care fellowship through the University of Washington. He is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

Michelle Coble, DHSc, LCSW is the Associate Director of Behavioral Health at Community Medical Centers, Inc. (CMC). Community Medical Centers is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in San Joaquin County, providing integrated services to over 100,000 patients in 3 counties. When Dr. Coble was hired by CMC in 2016 the were 10 behavioral health providers on the team. Since becoming associate director of behavioral health, CMC’s Department of Behavioral Health has grown tremendously and she now helps manage a staff of 75 that includes licensed clinicians, associate social workers, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, a psychologist, case managers, and community health workers. Dr. Coble has also been instrumental in helping to expand CMC’s behavioral health services providing mental health, substance use disorder and care coordination services at CMC’s 28 centers, CMC’s Recovery Center and Respite Center, local homeless shelter, and school-based counseling services. In addition to developing case management services that address patients’ social determinants of health that link patient with basic needs such as housing, food, insurance, and other basic needs. Dr. Coble provides clinical supervision to all associate social workers gaining hours towards licensure and has developed a robust internship program in partnership with a local university. Dr. Coble received her Master of Social Work in 2008 from Stanislaus State University, has been licensed as a clinical social worker since 2015, and has been working in the social work field for over 15 years.

Matthew Huddleston, MD, has worked as a Family Medicine Physician with a focus on HIV, Hepatitis C, and substance use disorders at Community Health Center, Inc. since 2001. Dr. Huddleston received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Huddleston has served as co-lead faculty member on Project ECHO Hepatitis C/HIV since the program’s development in 2012. Dr. Huddleston also serves as a preceptor for Community Health Center, Inc.’s Nurse Practitioner Residency Program.

Melanie Lin, MD, CPC, is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician and Certified Professional Coder currently serving as AltaMed Health Services’ Medical Director of Integrated Clinical Services. In this capacity, Dr. Lin oversees the organization’s dental, behavioral health, senior care and health education departments as well as the radiology and lab programs.  Prior to joining AltaMed, Dr. Lin worked with DaVita HealthCare Partners in multiple capacities, including as the Department Chair of Quality Improvement. Dr. Lin attended medical school at Tufts University and completed her Internal Medicine residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Lei McMiller, LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with Community Medical Centers(CMC), in Stockton CA since 2018, as the Associate Director of Substance Use. She has a passion for working with the underserved, high risk population, which related well to CMC Mission. She was recruited by CMC to build and implement their SUD Program, which she oversees throughout the San Joaquin and Solan County. She received her Masters of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Phoenix.

Dan Wilensky, MD, has been a proud member of the Community Health Center, Inc. team since 2003. He is a Family Medicine Doctor, having completed his University of Connecticut Family Medicine Residency in 1995. In addition to serving on the ConferMED-ECHO faculty, he also has also served on Project ECHO Complex Care Management Faculty since its inception in 2015. Dr. Wilensky is the Chief Preceptor/Medical Consultant for Community Health Center’s APRN Residency Program and an agency-wide champion of best practices in chronic pain treatment. He currently serves as Chief Medical Officer of ConferMED.

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