James Conniff, MD, MPH

James (Jamie) Conniff, MD, MPH, teaches in the Duluth Family Medicine Residency Program and practices family medicine in Duluth with a particular focus on LGBTQ health. He oversees the residency program’s community health training and is the physician leader for Essentia Health’s Gender and Sexual Diversity Workgroup and its Healthcare and Homelessness Committee. He has previously participated in community-based research focused on improving access and quality of care for transgender people, and is particularly interested in training rural physicians to care for transgender patients.

Duluth Family Medicine Residency Program Teacher of the Year, 2016-2017

American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Dr. Conniff has previously participated in community-based research focused on improving access and quality of care for transgender people, and is particularly interested in training rural physicians to care for transgender patients.

Budge SL, Belcourt S, Conniff J, Parks R, Pantalone DW, Katz-Wise SL. A grounded theory study of the development of trans youths‘ awareness of coping with gender identity. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 2018; 27(9): 3048-61.

Salkas S, Conniff J, Budge S. Provider quality and barriers to care for transgender people: An analysis of data from the Wisconsin transgender community health assessment. International Journal of Transgenderism. 2017; 19(1):59-63.

Kvach E, Yesehak B, Abebaw H, Conniff J, Busse H, Haq C. Perspectives of female medical faculty in Ethiopia on a leadership fellowship program. International Journal of Medical Education. 2017; 8:314-323.

Evensen A, Wondimagegn D, Zemenfes Ashebir D, Rouleau K, Haq C, Ghavam-Rassoul A, Janakiram P, Kvach E, Busse H, Conniff J, Cornelson B. Family Medicine in Ethiopia: Lessons from a global collaboration. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2017; 30(5): 670-677.

Conniff J. Gender and sexual health: Same-sex relationships. FP Essentials. 2016; 449:37-46.

Conniff J, Dresang L. Does continuous labor support decrease rates of cesarean and assisted vaginal delivery? Evidence-Based Practice. 2016; 19(5):5.

Conniff J, Evensen A. Preexposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: the primary care perspective. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2016; 29(1):143-151.

Lee J, Conniff J, Krauss C, Schrager S. Brief clinical update on hepatitis C – The essentials. Wisconsin Medical Journal. 2015; 114(6):263-269.

Kvach E, Desalegn D, Conniff J, Tefera G, Derbew M, Haq C. Promoting gender equity at Addis Ababa University – College of Health Sciences, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Medical Journal. 2015; 53(2).

Conniff J, Lee J. Are there any office-based interventions proven to be effective to end bullying? Evidence-Based Practice. 2014; 17(7):6.