Ep 7 Kevin Marks

Kevin Marks, MD FAAP is a full-time general pediatrician and part-time pediatric hospitalist at PeaceHealth Medical Group in Eugene, Oregon. He received his bachelor of science degree at the University of Notre Dame, attended medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed his pediatric residency at the University of California School of Medicine San Francisco-Fresno. He enjoys precepting medical students as a clinical assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science University and heavily encourages his students to use evidence-based screening tools, rather than informal milestone checklists. Dr. Marks has authored numerous journal articles and textbook chapters on the early identification, prevention, treatment and ongoing monitoring of children with developmental and behavioral challenges. He has been a stalwart and enthusiastic "screening champion" in his own medical group, which blazed quality improvement trails by being "early adopters" of multiple screening tools, one of them being the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ), and then employed these tools in combination with the Read Out and Read (ROR) program, which promotes early literacy and school readiness. Dr. Marks was a key member behind Oregon's Assuring Better Child Development (ABCD) leadership team that spread the use of evidence-based screening tools statewide to other primary care practices. He participated in Oregon's Help Me Grow (HMG) project to improve care coordination services for children identified with suspected developmental delays and/or mental health problems. He has been involved in Oregon's Screening Tools and Referral Training (START) project and is also a health advisor board member for his county's Head Start program.