Andrea Sikon, MD

Appointed
2001

Education & Fellowships

Residency - UPMC Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh
Internal Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA USA
2001

Internship - UPMC Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh
Internal Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA USA
1998

Medical School - Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Rootstown, OH USA
1997

Undergraduate - University of Akron
Akron, OH USA
1992

Additional Training

• NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP), North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
• Certified Clinical Densitometrist (CCD) (International Society of Bone Densitometry)
• Graduate Certificate in Executive and Professional Coaching, The University of Texas at Dallas 2015
  Associate Certified Coach- International Coaching Federation (ICF)

Professional Highlights

• In addition to work around practice redesign and making care truly patient centered, she has had a longstanding interest in Quality improvement with clinical special interests within Women's Health.  In the Center, she sees consults for osteoporosis, menopause, irregular bleeding, preconception planning, and contraceptive management. Much of her research and invited presentations are around bone health and she maintains certification as a Certified Clinical Densitometrist (CCD) through the International Society for Clinical Densitometry since 2004 and as a NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP) through the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) since 2004.
• In addition to her passion for practice transformation and patient-centeredness, Dr. Sikon has her graduate certificate in executive and professional coaching and is Director of the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Excellence in Coaching and Mentoring since its inception in 2008. With over 300 participants, the Center's mission is to facilitate a relationship-centered developmental network for all faculty across the career continuum, with growing outcomes supporting increased physician and PhD participant resilience and engagement.  Programming has also been further adapted to help train leaders as well as general Staff to utilize a "Coach approach" to relationship building.

Certifications

• Internal Medicine

Specialty Interests

Diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, osteoporosis, quality improvement, women's health and menopause, coaching and mentoring

Awards & Honors

• Best Doctors in America, 2007- present
• Director of Cleveland Clinic Center for Excellence in Coaching and Mentoring Staff Mentorship 2008-present
• Women’s Professional Staff Association Champion Award-2017
• Midwest Society of General Internal Medicine Leadership Award-2017
• Cleveland Clinic Primary Care Women’s Health Scholar 2017-present
• Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University- 2013-present
• FACP (Fellowship in American College of Physicians)
• Inaugural Director of Primary Care Women's Health, Medicine Institute 2008-2010
• Director of Cleveland Clinic Staff Mentorship 2008-present
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Diabetes Recognition Award 2010
• Scholarship in Teaching Award -Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2011

Memberships

• American College of Physicians (ACP)
• International Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD)
• North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
• Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)
• Association of Chiefs and Leaders in General Internal Medicine (ACLGIM)

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