Arthur Seiji Hayashi, MD, MPH

Arthur Seiji Hayashi is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Community-Oriented Primary Care program in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

• Phone: (202) 416-0421
• Fax: (202) 416-0043
• Email: sphash@gwumc.edu

A strong commitment to increasing access to health care in underserved urban communities, and to imbuing the next generation of community health providers with that same commitment, underpins Dr. Hayashi's work. As Director of the Department's Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC) program, he helps to train health professionals pursuing an MPH in a process that combines public health, epidemiology and primary care to improve a community's health. Dr. Hayashi also provides patient care as a family physician at the Upper Cardozo Health Center (Unity Health Care, Inc).

Prior to joining the School in a full-time capacity, Dr. Hayashi directed the Division of Community Health for Georgetown University Medical Center's Department of Faculty Medicine. The breadth of his avocational interests his suggested not only by his undergraduate major in studio art, but by his current pursuits of fencing, golf, cooking and furniture-making.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (Studio Art, Sculpture concentration), Vassar College, 1991
Doctor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1997
Master of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 2001

Teaching

PubH 361-Introduction to Community Oriented Primary Care, Department of Prevention and Community Health
PubH 366-Community-Oriented Primary Care Policy and Issues, Department of Prevention and Community Health
PubH 211-MPH Special Projects, COPC Track, Department of Prevention and Community Health

Research

Dr. Hayashi's key research interests focus on systems barriers to health care access and on racial and ethnic disparities in care. An interest in immigrant health led him to research antibiotic resistance among Latina women with urinary tract infections in the District of Columbia. He also works with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a tool for increasing health care access for underserved communities.

Community Service

Professor Hayashi is an active volunteer with Doctors for Global Health, where he has served as a mentor for public health students serving in El Salvador and Chiapas, Mexico. He also volunteers with the Physicians for Human Rights' Asylum Network, providing free medical evaluations for asylum seekers and victims of torture.

Departments

• Prevention and Community Health

Institutes & Centers

• Prevention Research Center

Publications

• Training future leaders of community health centers: knowledge, skills, attitude, and partnerships.
  Hayashi AS, Subramanian AP, Siwek J. Training future leaders of community health centers: knowledge, skills, attitude, and partnerships. Abstract. 38th Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Annual Spring Conference; 2005 Apr 30-May 3; New Orleans, LA.
• International service-learning: public health students contribute to global health through classroom exercises and MPH special projects.
  Hayashi AS, Eichelberger J, Horgan E. International service-learning: public health students contribute to global health through classroom exercises and MPH special projects. Poster. 132nd Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association; 2004 Nov 6-10; Washington, DC.
• Ethnicity as a risk factor for antibiotic-resistant UTI.
  Hayashi AS, Anderton CA, Delgado J, Meyers D, Josephs M. Ethnicity as a risk factor for antibiotic-resistant UTI. Poster. North American Primary Care Research Group, Annual Meeting; 2004 Oct 12; Orlando, FL.
• Providing for culturally competent and linguistically appropriate mental health care services in Massachusetts: an analysis of Massachusetts House Bill 2536.
  Hayashi AS. Providing for culturally competent and linguistically appropriate mental health care services in Massachusetts: an analysis of Massachusetts House Bill 2536. Prepared for Massachusetts State Representative Ruth Balser; 2001 May 12.
• Two months after Mitch: DGH in Honduras.
  Hayashi AS. Two months after Mitch: DGH in Honduras.  Doctors for Global Health Reporter 1999;3(2). Available from: URL: http://www.dghonline.org/nl5/reporter5.html