Maria Ciminelli, MD, FAAFP

Maria Ciminelli is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Medicine. She also serves as Director of the RWJ FM Residency at CentraState Chair and a CentraState Medical Center Credentials Committee.

She earned her MD from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School in 1996 and her Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences from Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences, in 1992. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/St. Peter’s Family Medicine Residency from 1996 to 1999 and participated in the AFMRD - National Institute for Program Director Development in 2007. Dr. Ciminelli is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, initially certified in 1999 and recertified in 2006 and 2016.

Dr. Ciminelli’s areas of interest include curriculum development, evidence-based medicine, adolescents, pediatrics, chronic disease management, and practice management.

Awards, Honors, Community Service
 

• New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians Family Physician of the Year, 2016
• Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians, 2011-present
• RWJMS-CentraState Family Medicine Residency Faculty of the Year, 2011
• New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians, House of Delegates, 2009-present
• Second Runner-up, Outstanding Seminar, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2008
• RWJMS-CentraState Family Medicine Residency Faculty Award of Excellence, 2007
• Chief Resident, UMDNJ-RWJMS Family Medicine Residency 1998-1999
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
• Children and Family Health Institute Advisory Board, VNA Health Group, 2017-present

Selected Publications
 

• Mellor, L., Ciminelli, M., and Alday, G. "Invisible Disabilities", American Family Physician, 2017 Apr 1, 95 (7):451.
   
• Raymond, J.J., Shenker, B.S., Clabby, J., Thaker, N., Ciminelli, M., Faistl, K.W. Coaching the Interdisciplinary Team: Keeping a Score of the Team’s Record. Family Medicine 2010;42(suppl 4).
   
• Stern, J., Shenker, B.S., Ciminelli, M., Bhattacharyya, A. The Affect of Lowering the Cutoff for Normal Prostate Specific Antigen on Referral Rate to Urology. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly October 2009.
   
• Schwenzer, L., Ciminelli, M., Raymond, J.J., Donahue, E., and Shenker, B.S. Telephone Messages: Training to Get the Accuracy You Need (abstract). Family Medicine 2008; 41 (suppl 2).
   
• Tallia, A.F., Cardone, D.A., Howarth, D.F., Ibsen, K.H. (Eds) Swanson’s Family Practice Review. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA. Elsevier; 2004: Chapters 22, 39, 97, 107, 113.
   
• Heaton, C.J., Ciminelli, M., Update on the Cochrane Collaboration, Perspectives (a journal published by the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians) Vol 3 (1) 2003 Spring
   
• Heaton, C.J., Ciminelli, M., Update on the Cochrane Collaboration, Perspectives (a journal published by the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians) Vol 3 (3) 2003 Winter
   
• Heaton, C.J., Ciminelli, M., Update on the Cochrane Collaboration, Perspectives (a journal published by the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians) Vol 2 (3) 2002 Fall