Wednesday, September 13, 2023 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Pritzker Auditorium and Virtual
23rd Annual Celebration of New Members
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Welcoming Remarks
Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD
Dean, School of Medicine
Vice Chancellor, Medical Affairs
Annual Address
Ann Poncelet, MD
Director, the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators (AME)
Academy Awards and Recognition Service Award
presented by Ann Poncelet, MD, FAAN
Excellence in Teaching Awards
presented by Meg McNamara, MD and Alissa Peterson, MD
Excellence in Interprofessional Teaching Awards
presented by Todd James, MD
Boyden Service and Medical Education Staff Awards
presented by Demian Rose, MD, PhD
Keynote Address
“Stages of Dismantling Structural Racism in Medicine: A Focus on Medical Training”
Michelle Albert, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Associate Dean of Admissions in the UCSF School of Medicine
Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology
Director of the Center for the Study of Adversity and Cardiovascular Disease
Induction of New Academy Members
AME Membership Committee
Conclusion
Ann Poncelet, MD, FAAN
New Members 2023
Noriko Tei Boyd Anderson, MD, MPH
Department of Neurology
Sam Brondfield MD MAEd
Department of Medicine
Kelly M. Cordoro, MD
Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics
Nicole M. Cresalia, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Anthony Ding, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Tammy Duong, MD
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Martha J. Elster MD
Department of Pediatrics
Sabrina Fernandez, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Robin S. Goldman, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine
Aaron Harries, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Kenzo Hirose, MD
Department of Surgery
Lily Hitchner, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
New Members 2023 (continued)
Marianne Hultgren, DNP, RN, CNE
Department of Family Health Care Nursing
Corina Iacopetti, MD, MA
Department of Pediatrics
Erica Lawson, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Andrea Long, MD
Department of Surgery
Lisa Mihaly, RN, MS, FNP
Departments of Family Health Care Nursing and Pediatrics
Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, MD
Department of Medicine
Iris M. Otani, MD
Department of Medicine
Nailyn Rasool, MD
Department of Ophthalmology
Ashkon Shaahinfar, MD, MPH
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Yalda Shahram, MD
Department of Medicine
Peter Ureste, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Mia Williams, MD, MS
Department of Medicine
Excellence in Teaching
Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
Matthias Braehler, MD, PhD
Kaveh Hemati, MD
Kate Kronish, MD
Tyler Law, MD
Justin Libaw, MD, MPH
Dylan Masters, MD
Lindsay Raleigh, MD
Paul Su, MD
Emergency Medicine
Nisa Atigapromoj, MD
Lauren Chalwell, MD
Theresa Cheng, MD
Kevin Hanley, MD
Courtenay Pettigrew, MD
Eric Schmitt, MD
Malini Singh, MD
Geoff Stroh, MD
Richard "Diego" Tucker, MD
Jessie Werner, MD
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Thomas Hoffmann, PhD
Mike Martin, MD
Edward Murphy, MD, MPH
Family and Community Medicine
Mihal Emberton, MD
Shwesha Govil, DO, MPH
John Grant, MD
Randy Jackson, MD
Melissa Liu, MD
Mary Martin, MD
Brianna Stein, MD
Medicine
Nicole Appelle, MD
Peter Barish, MD
Katherine Brooks, MD
Catherine Burke, MD
Colin Feuille, MD
Choon Ha (Anne) Goh, MD
Nicholas Iverson, MD
Dana Larsen, MD
Cat Lau, MD
Lin Li, MD
Jules Vieaux, MD
Michi Yukawa, MD
Neurology
Dawn Gano, MD, MAS
Bethany Johnson-Kerner, MD, PhD
Amir Sabouri, MD
Joe Sanford, MD
Mark Terrelonge, MD, MPH
Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Shree Chanchani, MD
Marya Zlatnik, MD
Pediatrics
Lindsay Braun, MD
Edmund Burke, MD
Tonya Chaffee, MD
Patricia Chase, MD, MPH
Paul Do, MD
Gena Lewis, MD
Maya Lodish, MD
Thomas McNalley, MD
Emily Morell, MD
Dang Nguyen, MD
Joslyn Nolasco, MD
Javay Ross, MD
Amit Sabnis, MD
Elizabeth Seashore, MD
Krishna Siruguppa, MD
Mariamawit Tamerat, MD
Chris Vlasses, MD
David Yi, DO
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Rebecca Clendenin, MD
Elizabeth Dawes Kim, MD
Roy Eyal, MD
Andrew Halls, MD
Jennifer Ly, PhD
Surgery
Cheryl Ewing, MD
Clara Gomez-Sanchez, MD
Johannes Kratz, MD
Urology
Alan Shindel, MD
Excellence in Interprofessional Teaching
• Kirsten Balano, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy
• Angelita Barrios, DNP, RN, CNS, Physiological Nursing
• Tram Cat, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy
• Mary Gray, MD, Medicine
• Henry Kahn, MD, Nursing
• Tsung-chi (George) Lien, MS, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, Clinical Pharmacy
• Abbey Roepke, MPH, MSN, BSN, Family Health Care Nursing
• William Woo, MD, Medicine
Excellence in Mentoring
• Sarah Apgar, MD, Medicine
• Aaron Harries, MD, Emergency Medicine
• Hobart Harris, MD, Surgery
• Priscilla Hsue, MD, Medicine
• Matt Pantell, MD, MS, Pediatrics
• Radhika Ramanan MD, MPH, Medicine
• Saras Ramanathan, MD, Ophthalmology
• Lydia Tinajero-Deck, MD, Pediatrics
Staff Service Awards
The Jaclyne Witte Boyden Award
Tammy Ryan, CST, JD, LLM, Clinical Placement Supervisor, Dean's Office, School of Nursing
Debbie Bain Brickley, Director of Learning, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
• Stephanie Wallace, Director of Education
• Amy Lou, Program Manager
• Angela Shoga, Student Affairs Coordinator
• Christian Mendoza, Academic Programs Coordinator
• Michael Tressel, Admissions and Recruitment Specialist
The Award for Exceptional Service in Medical Education
Betsy Norton, Lead Coordinator: F1 OEQ Assessments, Ground School, BMB
Craig Gawlick, Administrative Director, Kanbar Center
Clinical Microsystems Clerkship (CMC)
• Kristin Casey Callaghan MA, CMC Manager
• Anna Kozas MA, CMC Manager, Direct Patient Care
• Therese Denoga MPH, CMC Site Specialist
• Jocelyn Faye MS, CMC Curriculum Coordinator
• Patience Kriedt, CMC Curriculum Coordinator
• Patricia Runquist MPA, CMC Site Specialist
New Members
Noriko Tei Boyd Anderson, MD, MPH Department of Neurology
Dr. Anderson is an Assistant Professor of Neurology. She teaches and mentors a cohort of medical students longitudinally as a Bridges Coach. She also facilitates didactics, preceptorships and small group sessions for medical students, neurology residents and neuromuscular fellows. As Co-Director of the Professional Identity (PI) curriculum, she works to redevelop professional identity formation course material for the medical students. Dr. Anderson develops and supports diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) efforts for her department as Chair of the Neurology Diversity Committee, including an annual DEI Summit. Her aim is to increase DEIB knowledge and skills throughout her department.
Department chair, Dr. S. Andy Josephson, states that “if we are to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive academic medical system in this country, we need Dr. Anderson to help us get there.”
Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd Department of Medicine
Dr. Brondfield is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology. He is Chief of the Moffitt-Long inpatient oncology consult service, Co-Director of Preceptorships for the Clinical Microsystems Clerkship, and Associate Course Director for Foundational Sciences in Foundations 2. He teaches multiple learner levels on the inpatient oncology and hospital medicine services and in the classroom. Department chair, Dr. Bob Wachter, describes Dr. Brondfield’s impact and reputation as “the ‘educator’s educator’.” He is the founder and Chair of the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Medical Education Community of Practice. His primary research interest is in cognitive load and inpatient consultation teaching and learning. Dr. Anna Chang, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Clinical Microsystems Clerkship, describes Dr. Brondfield’s “incredible ability to engage, respect and include others as an education leader…by showing how he cares about them…starting meetings with a round of checking-ins…to see how everyone is doing.”
Kelly M. Cordero, MD
Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics
Dr. Kelly M. Cordoro is Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Division Chief, Fellowship Director, and the McCalmont Family Endowed Professor in Pediatric Dermatology. Her focus is clinical care, teaching, scholarship, leadership, and service. Dr. Cordoro led national efforts to achieve ACGME accreditation of the subspecialty of pediatric dermatology and subsequently co-authored the program requirements and milestones. Locally, she emphasizes and cultivates a culture of cohesion, creativity, teamwork, wellness, and safety in the clinical learning environment. She has taught and advised hundreds of learners within and outside of UCSF and relishes the constant challenges and personal growth inherent in this work. Dr. Cordoro “has a deep and longstanding commitment to medical education and demonstrates this through her spectacular direct teaching,” says Department Chair of Dermatology, Dr. Jack Resneck Jr. She is most proud of receiving the Osler Distinguished Teacher Award from the UCSF SOM Class of 2022, who described Dr. Cordoro as a role model clinician who delivers humanistic and comprehensive care to vulnerable patients while simultaneously addressing the diverse needs of her learners.
Nicole M. Cresalia, MD Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Nicole M. Cresalia is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology. As Program Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, she implemented a formal fellow mentorship program. She is a PISCES medical student outpatient clinic preceptor and provides annual cardiology teaching sessions for medical students, nurse practitioner students, and several fellowship programs including Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care, and Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Cresalia “continues to engage ongoing work to further improve our fellows educational experience, with a concentrated focus on trainee wellbeing and comprehensive career development,” says Dr. Phillip Moore, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology. She is a graduate of the Teaching Scholars Program (TSP Class of 2020!) and refers back to her TSP experiences and training to improve the learning environment, career development, and mentorship for the trainees with which she interacts.
Anthony Ding, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Anthony Ding is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery who specializes in orthopaedic traumatology and in hand, upper extremity and microvascular surgery. He developed a DEI mentorship program for the residency and currently serves as the Director of Residency Mentorship and Diversity Affairs. He serves on multiple departmental committees in diversity and educational leadership. Dr. Ding created and directs a yearlong orthopaedic intern skills curriculum, introducing new residents to foundational surgical skills and clinical knowledge in the management of musculoskeletal disorders. He teaches a wide spectrum of learners, ranging from medical students, residents, trauma and hand fellows in the ambulatory, inpatient and surgical settings. He is also one of the core faculty educators for the UCSF Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology (IGOT) in developing surgical training conferences for LMICs.PLACEHOLDER:
Anthony Ding, MD
Tammy Duong, MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Duong is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences based out of UCSF Health. She is the Program Director of the UCSF Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Program, directs the Geriatric Psychiatry course for the psychiatry residency program, and was the course director for the inaugural diversity, equity, and inclusion curriculum within the psychiatry residency. She teaches small groups in several medical student F1 courses, including Life Stages, Brain and Behavior, and Diagnostic Reasoning. She is a career advisor for psychiatry within the School of Medicine and previously directed the UCSF Psychiatry Residency Advising Program.
“As an advisor, Dr. Duong has provided dedication, guidance, and a transformative impact to our incoming generation of early career physicians,” says Dr. Matthew State, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Martha J. Elster, MD Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Martha Elster is assistant professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She also is the Director for Faculty Development in the Division of Education in Pediatrics, the chair for the Pediatrics Education Faculty Development Planning Committee, and both a medical student and pediatrics residency coach. Dr. Elster is passionate about utilizing faculty development and coaching to build safe, inclusive clinical learning environments. “She embodies the principles of coaching in both her clinical and educator practices,” says Dr. Sunitha Kaiser, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Dr. Elster received the 2022 UCSF Department of Pediatrics Certificate of Commendation and Appreciation for Exceptional Service award and the 2021 Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award. Dr. Karen Hauer, Associate Dean, Competency Assessment and Professional Standards, notes that Dr. Elster is “a prolific teacher of students, residents, and faculty; an outstanding role model for her students and committed to her own self-improvement.”
Sabrina Fernandez, MD Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Sabrina Fernandez is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics. She is Associate Program Director in the Pediatrics Residency program and the Director of Intern Selection. In this role, she oversees the holistic review of hundreds of applications, followed by interviews, ranking and match. She leads specific efforts related to diversity and equity, with the goal of recruiting a diverse and highly qualified intern class and striving for an inclusive learning environment. Dr. Meg McNamara, Program Director of the Pediatric Residency Training Program, states that Dr. Fernandez’s evaluations “attest to her excellent teaching abilities, her dedication to patient care, and her ability to provide a safe and supportive learning environment.” She serves as an advisor and mentor for residents interested in primary care and previously served as the Co-Director for Career Launch and Advising for medical students interested in pediatrics.
Robin
S. Goldman, MD, MPH
Department of Medicine
Dr. Robin Goldman is an Associate Professor of Medicine in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. She works clinically in hospital medicine at the San Francisco VA (SFVAMC) and in pediatric hospital medicine at Washington Hospital. She is the Director of Evaluation for the Health, Equity, Action and Leadership (HEAL) Initiative, an interdisciplinary global health equity fellowship. In her role with the HEAL Initiative, she develops curriculum, teaches, mentors and leads program evaluation. she is also the Director of Faculty Development for the Division of Hospital Medicine at the SFVAMC. Her interests focus on improving health equity for patients and communities and she believes that part of this work involves supporting students, residents, fellows and faculty in learning how to incorporate equity into their work and creating changes in systems. Dr. Goldman “demonstrate[s]… the importance of ongoing educational efforts with faculty, particularly within the health equity space, in order to improve the teaching and learning environment for everyone,” says Dr. Lenny López, Chief of Hospital Medicine at the SFVAMC.
Aaron Harries, MD Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Harries is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He works and teaches clinically as an Emergency Physician at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, and also serves as the hospital’s Director of Clinical Documentation Integrity Physician Advisor with an expertise in medical documentation. Dr. Harries is also the Co-Director of the Emergency Medicine Clerkship and is passionate about teaching and mentoring medical students. “We are in awe of Dr. Harries’ professionalism and commitment to honest, deliberate mentorship to each UCSF medical student interested in a career in Emergency Medicine,” says Dr. Christopher Peabody, UCSF Bridges Coach. Dr. Harries’ leadership skills have earned him a reputation of being an outstanding educator who is able to work well within a team and achieve results, a respected contributor to curriculum and program development, and strong voice for students with a commitment to DEI,” says Dr. John A. Davis, Associate Dean for Curriculum.
Kenzo Hirose, MD Department of Surgery
Dr. Hirose is an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Department of Surgery. He currently serves as the Program Director of the UCSF General Surgery Residency, overseeing the educational program of over 80 surgical residents. In this role, “Dr. Hirose…remain[s] steadfast in his advocacy for residents and dedication to the educational needs of the program’s learners, while sustaining the mission of training future leaders in academic surgery,” says Dr. Julie Ann Sosa, Chair of the Department of Surgery. He previously served as Associate Program Director at UCSF as well as at Johns Hopkins University, where he was a faculty member for 8 years prior to moving to UCSF. He is deeply committed to the educational needs of surgical residents in a changing, modern healthcare and social environment. He was recently awarded the Lim-Thomas Award for Excellence in Resident teaching by the graduating chief residents as well as the yearly Excellence in Medical Student Teaching Award.
Lily Hitchner, MD Department of Emergency Medicine
Dr. Lily Hitchner is Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Assistant Residency Director, SJV-PRIME coach. She is an active medical educator in both the Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education spaces at UCSF Fresno. Dr. Hitchner provides direct patient care and one-on-one bedside and procedural skills teaching to medical students and residents in the Emergency Department. She leads both small and large group didactics in the classroom and on bedside rounds. Her interests include critical event debriefing, interprofessional feedback, resident wellness, and on-shift feedback. “Dr. Hitchner is an exceptional clinician educator who embodies the PRIDE values. Her collaborative, gentile leadership style and her thoughtfulness as an educator inspire me and elevate everyone around her,” said Dr. Stacy Sawtelle Vohra, Program Director, UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Residency Program and Interim DIO, UCSF Fresno.
Marianne Hultgren, DNP, RN, CNE Department of Family Health Care Nursing
Dr. Marianne Hultgren is an Associate Clinical Professor, and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing and prior Interim Co-Director of the Master of Science in Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership. She teaches two core courses in the Post-Master’s Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) program and an elective course for DNP and PhD students. “Dr. Hultgren builds strong relationships with students in the online environment through the use of best practices in online education and relying heavily on presence as a major component of her online teaching, which she demonstrates through her frequent trips to participate in every DNP on-campus event,” says Dr. Jyu-Lin Chen, Chair of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing. Dr. Hultgren is the Chair of the DNP Program Council and a member of Committee on Courses of Instruction. She is also co-chair of the SON Academic Transition Task Force, charged with guiding the transition of existing Master of Science degree advanced nursing specialty curricula to completion with the DNP degree.
Corina Iacopetti, MD, MA Department of Pediatics
Dr. Iacopetti is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. As a pediatric hospitalist and an inpatient pain and palliative care physician, she supervises students, residents, and fellows across a variety of disciplines at BCH-SF and Oakland. She is the Director for DEI for the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and a Curricular Component Liaison for the School of Medicine’s Anti-Oppression Curriculum Initiative team, working to review and adapt the UME curriculum through an antioppressive lens. She co-developed the pediatric residency bioethics curriculum and teaches at the intersection of bioethics and social justice at the UME, GME, and interprofessional levels. “Additionally, Dr. Iacopetti extended her efforts in anti-oppression education to her facilitation and co-leadership of GME racial affinity group caucusing,” says Dr. Sunitha Kaiser, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She also facilitates racial affinity group caucusing for GME trainees and serves on an interprofessional team developing competencies in anti-racism and anti-oppression for health professions educators.
Erica Lawson, MD Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Lawson is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the division of Pediatric Rheumatology. She has served as the Pediatric Clerkship Director for the School of Medicine since 2022, and the Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director since 2013. “Dr. Lawson is an exceptional teacher who provides excellent learning opportunities regardless of the level of her learners and is deeply committed to the success of the fellows. The ‘fellowship’ program is one of the most sought-after programs in the country [and] has a consistent track record of stellar results on any metric,” says Dr. Sandrijn van Schaik, Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics. She provides care to children, teens and young adults with chronic rheumatic diseases at the UCSF Benioff Childrens' Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland. In addition to medical education, her academic work also focuses on addressing disparities in long-term outcomes and access to care for individuals with childhood-onset rheumatic diseases.
Andrea Long, MD Department of Surgery
Dr. Drea Long is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery, Director of Diversity and Outreach UCSF Fresno. She is a dedicated educator and received the Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award in 2022. As an Acute Care surgeon, she teaches clinical skills in surgery and critical care management of patients to medical students, residents, fellows as well as physician assistants. She is the creator of a resident curriculum highlighting LGBTQ care in the Central Valley and addressing microaggressions and cultural complications in the health care environment. “Dr. Long is a remarkable individual with educational leadership that spans multiple disciplines. She has established herself as an expert in trauma, particularly in the areas of simulation/education and social determinants of health and engages in the wilderness medicine fellowship program in collaboration with the departments of emergency medicine and family medicine,” said Surgery Department Chief, Dr. Jim Davis.
Lisa Mihaly, RN, MS, FNP
Departments of Family Health Care Nursing and Pediatrics
Lisa Mihaly is a director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program (FNP) in the School of Nursing and nursing faculty for the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health program (UCSF SOM Division of Adolescent Medicine). Mihaly teaches a range of courses, including hands-on skills and clinical reasoning for nurse practitioners. She co-developed and is lead faculty for Racism, Health Care and Social Justice, a course now required of almost all master’s students in the SON. This course has been one of “Professor Mihaly’s most impressive accomplishments, [with] faculty from many other universities reach[ing] out for support and information about developing similar courses,” says Dr. Jyu-Lin Chen, Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing. Her educational and scholarly work focus on anti-racism efforts. She maintains a clinical practice at the UCSF Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic. Her areas of interest include risk reduction in high-risk adolescents, health education of young adults, intimate partner violence, and the impact of racism on education and the provision of health care.
Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, MD Department of Medicine
Dr. Ochoa-Frongia is Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at ZSFG. She is a general internist and Associate Program Director for the ZSFG-based Primary Care Track of the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Program. She sees patients and precepts residents at Richard Fine People’s Clinic (RFPC). She is the former RFPC Associate Medical Director and Ambulatory Site Director for the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency at SFGH. “Dr. Ochoa-Frongia routinely role-models a commitment to thoughtful, compassionate care and advocates to ensure equitable care is received,” states Dr. Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine at ZSFG. In her role as site director, she implemented a systems-based practice and inbasket management curriculum and created systems to support enhanced teaching and mentoring by clinic preceptors. She has expertise in curricular development, mental health education, primary care behavioral health integration, health equity, and is the recipient of a career development award for clinician educators from HRSA and PI for a 5-year HRSA training enhancement award to build and implement an innovative classroom and rotation-based mental health training curriculum for primary care residents and faculty.
Iris M.
Otani,
MD
Department of Medicine
Dr. Otani is Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Allergy/ Immunology (A/I), and Associate Director of the A/I Fellowship. As Medical Director, she leads continuous improvement initiatives for A/I and, as a Learning Health Systems Coach, has mentored trainee-led quality improvement projects annually since 2018. “She has continued to lead innovations and improvements [in this role]…and has been recruited by other GME programs…to help develop QI projects,” says Dr. Prescott Woodruff, Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine. She also co-directs an interprofessional A/I elective for medical students, nursing students, and pharmacy students. Her clinical expertise is in drug allergy – she developed the drug allergy testing clinic at UCSF and has collaborated with multiple service lines to develop inpatient and outpatient drug allergy testing and desensitization programs. As Associate Fellowship Director, she oversees the fellowship didactic curricula and mentorship program.
Nailyn Rasool, MD Department of Ophthalmology
Dr. Nailyn Rasool is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology and serves as the academic and medical director of the neuro-ophthalmology service. In these roles, Nailyn has significantly expanded the neuro-ophthalmology curriculum at UCSF. She provides extensive clinical and bedside teaching, didactic lectures and skills- based sessions to residents in neurology, ophthalmology, pediatric neurology as well as other subspecialties. Dr. Rasool shares her passion enthusiasm and expertise…with learners…fostering a collaborative spirit of interprofessional education and finding teachable moments in every patient encounter,” says Dr. Jacque Duncan, Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology. Nailyn also serves as Associate Co-director for the Brain-Mind-Behaviour course for the Medical School. Nailyn’s educational reach expands both nationally and internationally as she develops curricula and educational material in neuroophthalmology both within the United States and Central Asia. It is her goal to expand neuro-ophthalmic education in resource-poor regions of the globe to improve expertise and access to care.
Ashkon Shaahinfar, MD, MPH
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Dr. Ashkon Shaahinfar is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM). He is Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and a Clinical Mentor teaching clinical skills for the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program. He is a dedicated clinician educator in both bedside and didactic settings for learners of all levels from a wide array of disciplines. “Through his patience, enthusiasm, and innovating teaching techniques, he fosters a culture of motivation as well as growth mindset among learners,” says Dr. Jacqueline Grupp-Phelan, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He has focused on leading innovative and collaborative curriculum development in both PEM point-of-care ultrasound and anti-racist clinical skills for the full spectrum of learners, including pre-clerkship medical students, pediatric and emergency medicine residents, PEM fellows, and faculty.
Yalda Shahram, MD Department of Medicine
Dr. Yalda Shahram is assistant professor of clinical medicine in the division of hospital medicine, creator and director of the Tea House Series, co-director of the Justice and Advocacy in Medicine (JAM) block in the first year of the medical school Bridges Curriculum, and co-faculty lead of the Breathing Spaces Program for racial affinity learning groups. Dr. Shahram has made “significant contributions to educational leadership and [is] a champion of health equity,” says Dr. Margaret Fang, Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine. Her education scholarship focuses on implementing critical consciousness in antiracist education for healthcare professionals in an interdisciplinary space that is welcoming and promotes belonging. At heart, Yalda is a social justice advocate and is working towards health equity by dismantling structures of oppression, namely white supremacy/patriarchy/imperialismpromoting-systems. After the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini in September 2022, together with other faculty, staff, and students, they co-created the WomanLifeFreedom group at UCSF to take action in showing solidarity with the anti-patriarchy movement in Iran and promote the inclusion of SWANA student identity in the Scholars at Risk program.
Peter Ureste, MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Peter Ureste is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and an inpatient psychiatrist at ZSFG. In addition to providing clinical supervision to psychiatry interns on the SFGH inpatient rotation, he is the Interim ZSFG Site Director and Interim Associate Program Director of Psychiatry Residency Training. Dr. Ureste works with medical students as a Bridges coach, Director of the Professional Identity Formation curriculum, Curricular Component Liaison in the Anti-Oppression Curriculum Initiative, and a psychiatry career adviser. He also serves as core faculty in the Latinx Center of Excellence, where he works with Latinx/URM pre-medical and medical students. “[Dr. Ureste has made] substantial contributions to our medical students, residents and fellows, as he has role modeled for them a path towards belonging and excellence at our university,” says Dr. Erick Hung, School of Medicine Associate Dean for Students.
Mia Williams, MD, MS Department of Medicine
Dr. Mia Williams is Assistant Program Director for the UCSF Primary Care/General Internal Medicine Residency Program (UCPC-GIM). She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at UCSF and cares for patients at the Mount Zion campus. Mia completed IM residency at UCSF as a member of the UCPC-GIM Residency Program. Mia cares deeply about DEI-AO for learners, faculty and patients. She leads the DGIM quality improvement workgroup that focuses on improving care for patients with limited English proficiency and is one of the School of Medicine’s Anti-Oppressive Curriculum Component Liaisons. “Dr. Williams’ practical and innovative educational leadership is what sets her apart. She has demonstrated unwavering commitment to supporting and mentoring residents while building important curricula and programming. She built strong relationships with the faculty leads to revamp the curricula to integrate DEI-B and AR-AO principles,” says Dr. Ryan Laponis, Program Director of the UCPC-GIM. At the national level, Mia works on sponsorship and mentorship through the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Boyden Staff Awards
Tammy Ryan, CST, JD, LLM
Tammy Ryan is the Clinical Placement Supervisor in the School of Nursing, and her commitment to student clinical placements is crucial to the successful state and national accreditation. Tammy works with diligence and collaboration to support faculty to improve the school's education mission. Tammy is instrumental in revising and implementing a clinical placement documentation system that supports improved compliance with accreditation requirements for nurse practitioner and nurse midwifery students in the school. In addition, Tammy has moved beyond contractual and regulatory compliance for clinical placements and has actively sought out new agencies and sites for increased clinical placements for nursing students including supporting increased placements with VA settings and health centers in under-served communities. Finally, Tammy has developed educational interventions for preceptors in community and hospital settings to learn how to better precept students and how to receive documentation for the clinical hours completed in precepting students. Nominators cite how she "focuses on supporting her team members to evolve in their roles, to take on more responsibility and to better enjoy their work.Tammy brings out the best in others and enjoys the opportunity to assist her team."
Debbie Bain Brickley, DrPH, MPH
Dr. Debbie Brickley is Director of Learning for the IGHS Center for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (formerly UPIEA). She has over 20 years of experience in public health training. Since 2000, she has coled the International Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies program, which has trained 420 scientists from 56 countries in data analysis and scientific writing. ITAPS alumni have published over 4,000 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. In 2021, Dr. Brickley joined a team from the California Department of Public Health, UCSF and UCLA to establish California Pathways into Public Health. Cal-PPH provides training and hands-on work experience to early-career public health professionals from historically underrepresented and diverse backgrounds. The program is now training its second cohort of 43 fellows who are serving in health departments across California. In 2022 Dr. Brickley and team established the UCSF/CDC Health Equity Science Manuscript Development Program, building capacity of CDC scientists to develop and disseminate high-quality scientific work that supports the advancement of health equity. Debbie's nominators praise her "motivation to help improve the practice of health professions education by bringing people together to learn from each other’s experiences."
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Administrative Team
Stephanie Wallace, Amy Lou, Angela Shoga, Christian Mendoza, and Michael
Tressel
Administration in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science ensures all academic programs run optimally. They support the UCSF/SFSU Doctor of Physical Therapy and PhD in Rehabilitation Science programs, as well as the Acute Care, Neurologic, and Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residencies. As individuals, with staff each providing their own wealth of experience and unique perspectives to the work done. As a team, they work together to understand and meet the complex challenges of supporting the health professions education mission, and continuously strive to innovate and improve systems and processes. Stephanie directs the team, leading initiatives to streamline processes and advising faculty on innovative course design and educational technology, Amy ensures programs meet accreditation and high quality standards, Angela assists learners with identifying and accessing resources and campus services to support their success, Christian supports clinical education and assists faculty with class calendars, and Mike manages student outreach and admissions processes. They are a dedicated, collaborative, and hardworking group of individuals. One nominators cites, "as a team, they make my role possible: they are extremely competent, hard-working, and under Stephanie Wallace's leadership they make the DPT Program - the centerpiece of our Department, run smoothly and efficiently."
Exceptional Service Award in Medical Education
Betsy Norton
Betsy Norton (they/them) currently works with first and second year medical students as a foundational sciences course coordinator and as the Foundations 1 OEQ exam lead. They came to the UCSF School of Medicine in 2019 after a decade of working in professional theatre and is so happy they did! Along with their assigned duties, Betsy has a vested interest in furthering DEI-B principles and advocacy throughout the school and curriculum. They also have a passion for continuous quality improvement and working on projects that support growth within the organization, with a particular emphasis on sustainable systems and standard operating procedures. "One nominator cites, "Betsy's work ethic is unparalleled. When the Medical Education Deans implement the Racial Trauma Response school-wide as necessary, Betsy helps us with rapid communication to our learners so we can support individuals who opt to step back from coursework for reflection or meaningful action.These important steps directly enhance Equity and Inclusion at UCSF. Moreover, as we are all learning to improve our teaching materials to be less harmful and more inclusive, Betsy helps us refine our language based on their own expertise, and we would not succeed in delivering this program without Betsy’s contributions.."
Craig Gawlick
Craig is the Administrative Director of the UCSF Kanbar Center for Simulation and Clinical Skills. He works closely with the Education Director for the Kanbar Center, and leads the administrative team. Craig joined during the pandemic and sheparded the Center through a challenging time without administrative leadership. Craig worked with his team to meet demands in pandemic conditions, which included raising staff morale, undexpected staff shortages, and technical failures of essential equipment. At the same time, Craig was able to learn the intricacies of a new job at a new institution and inspire his team move beyond surfuce operations to full capacity, using collaboration and compassion. Since this initial difficult year, Craig has rebuilt the team by restructuring the organization of the unit and hiring several new key team members. His leadership has created positive change for the unit: in the spring 2023, the Kanbar team had the highest Gallup ratings of any medical education unit at UCSF, and the greatest improvement in scores since the year prior! Nominators cite, "the positive team spirit shines through in everything, the overall quality of the work, the collaborative atmosphere in the Center, the interest and motivation to innovate programs and improve operations"
Clinical Microsystems Clerkship (CMC) Team
Kristin Casey Callaghan, MA; Anna Kozas, MA; Therese Denoga, MPH; Joceleyn Faye, MS; Patience Kreidt; Patricia Funquist, MPA
The UCSF School of Medicine Bridges Curriculum Clinical Microsystems Clerkship (CMC) Staff Team [Kristin Casey Callaghan, Therese Denoga, Jocelyn Faye, Anna Kozas, Patience Kriedt and Patricia Runquist] is responsible for operationalizing the most innovative and advanced integrated health systems and clinical skills curriculum for early medical students in the U.S., and globally. Integrating direct patient care, health systems improvement, and interprofessional collaboration, the longitudinal CMC curriculum is complex: success of the program requires a team with a breadth of skill and knowledge. In collaboration with the extraordinary CMC Faculty Leadership Team, the CMC Staff Team operationalizes, implements and continuously improves this longitudinal curriculum which spans two student classes simultaneously. Delivery of the curriculum includes engagement with over 320 students, over 55 physician coaches, hundreds of standardized patients and volunteer faculty at private and non-UCSF medical practices across the San Francisco Bay Area. There nominators praise this group for their teamwork and focus on the UCSF education mission, and cite, "Having worked with this team for the past six years, we believe that this staff team is the most high-functioning team in medical education that we have ever seen. They serve as a model for teamwork and service...They celebrate the diversity in multiple domains among team members and support each other seamlessly to accomplish the broader program goals together."
Keynote Speaker
Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH, FaCC, FAHA
Dr. Michelle A. Albert, MD MPH is the Walter A. Haas-Lucie Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor in Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), Admissions Dean for UCSF Medical School and Director of the CeNter for the StUdy of AdveRsiTy and CardiovascUlaR DiseasE (NURTURE Center).
As a physician-scientist-epidemiologist, Dr. Albert has had a longstanding commitment to health equity and is engaged in cutting-edge research that innovatively seeks to incorporate “biology” with social determinants of health to transform CVD science and healthcare of global populations, i.e “the biology of adversity”. A central component of her current work focuses on developing innovative implementation strategies to curb adversity related CVD risk, particularly in women and diverse racial and ethnic populations with a focus on cumulative toxic stress.
She has received numerous awards for her research and mentorship including from AHA: the prestigious AHA Merit Award for visionary research (2018), AHA Population Science Award (2020), the AHA COVID-19 Rapid Track Grant (2020) and the AHA Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award. Dr. Albert also received the 2023 National Distinguished AHA Leadership Award.
Dr. Albert is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the Association of American Physicians (AAP), the Association of University Cardiologists (AUC) and the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI).
She is the Immediate-Past 86th President of the American Heart Association, Immediate-Past President of the Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc and the Past 60th President of the Association of University Cardiologists. She is the first person in history to serve collectively and concurrently as President of these three of the most prestigious cardiovascular societies. Dr. Albert is the first woman of color and Black woman to serve as AHA President and AUC President.
Dr. Albert received an Honorary Doctorate in Science (DSc, Hon) from the University of Rochester in 2023 and also delivered the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 2023 Commencement Address.
Dr. Albert is named on the 2022 Forbes 50 over 50 list for her Impact.
Members 2023
Shelley Adler, PhD
Nima Afshar, MD
Manish Aghi, MD, PhD
Celeste Allen, MD
Adnan Alseidi, MD, EdM
Loren Alving, MD*
Noriko Tei Boyd Anderson, MD, MPH
Meg Autry, MD
Amin Azzam, MD, MA
Jennifer Babik, MD, PhD
Kenny Banh, MD
Robert Baron, MD, MS
Rebecca Berman, MD
Martin Bogetz, MD
Sharya Vaughan Bourdet, PharmD, BCPS
Steve Braunstein, MD, PhD
Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS
Kristine West Breyer, MD*
Erica Brode, MD, MPH*
Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd
E. Alexandra Brown, MD
Marek Brzezinski, MD, PhD
Sara Buckelew, MD, MPH
Danielle Campagne, MD
Andre Campbell, MD
Lundy J. Campbell, MD
Anna Chang, MD
Jack Chase, MD
Lee-may Chen, MD
Pei Chen, MD
David Chia, MD, MSc
Rachel Chin, MD
Peter Chin-Hong, MD, MAS
Lei Choi, MD, MPH
Nancy Choi, MD
Calvin Chou, MD, PhD
Daniel Ciccarone, MD, MPH
Valerie Clinard, PharmD, Aph
Carmen Cobb, MD
Denise Connor, MD*
Molly Cooke, MD
Kelly M. Cordero, MD
Susannah Cornes, MD
Patricia Cornett, MD
Nicole M. Cresalia, MD
Eddie Cruz-Romero, MD, MPH
Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH
Robert Daroff, MD
Denise Davis, MD
Mansi Desai, MD
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD
Anand Dhruva, MD
Anthony Ding, MD
Vanja Douglas, MD
Jacque Duncan, MD
David Duong, MD, MS
Tammy Duong, MD
Odinakachukwu Ann Ehie, MD, FASA
David Elkin, MD
Martha J. Elster, MD
Archna Eniasivam, MD
Christopher Fee, MD
Mitchell Feldman, MD, MPhil
Alicia Fernandez, MD
Sabrina Fernandez, MD
Marla Ferschl, MD
Darren Fiore, MD
Amber Fitzsimmons, PT, MS, DPTSc
Lynn A. Flint, MD
Shannon E. Fogh, MD
Audrey Foster-Barber, MD, PhD
James Frank, MD, MA
Tracy Fulton, PhD
Megha Garg, MD, MPH, FACP
Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP, RN, FNP-C, CNE
Alan Gelb, MD
Jeffrey Gelfand, MD, MAS, FAAN
Sarah Goglin, MD
Andrew Goldberg, MD, MSCE, FACS
Robin S. Goldman, MD, MPH
Ivan Gomez, MD
Valerie Gribben, MD
Beth Griffiths, MD, MPH
Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, MAEd
Michelle Guy, MD
Monica Hahn, MD, MPH, MS*
Elizabeth Harleman, MD
Michael Harper, MD
Aaron Harries, MD
Karen Hauer, MD, PhD
Duncan Henry, MD
Kenzo Hirose, MD
Lily Hitchner, MD
Claire Horton, MD, MPH
Stephanie Lynn Hsia, PharmD
Gerald Hsu, MD
Marianne Hultgren, DNP, RN, CNE
Erick Hung, MD
Katherine Hyland, PhD
Corina Iacopetti, MD
David Irby, PhD
Rebecca Jackson, MD
S Andrew Josephson, MD
Elizabeth Joyce, PhD
Mindy Ju, MD, MAEd*
Marianne Juarez, MD
Katherine Julian, MD
Shruti Kant, MD*
Priya Kathpalia, MD
Shieva Khayam-Bashi, MD
Edward Kim, MD
Renee Kinman, MD, PhD
Abner Korn, MD
Marieke Kruidering-Hall, PhD*
Irina (Era) V. Kryzhanovskaya, MD
Anda Kuo, MD
Angel Kuo, RN, MSN, PNP
Jeannette Lager, MD, MPH
Cindy Lai, MD*
Harry Lampiris, MD
Ryan Laponis, MD, MSci
Ellen Laves, MD
Erica Lawson, MD
Phuoc Le, MD, MPH, DTM&H
Lorriana Leard, MD
Isabel D. Lee, MD
Kewchang Lee, MD*
Sara Lewin, MD
Ben C. Li, MD
Descartes Li, MD
Matthew Lin, MD
Margaret Jane Lin-Martore, MD
Daphne Lo, MD, MAEd
Helen Loeser, MD, MSc
Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, MD, PhD
Andrea Long, MD
Michele Long, MD
Daniel Lowenstein, MD
Catherine Lucey, MD
Katherine Lupton, MD, FACP
Conan MacDougall, PharmD, MAS
Solmaz Manuel, MD
Jyothi Marbin, MD
Mary E. Margaretten, MD, MAS
Marta Margeta, MD, PhD
Andrea Marmor, MD, MSEd
Erin Mathes, MD
Lindsay Mazotti, MD
Meg McNamara, MD
Katerina Melino, MS, PMHNP-BC
Biftu M. Mengesha, MD MAS
Anna Meyer, MD, FACS, FAAP*
Lisa Mihaly, RN, MS, FNP
Carol Miller, MD
Lynnea Mills, MD
Igor Mitrovic, MD
Bradley Monash, MD
Jillian Mongelluzzo, MD, MAEd
Jessica Muller, PhD
Andrew Murr, MD
Sirisha Narayana, MD
Heather Nye, MD, PhD
Bridget O'Brien, PhD
Meghan O'Brien, MD, MBE
Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, MD
Patricia O’Sullivan, EdD*
Iris M. Otani, MD
Maxine Papadakis, MD
Manuel Pardo, Jr., MD
Neeti Parikh, MD
J. Colin Partridge, MD, MPH
Alissa Peterson, MD
Michael Peterson, MD
Binh An P. Phan, MD
Edgar Pierluissi, MD
Steven Pletcher, MD
Ann Poncelet, MD, FAAN*
Evelyn Porter, MD, MS
Members 2023 Cont
Atif Qasim, MD, MSCE, FASE
Michael Rabow, MD
Raga Ramachandran, MD, PhD*
Sumant Ranji, MD
Nailyn Rasool, MD
Mike Reid, MD, MPH, MA
Stephanie Rennke, MD
Mehan Richie, MD
Nardine Riegels, MD
Josette Rivera, MD
Patricia Robertson, MD
Dana Rohde, PhD*
Sanziana Alina Roman, MD
Demian Rose, MD, PhD
Glenn Rosenbluth, MD
Laura H. Rubinos, MD*
George Rutherford, MD
Emma Samelson-Jones, MD
Henry Sanchez, MD
Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd
Jason Satterfield, PhD*
George Sawaya, MD
Stacy Sawtelle Vohra, MD
Sarah Schaeffer, MD, MPH
Nicole Schroeder, MD
Brian Schwartz, MD
Andreea Seritan, MD
Justin Sewell, MD, MPH
Ashkon Shaahinfar, MD, MPH
Yalda Shahram, MD
Bradley Sharpe, MD
Wen T. Shen, MD, MA
Jaekyu Shin, PharmD
Kanade Shinkai, MD, PhD*
William Shore, MD
Rebecca Shunk, MD
Wade Smith, MD, PhD
Jody Steinauer, MD
Chris Stewart, MD
Naomi Ellen Stotland, MD
Joseph Sullivan, MD
Kristina Sullivan, MD
Miranda Surjadi, RN, MS, ANP-BC
*Endowed Chair Holders
Jeffrey Tabas, MD
Sonny T. Tat, MD, MPH
Arianne Teherani, PhD
Larissa Thomas, MD, MPH
Vanessa Thompson, MD
Paul Alexander Toogood, MD, MS*
Kimberly Topp, PT, PhD, FAAA
Steven Tringali, DO
Rupa Lalchandani Tuan, PhD
Amanda R. Twigg, MD
Peter Ureste, MD
Ram Vaderhobli, DDS, MS
Sandrijn van Schaik, MD, PhD
Margo Vener, MD, MPH
Dina Wallin, MD
Maria Wamsley, MD
Emily Webb, MD*
Lori Weichenthal, MD
Heidi Werner, MD, MSHPEd
Daniel J. Wheeler, MD
Heather Whelan, MD, MSc
Sara Whetstone, MD, MHS*
Mia Williams, MD
Lisa Winston, MD
Susan Wlodarczyk, MD
Naomi Wortis, MD
Pinelopi Xenoudi, DDS, MS
Serena Yang, MD, MPH
Sharon Youmans, PharmD, MPH
VyVy N. Young, MD, FACS
April Zaat, MD
Lydia Zablotska, MD, PhD, MPA*
Carly Zapata, MD, MPH
Josué A. Zapata, MD, MBA
Crystal Zhou, PharmD
Tali Ziv, MD
UCSF
The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators
Office of Medical Education
521 Parnassus Avenue, Floor 2
San Francisco, CA 94117
Membership Committee:
Erin Mathes MD, Chair
Kathleen Land, Staff
Loren Alving, MD
Rebecca Berman, MD
Kristine Breyer, MD
Danielle Campagne, MD
Andre Campbell, MD
Lee Choi, MD, MPH
Jacque Duncan, MD
Christopher Fee, MD
Darren Fiore, MD
Tracy Fulton, PhD
Sarah Goglin, MD
Erick Hung, MD
Era Kryzhanovskaya, MD
Cindy Lai, MD
Descartes Li, MD
Jyothi Marbin, MD
Evelyn Porter, MD, MS
Ann Poncelet, MD
Brian Schwartz, MD
Miranda Surjadi, RN, MS, ANP-BC
Paul Toogood, MD, MS
Sharon Youmans, PharmD, MPH
April Zaat, MD
Our mission is to support the people who carry out and advance the education mission of UCSF through community, diversity, advocacy, service and innovation.
We strive to promote an organizational culture that values educators and accelerates advances in teaching and learning to improve health.
Ann Poncelet, MD, FAAN, Director
Raquel Rodriguez-Piscitello, MBA, Director, Center for Faculty Educators
Kathleen Land, Program Manager
Karen Brent, Communications Analyst
Sally Collins, Qualitative Research Analyst
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