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OHSU's yearly Education Scholars Program is made up of individuals with clinical teaching responsibilities who anticipate career paths significantly dedicated to scholarship in health professions education. The program is open to physician chief residents, fellows and faculty, and educators with clinical teaching responsibilities from the professions of dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and physician assistants.

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Name Role (At time of participation)
Karen Anstey, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Andrew Arndt, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics
Aniqa Azim M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Michelle Beam, M.D., M.P.H. Resident, Internal Medicine
Laura Bennetts, M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Providence Portland Medical Center
Meera Bhakta, D.O., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Erin Burns, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care
Abiezer Disla Cuevas, M.D. Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Ishak Elkhal, M.D. Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
Kinsley Hubel, M.D. Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
Kaahukane Leite-Ah Yo, M.D. Fellow, Point-of-care ultrasound
Edward Nickolai Murphy, M.D. Assistant Professor, Medicine
Rebecca Raven, M.D. Instructor, Emergency Medicine
Ashley Roach Ph.D., R.N. Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Arinea Salas, M.D. Instructor, Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Nilan Schnure, M.D. Assistant Professor, Medicine
Radhika Sheth, M.B., B.S. Fellow, Infectious Diseases
Tameka Smith, M.D. Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Divya Sood, M.D. Assistant Professor, Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
James "Mike" Winer, M.D. Clinician Educator, Addiction Medicine

Name Role (At time of participation)
Karen Alles, M.N., R.N., C.P.N. Clinical Instructor, OHSU School of Nursing
Silvia Amaya-Pajares, D.D.S., M.S. Associate Professor, OHSU School of Dentistry
Michael Armstrong, D.O. Fellow, General Medicine Ultrasound
Christopher Bender, M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Providence Portland Medical Center
Simone Dekker, M.D., Ph.D. PGY-3 Resident, Internal Medicine
Sherie Gause, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Heather Hawk, D.N.P., B.S.N. Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, RNBS Program, OHSU School of Nursing
Ryan Kane, M.D., M.P.H. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Molly Kornfield, M.D. Fellow, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Grace Lambert, M.D. Education Fellow, Emergency Medicine
Erin Lemon, M.N., R.N., CCM Instructor and Faculty in Residence, Clinical Nursing, OHSU School of Nursing
Kelvin Ng, M.D. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) Fellow, Internal Medicine
Nicole Rapista, M.D. 2nd Yr Fellow, Critical Care
Max Rusek, M.D., M.P.H. Chief Resident, Quality and Safety, Portland VA
Staci Saunders, M.D. Medical Educator, Portland VA
Adi Shafir, M.D. Assistant Professor, Hematology and Oncology
Barry Swerdlow, M.D., FASA Didactic instructor and lead simulation educator, Nurse Anesthesia Program, OHSU School of Nursing
Scott Warner, M.D. Chief Resident, Quality and Safety, Portland VA

Name Role (At time of participation)
Sarah Biel, M.D. Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Chad Brown, M.D. Fellow, Emergency Medicine
Tomas Cordova, M.D. Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Kara Detwiller, M.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Rhinology and Sinus Surgery
Forrest Orme, D.O., M.P.H. Chief Medical Resident, Legacy Health
Michelle Kim, D.M.D, M.S. Assistant Professor, Orthodontics, School of Dentistry
Jacqueline Levene, D.O. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Kate Marshall, M.D. Fellow, Addiction Medicine
Cassie Mullen, M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Laurel Hoffmann, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Paul Musgrave, M.D. Fellow, Internal Medicine
Kathryn Ritter, M.D. Fellow, Emergency Medicine
Monica Saladik, M.D.  Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Aaron Silver, M.D. Fellow, Internal Medicine
Courtney Temple, M.D. Fellow, Medical Toxicology
Brandon Temte, D.O. Chief Medical Resident, Providence Portland Medical Center
Angele Theard, M.D. Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Kim Trieschmann, M.D. Assistant Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Rachel Westwood, M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Lokesh Yadav, M.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
Mengyu Zhou, M.D. Clinical Associate, OHSU-Hillsboro Medical Center

Name Role (At time of participation)
Hayley Baines, M.D., M.C.R. Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Bradley Buchheit, M.D., M.S. Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics
Joel Burnett, M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Emily Carter, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Antwon Chavis, M.D. Assistant Professor, General Pediatrics
Grace Chen, M.D., M.P.U. Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Pain Management
Andrew Corcoran, M.D. Assistant Professor, Adult Anesthesiology
Jordan Graeme, D.C., M.S., D.C.N. Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Emily Janetos, M.D. Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Kaleb Keyserling, M.D. Assistant Professor at OHSU and Clinician Educator at the VA
James Kornfield, M.D., M.A. Internal Medicine Ultrasound Fellow
Amy Kwon, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Alan Labrum, O.D. Assistant Director of Optics Course for Residents
Rand Ladkany, M.D. Assistant Director OHSU Tuality Hospitalist Service
Christine Luo, M.D. Medical Education Fellow, Department of Emergency Medicine
Edward Maldonado, M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Kelsi Manley, M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Marin McCutcheon, M.D., MPHTM Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Matthew O'Donnell, D.O. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Brook Pittenger, M.D. Resident, Internal Medicine (VA)
Hind Rahmouni, M.D. Cardiovascular Fellowship Program Director
Kristen Schultz, M.D. General Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery
John Thompson, M.D., M.S. Adjunct Instructor, Emergency Medicine
Samuel Torres Landa, M.D. General Surgery Resident, Department of Surgery
Keenan Yanit, M.D. Clinical Experience Director, OBGYN

Name Role (At time of participation) Capstone Project Description
Jane Babiarz, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Create a set of interactive clinical problem-solving modules for training residents to care for people living with HIV. The goals are to teach core primary care skills for managing HIV, promote self-directed learning, and have a replicable program that can be evaluated, shared interdepartmentally, and published.
Shahana Baig-Lewis, M.D. Chief Resident, Department of Internal Medicine Design a structured ambulatory report curriculum aimed at standardizing the process between clinic sites with ultimate goal of teaching evidence based approach to outpatient medicine.
Adam Blumenberg, M.D. Fellow, Medical Toxicology Develop an original and useful sim case.
Alanna Braun, M.D., F.A.A.P Clinical Skills Lab Facilitator, School of Medicine Pediatric ECHO for community pediatricians, partnering with psychologists and rotating specialists.
Alia Broman, M.D. Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care, Doernbecher
Kimberly Chesteen, M.D. Chief Resident, Internal Medicine Improve online IMRESPDX educational documents for the residency program—Collate up to date landmark articles for topics of internal medicine to update our IMRESPDX.COM educational documents.
Mackenzie Cook, M.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery Build a didactic curriculum for interns (general surgery / orthopedics / EM) rotating on the trauma ward service to supplement the clinical teaching.
Lindy Craft, D.O. Fellow, Critical Care Medicine Write a grant (Medic 1 grant) for funding for research in neurologic prognostication after cardiac arrest. Having a community standard for post cardiac arrest prognostication we can help residents explain to family member the process and what to expect after a loved one has suffered a cardiac arrest.
Daniel Crowder, M.D. Residency in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Complete a research project reviewing information availability from child neurology and NDD training program websites and submit to a journal for publication.
Seunggu Han, M.D. Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery
Kathy Jorda, M.D. Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology I want to publish education scholarship after teaching trauma-informed care principles to medical students during their ob/gyn clerkship. Medical students often feel uncomfortable and unprepared to obtain a sexual history, particularly for female veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma. I’m planning a 1hr session introducing trauma-informed care principles to medical students at the beginning of their ob/gyn rotation. I’d like to administer a pre- and post-intervention survey, as well as at the end of their rotation to see if they used or observed trauma-informed care principles in the clinical setting. I will also collect qualitative data on medical students' perceived barriers to obtaining a sexual history and use that data to incorporate new educational content as appropriate. Eventually I'd like to incorporate standardized patients as well as a panel of survivors to speak to the group and study which intervention is more useful for medical students during their clerkship.
Jonathan Karademos, M.D. Fellow, Education, Department of Emergency Medicine Produce a faculty development e-learning curriculum covering resident teaching and feedback.
Jeremy Kim, M.D. Chief Medical Resident, Legacy Emanual and Good Samaritan Hospitals Create a 2 week clinical ethics elective curriculum for internal medicine residents that potentially includes implicit bias training and time with ethics consultants.
Patricia Liu, M.D. Chief Medical Resident, Internal Medicine (With Riana Wurzburger) Create a 2-week IMPACT resident elective with an accompanying self-directed learning curriculum. In regards to evaluation and feedback, we plan on creating a pre- and post- survey to assess knowledge, and perceived knowledge and comfort.
Matthew Miller, M.D. Fellow, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Michael Northrop, M.D. Fellow, Point of Care Ultrasound and Clinical Instructor, Department of General Internal Medicine Publish an US curriculum that encompasses one year for rural track PAs.
Patricio Riquelme, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine Implement a coaching program where residents are mentees and faculty are mentors, with the latter using positive psychology techniques to help prevent resident burnout.
Lauren Sigman, M.D. Fellow, Emergency Medicine Education Revise and expand upon the curricula for the medical student sub-I rotation and the teach resident rotations in the department of emergency medicine.
Robin Tittle, M.D., M.S. Hospital Medicine Attending, Division of Hospital and Specialty Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center Publishing on the curriculum designed for the HEAL Initiative global health fellowship.
Mandy VanSandt, D.O. Assistant Professor of Pathology Build a didactic curriculum for pathology residents in coagulation testing.
Holly Villamagna, M.D. Fellow, Infectious Disease Developing online modules that cover the content currently taught in an education intersession simulation lab for medical students. Medical students will be divided into groups - sim lab versus online modules - and I will be comparing how the two different educational interventions affect their invention prevention/PPE practices as well as their long-term infection control/PPE knowledge. 
Laura Waagmeester, M.D. Fellow, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Riana Wurzburger, M.D., M.P.H. Chief Medical Resident, Internal Medicine (With Patricia Liu) Create a 2-week IMPACT resident elective with an accompanying self-directed learning curriculum. In regards to evaluation and feedback, we plan on creating a pre- and post- survey to assess knowledge, and perceived knowledge and comfort.
Leila Zuo, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Study the feasibility of using the Anesthesia Toolbox to deploy a "standardized curriculum" across a few participating institutions, and analyzing resident/faculty satisfaction.