Member Engagement

Alliance Ambassador Program

Alliance Ambassador Program

Alliance Ambassadors serve as a friendly face and voice to help highlight the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) membership, events, and activities at their institutions.

With the help of AAIM staff and other members in their department, Ambassadors will:

  • serve as a champion for AAIM within their institutions,
  • be provided with resources that will help to ensure updates are made to their institution’s membership roster and help welcome new members from their institutions,
  • be equipped with tools that will help them reach out to their colleagues, get them engaged, and keep them informed.

Program Criteria

If you are energetic and have a combined passion for academic internal medicine and AAIM, then volunteer to be an Alliance Ambassador.

To serve as an Alliance Ambassador, you must meet the following requirements:

  • Be a current member of AIM, APDIM, APM, ASP, CDIM, or MPPDA
  • Serve a two-year term from time of enrollment (consecutive terms permitted)
  • Attend virtual orientation training/view online orientation training
  • Dedicate at least one hour a month to review your institution’s membership roster and email roster updates to ambassador@im.org
  • Distribute monthly News & Updates email to current members
  • Familiarize yourself with AAIM’s events, activities, and offerings and share with current members
  • Participate in an annual survey

Ambassador Recognition

As an Alliance Ambassador, you will be recognized for your commitment as an AAIM champion for your institution. Ambassadors will be:

  • highlighted on the Alliance website,
  • recognized at conferences and meetings with a special ribbon,
  • presented with a special gift at Academic Internal Medicine Week,
  • provided access to a dedicated online community to connect with other ambassadors to share tips and best practices.

Your department leader will also be made aware of your volunteer participation as an Alliance Ambassador, which helps keep useful resources at the fingertips of your department’s faculty and staff.

Volunteer Today!

To volunteer to be an Alliance Ambassador, please complete the online registration form below.

If you have questions about the Alliance Ambassador Program, please email AAIM Member Services at ambassador@im.org or call (703) 341-4540.

Being an AAIM Ambassador

Richard M. Wardrop, III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP, FHM

Richard M. Wardrop III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP, FHM

Program Director, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
 
Throughout my entire career as a clinician-educator I have been blessed through membership and engagement within the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine.
 
As a member of the Alliance for over 15 years, I remember vividly my first interactions within this wonderfully diverse community. As a rising chief resident attending my first ever AAIM meeting in 2006, I was absolutely amazed by the fellowship, support, and the experience on full display the at the AAIM meeting. Since that time, my immersion in the AAIM member organizations has been sustaining, invigorating, and illuminating.
 
Now as a more seasoned leader and Program Director for a large Internal Medicine residency, I have the privilege of having served as an Alliance Ambassador since the inception of this program, now across four institutions. The Ambassador program offers a tremendous opportunity to connect members from across the educational continuum at my own institution to vital and diverse programs and services from across the Alliance.
 
As many physicians struggle to find meaningful engagement and a professional home, I fully endorse involvement with the communities across AAIM as being part of my own professional identity. As an Ambassador, I am treated to the joyful opportunity to help foster connection in others.

Alliance Ambassadors

Abington Memorial Hospital Rachel Ramirez, MD, FACP IM Residency Program Director
Aiken Regional Medical Centers Glenda Sabb GME Program Administrator
Aiken Regional Medical Centers Shayan Mahapatra, MD  Core Faculty, Associate Program Director Transitional Year 
Albany Medical College Rachel Hathaway, MD Clerkship Director
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Cynthia Rachel Feher, MD Associate Program Director
Atlantic Health (Morristown) Rebecca A. Griffith, MD Director of Undergraduate Medical Education
Atlantic Health (Overlook) Sakeenah Hampton-Nixon GME Residency Coordinator I
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital-Morehouse School of Medicine Greti Petersen, MD Core Faculty
BayCare Health System (Morton Plant North Bay Hospital) Judy Aquino Program Manager
Bayhealth Medical Center Joseph Deutsch, MD Program Director
Baylor College of Medicine Lisa Marie Camp, MBA Senior Program Coordinator
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center - Round Rock Taylor Chadwick, MBA  Manager, Medical Education 
Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University Taunia Robinson, MBA Coordinator, GME Operations
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Nikkara Shanai Boyd Student Program Administrator
Cambridge Health Alliance Daisy Muralles Program Manager
Capital Health Regional Medical Center Rebecca Mullowney Program Coordinator
Carolinas Medical Center Kristi Moore, MD, FACP Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Ronda Mourad, MD Associate Program Director
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Robert Ian Goodman, MD, FACP, SFHM, FRCP Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Charles R. Drew University LeeTanya M Marion-Murray, C-TAGME Program Administrator
Charleston Area Medical Center/CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine Rachael Trout, EdD Administrator, Department of Medicine
CHRISTUS Health Tiffany Egbe, MD Program Director
Cleveland Clinic (Florida) Safiya Deen Internal Medicine Residency Program Manager/GME
Cleveland Clinic Akron General Muhammad G. Husnain, MD, M.Ed., FACP, FRCP (Edin) Associate Program Director
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Nitu Kataria, MD Associate Program Director, IMRP Main
CMU Medical Education Partners Carol Delehanty, MHA Program Coordinator
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Joy Robinson Director Internal Medicine Educational Programs
Corewell Health Lakeland Kimberly Wright IM Residency Program Manager
Drexel University College of Medicine Janet H. Fitzpatrick, MD Clerkship Director
Duke University School of Medicine Jennie Slate, MBA Senior Business Manager
Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University Catherine Derber, MD Division Chief
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Jennifer G. Foster, MD, MBA, FACP Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum
Florida International University (Baptist Health) JoVonnda D. Chresfield, MBA Program Manager
Florida State University College of Medicine (Cape Coral) Maja Delibasic, MD Residency Program Director
Florida State University College of Medicine (Cape Coral) Ginger Davenport Cook, C-TAGME Program Manager
Florida State University College of Medicine (Sarasota) Joel Baker, DO, FACP Associate Program Director / Core Faculty
Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama Brant Weindorf Program Coordinator
Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama Kimberly Eardley, C-TAGME GME Program Coordinator IV
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Carolyn D Mack, PhD Education Program Manager-Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine Gina Moses Fellowship Administrator
Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center Jeanette Richardson Lead Residency Coordinator and Program Administrator
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Tovah Bass Tripp, MD Clerkship Director
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Neha Paralkar, MD Attending Physician, Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Daniel Ricotta, MD Associate Program Director
Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Judi Hansjon, C-TAGME Fellowship Program Coordinator
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital Barbara R. Gottlieb, MD Associate Program Director for Faculty Development 
Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital Sandra Patricia Ordonez Program Manager
HCA Healthcare (Riverside) Alina Stanca Popa, MD, FACP, FHM Program Director
HCA Healthcare Las Palmas Del Sol Laura M. Preece, DO, FACP Program Director
HCA Healthcare LewisGale Medical Center Peyton Gadjelov Program Coordinator
HCA Healthcare/Tufts University School of Medicine: Portsmouth Regional Hospital Abdullah Chahin, MD Faculty
HCA Houston Healthcare/University of Houston Jill Goodson Program Administrator
Hennepin Healthcare Nina Louise Setala Internal Medicine Residency Program Coordinator
Henry Ford St. John Hospital Simon Alrihani GME Specialist
Howard University College of Medicine Daniel Larbi, MD Associate Dean for GME and DIO
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Harish Jasti, MD Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Director for Ambulatory Care-Geriatrics Clerkship
Indiana University School of Medicine C'Aira Hermesch, MBA Service Line Administrator
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo Regina Makdissi, MD Faculty
Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati Theresa Adams Program Administrator
Johns Hopkins University/Bayview Medical Center Farrah Chanel Howard Sr. Administrative Coordinator for Education
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Jennifer Katada, MD, FACP Program Director
Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Charu Maheshwary, MD Associate Program Director - Inpatient
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (San Pablo Street) Nancy G. Shepherd, MSEd Director, Office of Educational Affairs
Lahey Clinic Maria C. DeOliveira, EdD Executive Director
Lakeland Regional Health Melissa Rusli, MD Program Director, Transitional Year
Lehigh Valley Health Network Kelly Neff, C-TAGME GME Program Coordinator
Lexington Medical Center Sandra Bolton, C-TAGME Program Manager
Loma Linda University School of Medicine LaTanya Pickett, C-TAGME Senior Fellowship Coordinator
Loma Linda University School of Medicine Britny Bay, C-TAGME Senior Residency Coordinator
Louisiana State University School of Medicine (Shreveport) Juzer Ali Asgar, MD Chief Resident
Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Priyanka Sultania Dudani, MD Program Director - Internal Medicine Residency Program
LSU Health Sciences Center/University Hospital and Clinics (Lafayette) Charles Lance McZeal, MPH, CCRP Department Research Coordinator
Maimonides Medical Center Edward K. Chapnick, MD Professor of Medicine; Associate Residency Program Director; Division Chief; Vice Chair of Medicine
Maine Medical Center Hassan Mahmoud, MD Associate Program Director
Maine Medical Center Raymond Klein, MD SEC - Hospital Medicine
Marshfield Clinic Victoria Rodriguez Internal Medicine Program Administrator
Marshfield Clinic Ateeq U. Rehman, MD, FACP, FASE Internal Medicine Program Director
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital Michelle Gonzalez, C-TAGME Graduate Medical Education Coordinator
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital Jennifer Ermolenko Internal Medicine Program Coordinator 
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Lisa Meyer Program Manager
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Carissa Huq, MD Associate Program Director
McLeod Regional Medical Center Becky Sterling Program Manager
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Kathryn Humes, MD Associate Program Director
Medical College of Wisconsin Robin Karst MCP Senior Education Manager
Medical University of South Carolina Regional Network Ribal Al Aridi, MD, CCD Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Mercy Catholic Medical Center Mir Zeeshan Ali Khan, MD Assistant Program Director 
Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine Oksana Karpov, DO, FACP; FACOI; Ed.D Program Director
Methodist Hospital - The Woodlands Hospital Muhammad Hassan Masood Virk, MD, MPH Resident Physician
Mobile Infirmary Health JoAnn Phillips Wood, MD, MSEd, MHA, FACP, FAAP  Residency Program Director
Mobile Infirmary Health LaTasha Williams, C-TAGME Internal Medicine Residency Program Manager
Mount Carmel Health System Sumit Sharma, MD, MD Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine
New York Medical College/St. Mary and St. Clare Venkatesh Gondhi, MD, MD CHCQM Associate Program Director 
New York University Grossman School of Medicine Daniel Sartori, MD Associate Program Director Internal Medicine Residency
Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine Richard M. Wardrop, III, MD, PhD, MACP, SFHM, FAAP Chief Medical Officer
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Pradeep Kaminoulu, MD Hospitalist
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Bhavin Dalal, MD, DNB, FACP, FCCP Program Director, PCCM Fellowship 
Ohio State University College of Medicine Madison Tiffany Watkins Fellowship Administrator
Ohio State University College of Medicine Kim Tartaglia, MD, FACP, FAAP, SFHM Director, Faculty Development Teaching and Learning
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Maureen Lyons, MD Associate Program Director, Ambulatory Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine Zachary G. Jacobs, MD, FHM, FACP Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Nabeel Akhtar, MD Clinical Instructor, General Internal Medicine Fellow
Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Lejla Arnautovic Program Coordinator
Prime South GME Consortium (Southern Regional Medical Center) Claudia Fotzeu, MD Residency Program Director
Ramon Betances Hospital-Mayaguez Medical Center/Ponce School of Medicine Consortium Vanessa M. Ruiz, C-TAGME Program Administrator
Reading Hospital (Tower Health) Caitlyn Rose Moss, MD Academic Hospitalist
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Patricia Ng, MD Vice Chair of Education, IM Residency Program Director
Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont Mark E. Pasanen, MD Vice Chair of Education
Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont Allen Mead Vice-President, Network Departments
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center Viju John, MD Assistant Director of the Core Clerkship and Longitudinal Integrated Course Co-Director
Rutgers Health/Jersey City Medical Center Louis Alerte Instructor
Rutgers Health/Monmouth Medical Center Doantrang Du, MD Program Director
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School David A. Cohen, MD, FACE, FACP Vice Chair of Education
Shannon Medical Center Saint-Martin Allihien, MD, MPH Faculty
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Jennifer Valentine, MD Clinical Instructor
Sovah Health - Danville Patty L. Irwin GME Manager
St Joseph's Medical Center (Stockton) Arnisha Winbush Program Administrator
St. Barnabas Hospital Victoria Bengualid, MD Program Director
St. Mary's Hospital (Waterbury) Shawnette Alston, MD Residency Program Director
State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine Shanna Brown Senior Administrative Specialist
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine Gwendolyn McMichael Administrator
Sutter Health/Memorial Medical Center Triana Sanchez Central Valley Market Administrator
Texas Health Resources/Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Morgan G. Fairweather, MD Associate Program Director
Texas Tech University (Permian Basin) Devi Priya Suravajjala, MD Associate Program Director for Endocrinology,Diabetes and Metabolism
Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University Jacky Duong, DO Associate Program Director
Tulane University School of Medicine Deepa Bhatnagar, MD Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus Lisa M. Williams, MA Education Administrator
UMass Chan - Baystate Medical Center Raquel Belforti, MD Faculty
Unity Health-White County Medical Center Susan C. Fell, BA Internal Medicine Program Coordinator
University Hospitals Community Consortium (Westlake) Caitlin Gillen, DO Program Director
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Martha Veazey Education Administrator
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Starr Steinhilber, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine 
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Emily Mallin, MD Associate Program Director
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Jennifer Meyfeldt, MD Associate Program Director
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA, MACP, MHM, FRCP, FACC, FHFSA Co-Director/Medical Director, IPH; Chair Emeritus; Founding Chief Hospital Medicine & Palliative Med
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Amir Schangali Administrative Vice Chair
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Samantha Santiago Executive Assistant & Project Manager
University of Central Florida College of Medicine Olga Karasik, MD Associate Program Director
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, Pritzker School of Medicine Kelly Hrdy, C-TAGME Program Manager
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Elizabeth Bauke, MHA Program Manager
University of Connecticut School of Medicine Robert J. Nardino, MD, MACP Program Director 
University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville Elisa M. Sottile, MD Associate Program Director & Clerkship Director
University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville Lorna Matos, C-TAGME, MSML GME Division Administrator
University of Illinois College of Medicine Christopher Zell, MS Deputy Director, Education
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Jennifer Strouse, MD Associate Program Director
University of Kansas (Olathe) Jane Broxterman, MD, FACP Residency Program Director
University of Kansas (Wichita) Tiffany Elisse Schwasinger-Schmidt, MD, PhD Associate Professor
University of Kansas School of Medicine Lisa Tandberg, MSML Education Administrator
University of Kansas School of Medicine Abby Hyde, C-TAGME Program Manager
University of Kentucky College of Medicine Emily Lee Clinical Administrator III
University of Louisville School of Medicine Laura Chady Workman, MD Medicine-Pediatrics Program Director
University of Maryland Capital Region Health Gurdeep Chhabra, MD Associate Program Director
University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus R. Dobbin Chow, MD, MBA, MACP Program Director
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Christine O. MacGinnis, DO Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Shanice Santoy Spence, MBBS, BSc Resident Physician
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Stefanie R. Brown, MD, FACP, FAAP Program Director
University of Michigan Medical School Richana Gaskin Senior Program Administrator
University of Mississippi School of Medicine Jennifer Chappell, C-TAGME Director of Health Education 
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Kavita Jadhav, MD Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Emily Haury, MD, MHPE Internal Medicine Clerkship Director and Assistant Dean for Clinical Medical Education
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Shalini T. Reddy, MD, MHPE, FACP Residency Program Director
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Dinesh Bande, MD, FACP Associate Dean
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Amar Kohli, MD IM Clerkship Director
University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine Elimarys Perez-Colon, MD Associate Program Director
University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine Candice Mateja, DO, FACP Associate Program Director
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Ambili Ramachandran, MD, MSc, FACP  Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine Rachael Boston, MBA, LPTA Division Administrator, Hematology/Oncology
University of Washington School of Medicine Radhika Narla, MD Associate Program Director for Subspecialty Medicine, UW IM Residency Program
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madeline Traeger Administrative Assistant
UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg) William Bambach, DO Faculty
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Katherine Walsh, MD Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Laura Paletta-Hobbs, MD Associate Program Director and Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Eve Birmingham, MBA Associate Administrator of Education
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Alycia S. Smith Administrative Manager, Medical Education Office
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Alisha Maureen Crowley, MD Clinician Educator
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine Katie Sidler, C-TAGME Senior Education Manager
WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center Jennifer Headrick, MD Residency Program Director
White River Health System Ashley Johnson, C-TAGME Program Coordinator
York Hospital Robert I. Pargament, MD Program Director
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill Hospital Ethan D. Fried, MD, MACP Associate Chair for Education
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Northern Westchester Hospital Varinder S. Kambo, MD Associate Program Director

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