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 Dimple Patel, MD, FACP Associate Program Director
Abington Memorial Hospital Rachel Ramirez, MD, FACP IM Residency Program Director
Advocate Christ Medical Center Melanie Rose Gordon, MD Faculty
Aiken Regional Medical Centers Shayan Mahapatra, MD  Core Faculty, Associate Program Director Transitional Year 
Aiken Regional Medical Centers Glenda Sabb GME Program Administrator
Albany Medical College Rachel Hathaway, MD Clerkship Director
Albany Medical College Michelle L. Snavely Medicine Fellowships Coordinator
Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium  (AGH) Alexandra Johnston, DO Associate Program Director, IM Residency Program
Atlantic Health (Morristown) Rebecca A. Griffith, MD Director of Undergraduate Medical Education
Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, MACP, FAMWA Professor of Clinical Medicine
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital-Morehouse School of Medicine Greti Petersen, MD Core Faculty
BayCare Health System (Morton Plant North Bay Hospital) Judy Aquino Program Manager
BayCare Health System (St. Joseph's Hospital - South) Ibrahim A. Saad, MD Program Director
Baylor All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth Dipesh Bista, MD Internal Medicine Residency Associate Program Director
Baylor College of Medicine Andrew Caruso, MD Clerkship 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
Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine Hallie Rozansky, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine Laurie Dubois, C-TAGME Section Administrator for Medical Residency
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Nikkara Shanai Boyd Student Program Administrator
Cambridge Health Alliance Daisy Muralles Program Manager
Campbell University/Harnett Health Lori Hester Administrative Director of Medical Education
Campbell University/Harnett Health Benjamin D Putnam, MD, FACP Associate Program Director
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
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 Ghazanfar Husnain, MD Associate Program Director
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Nitu A Kataria, MD Associate Program Director, IMRP Main
CMU Health 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
Creighton University School of Medicine Abubakar Tauseef, MD Core Faculty
Danbury Hospital Meagan Davis 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
Emory University School of Medicine Britt Marshall, MD Clinic Site Director/ Core Faculty
Emory University School of Medicine Dheepa R. Sekar, MD Core Faculty
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 (Sarasota) Joel Baker, DO, FACP Associate Program Director / Core Faculty
Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama Kimberly Eardley, C-TAGME GME Program Coordinator IV
Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama Brant Weindorf Program Coordinator
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Carolyn D Mack, PhD Education Program Manager-Medicine
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 Jessica Carreira, MBA Supervisor Internal Medicine Residency Program
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 Massachusetts General Hospital Sandra Patricia Ordonez Program Manager
HCA Healthcare (Riverside) Alina Stanca Popa, MD, FACP, FHM 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
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
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Chandan Das Associate Researcher
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/West Vasundhara Singh, MD Associate Program Director for Inpatient Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine LeeAnn Cox, MD Statewide Medicine Clerkship Director
Indiana University School of Medicine (Southwest Indiana) Oksana Karpov, DO, FACOI Residency Program Director
Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Susan Dresdner, MD Associate Program Director
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo Regina Makdissi, MD Faculty
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Marina Ravich, MD Residency Program Director
Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati Theresa Adams Program Administrator
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Sonia Dalal, MD, FACP Assistant Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University/Bayview Medical Center Farrah Chanel Howard Sr. Administrative Coordinator for Education
Johnston Memorial Hospital Heather Musick, MA Program Manager
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
Lehigh Valley Health Network Kelly Neff, C-TAGME GME Program Coordinator
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Ajaykumar D. Rao, MD Section Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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 Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans Shane Erin Sanne, DO, FACP Associate Professor of Medicine
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
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Santhosshi Narayanan, MD, FACP Associate Program Director
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 Associate Program Director
Medical College of Wisconsin Robin Karst Program Manager II
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Cassandra D. Salgado, MD Senior Associate Dean for FADW, Division Chief Infectious Diseases
Medical University of South Carolina Regional Network Ribal Al Aridi, MD, CCD Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Sumugdha Rayamajhi, MD Associate Professor
Mobile Infirmary Health LaTasha Williams, C-TAGME Internal Medicine Residency Program Manager
Mobile Infirmary Health JoAnn Phillips Wood, MD, MSEd, MHA, FACP, FAAP  Residency Program Director
Mount Carmel Health System Sumit Sharma, MD, MD Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine
Mountain View Regional Medical Center Jessica Y. Segovia Residency Coordinator
New York Medical College Merita Shehu, MD Associate Program Director
Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine Richard M. Wardrop, III, MD, PhD, MACP, SFHM, FAAP Chief Medical Officer
Northwest Healthcare (Tucson) Renae Trapp, C-TAGME Program Coordinator
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Kelly Hrdy, C-TAGME Residency Program Administrative Manager
Norwalk Hospital/Yale University Prachi Patel Manager Residency Program
Norwalk Hospital/Yale University Dawn DeSantis, MS Program Manager
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
Parkview Health Jenna Laughlin, DO, FACP Core Faculty
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Alia Chisty, MD Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Piedmont Athens Regional Christopher March, MD Core Faculty- Inpatient
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
Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Stefanie Aponte, C-TAGME Program Coordinator, Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Reading Hospital (Tower Health) Caitlyn Rose Moss, MD Academic Hospitalist
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Susan Lane, MD, MACP Vice Chair for Education, Associate Dean for Clinical Faculty Development
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
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
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Jennifer Valentine, MD Clinical Instructor
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University Jason Ojeda, MD Primary Care Program Director
St. Mary's Hospital (Waterbury) Shawnette Alston, MD Residency Program Director
Stanford University School of Medicine Sheila Galiste Assistant Division Manager
State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine Shanna Brown Administrative Specialist
Sutter Health/Memorial Medical Center Triana Sanchez Central Valley Market Administrator
Sutter Roseville Medical Center Nasrin Dhapa, MD Resident Physician
Texas Health Resources (Bedford/Denton) Aitazaz Shah, MD Core Faculty
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Neha Mittal, MD, FACP Clerkship Director and Associate Professor
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Robert W. Alexander Program Manager
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
University Hospitals Community Consortium (Westlake) Caitlin Gillen, DO Program Director
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Starr Steinhilber, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine 
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Martha Veazey Education Administrator
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Jennifer Meyfeldt, MD Associate Program Director
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Emily Mallin, MD Associate Program Director
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA, MACP, MHM, FRCP, FACC, FHFSA Assoc Dean Clinical Transformation; Chief Hospital Medicine & Palliative Medicine; Chair Emeritis
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Amir Schangali Administrative Vice Chair
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Laurae Pearson Director of Administration & Finance
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 Amber T. Pincavage, MD, FACP Clerkship Director
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Elizabeth Bauke, MHA Program Manager
University of Colorado School of Medicine Benjamin S. Vipler, MD, MEd, FACP Clerkship Director (LIC)
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 Iowa (Des Moines) Katie Ludwikowski Program Coordinator
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 Jessica R. Newman, DO Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Kansas School of Medicine Abby Hyde, C-TAGME Program Manager
University of Louisville School of Medicine Laura Chady Workman, MD Medicine-Pediatrics Program Director
University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus R. Dobbin Chow, MD, MBA, MACP Program Director
University of Maryland School of Medicine Danielle Baek, MD Residency Program Director
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Christine O. MacGinnis, DO Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate Raquel Belforti, MD Faculty
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine Stefanie R. Brown, MD, FACP, FAAP Program Director
University of Minnesota Medical School Sarah Johnson Sexton, C-TAGME Associate Education Manager
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 North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Dinesh Bande, MD, FACP Chair
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa) Dee Anna Wilson Lead Student Program Coordinator
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Amar Kohli, MD IM Clerkship Director
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia Riley Deann Cook GME Rheumatology Program Administrator and IM Program Assistant
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 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  Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Kimberly A. King, C-TAGME GME Program Coordinator III
University of Washington School of Medicine Radhika Narla, MD Associate Program Director for Subspecialty Medicine, UW IM 
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madeline Traeger Administrative Assistant
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Katherine Walsh, MD Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Eve Birmingham, MBA Associate Administrator of Education
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Laura Paletta-Hobbs, MD Associate Program Director and Associate Professor
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Alycia S. Smith Administrative Manager, Medical Education Office
WakeMed Health and Hospitals Andrew Buzan, MD Hospitalist, Program Faculty IM Residency Program
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 Mather Hospital Alan T. Kaell, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital Marilyn Temkin, MD Core Faculty
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Northern Westchester Hospital Varinder S. Kambo, MD Associate Program Director
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at South Shore University Hospital Lalitha Ranga, MD Director, IM Clerkship
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at South Shore University Hospital Beeneka S. Prashad Residency Program Director

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