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

Abington Memorial Hospital: Dimple Patel, MD, FACP

AdventHealth Florida: Aftab Ahmad, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP, FACHE

Adventhealth Orlando: Tennille Doyle, B.A.

Advocate Christ Medical Center: Melanie Rose Gordon, MD

Advocate Health Care (Advocate Lutheran General Hospital): Afshan Woodrich, C-TAGME

Albany Medical College: Michelle L. Snavely

Allegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium  (AGH): Alexandra Johnston, DO

Ascension St Vincent Hospital Indianapolis: Laurel B. Fick, MD, FACP

Ascension St. John Hospital: Simon Alrihani

Atlantic Health (Morristown): Rebecca A. Griffith, MD

Atlantic Health (Overlook): Sakeenah Hampton-Nixon

AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center: Dominick Zampino, DO

Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership: Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD

Baptist Health South Florida: JoVonnda D. Chresfield, MBA

Baylor All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth: Dipesh Bista, MD

Baylor College of Medicine: Andrew Caruso, MD

Baylor College of Medicine: Ruchi Gaba, MBBS

Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University: Taunia Robinson, MBA

Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine: Laurie Dubois, C-TAGME

Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine: Hallie Rozansky, MD

Campbell University/Harnett Health: Benjamin D Putnam, MD

Campbell University/Harnett Health: Lori Hester

Capital Health Regional Medical Center: Rebecca Mullowney

Carolinas Medical Center: Kristi Moore, MD

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine: Ronda Mourad, MD

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: Robert I. Goodman, MD, FACP, SFHM, FRCP

Charleston Area Medical Center/West Virginia University (Charleston Division): Rachael Trout, EdD

Cleveland Clinic (Florida): Safiya Deen

Cleveland Clinic Foundation: Richard M. Wardrop, III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP

Cook County Health and Hospitals System: Dixie L. Dominguez

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University: Joy Robinson

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University: Kathryn Haroldson, MD

Corewell Health Lakeland: Kimberly Wright

Creighton University School of Medicine: Abubakar Tauseef, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles: Elizabeth Shin

Drexel University College of Medicine: Janet H. Fitzpatrick, MD

Duke University School of Medicine: Jennie Slate, MBA

Eastern Virginia Medical School: Catherine Derber, MD

Emory University School of Medicine: Britt Marshall, MD

Emory University School of Medicine: Dheepa R. Sekar, MD

Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine: Jennifer G. Foster, MD, MBA, FACP

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth: Kelly A. Kieffer, MD

Geisinger Health System: Dan Dometita, DO

Geisinger Health System: Jamie Hood, DO

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences: Lisa Horvath

Georgetown University School of Medicine: Nili Sommovilla, MD

Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center: Jeanette Richardson

Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine Hackensack University Medical Center: Jessica Carreira, MBA

Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Judi Hansjon, C-TAGME

Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center: Daniel Ricotta, MD

Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital: Maria C. DeOliveira, EdD

Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital: Sandra Patricia Ordonez

HCA Healthcare (Riverside): Alina Stanca Popa, MD, FACP, FHM

HCA Healthcare/Tristar Nashville: Quintin Gillum

HCA Healthcare/Tufts University School of Medicine: Portsmouth Regional Hospital: Abdullah Chahin, MD

Hennepin Healthcare: Nina Louise Setala

Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford Hospital Program: Odaliz Abreu Lanfranco, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Howard University College of Medicine: Daniel Larbi, MD

Howard University College of Medicine: Miriam Michael, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Harish Jasti, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: Chandan Das

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Ridgewood): Reham Shaaban, DO

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/West: Vasundhara Singh, MD

Indiana University School of Medicine: LeeAnn Cox, MD

Indiana University School of Medicine: Heather Hennen

Indiana University School of Medicine: Megan Donovan

Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Susan Dresdner, MD

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo: Regina Makdissi, MD

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center: Marina Ravich, MD

John A. Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii at Manoa: Dennis Bolger, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine: Sonia Dalal, MD, FACP

Johnston Memorial Hospital: Heather Musick, MA

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii: Jennifer Katada, MD, FACP

Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States: Charu Maheshwary, MD

Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California: Nancy G. Shepherd, MSEd

Lakeland Regional Health: Melissa Rusli, MD

Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Temple University Hospital/Temple Faculty Physicians: Ajaykumar D. Rao, MD

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans: Shane Erin Sanne, DO, FACP

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine: Anthi Katsouli, MD, MPH

Maimonides Medical Center: Edward K. Chapnick, MD

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine: Samson T. Teka, MD

Marshfield Clinic: Ateeq U. Rehman, MD, FACP

Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine: Lisa Thornton

McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: Renee J. Flores, MD

McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: Santhosshi Narayanan, MD, FACP

McLaren-Flint/Michigan State University: Kavitha Kesari, MD

Medical College of Wisconsin: Robin Karst

Medical College of Wisconsin: Tracy M. Stasinopoulos, C-TAGME

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine: Cassandra D. Salgado, MD

Memorial Health-University Medical Center/Mercer School of Medicine (Savannah):  Chad Martins, MD

Mercy Hospital (St. Louis): Katherine Garland, MD, FACP

Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago: Trina L. Coleman

Mountain View Regional Medical Center: Jessica Y. Morales

New York Medical College: Merita Shehu, MD

New York Medical College at St. Michael's Medical Center: Linda Gradaille

Northside Hospital Gwinnett: Beth Boord, MEd

Northwest Healthcare (Tucson): Renae Trapp, C-TAGME

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine: Kelly Hrdy, C-TAGME

Norwalk Hospital/Yale University: Dawn DeSantis, MS

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine: Pradeep Kaminoulu, MD

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine: Bhavin Dalal, MD

Ohio State University College of Medicine: Kim Tartaglia, MD, FACP, FAAP, SFHM

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine: Maureen Lyons, MD

Parkview Health: Jenna Laughlin, DO, FACP

Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center: Alia Chisty, MD

Piedmont Athens Regional: Christopher March, MD

Piedmont Macon Medical Center: Muhammad Awais, MD

Prime South GME Consortium (Southern Regional Medical Center): Claudia Fotzeu, MD

Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine/St Vincent's Medical Center: Judy Aquino

Ramon Betances Hospital-Mayaguez Medical Center/Ponce School of Medicine Consortium: Vanessa M Ruiz, C-TAGME, Administrator

Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania: Stefanie Aponte, C-TAGME

Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University: Susan Lane, MD, MACP

Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University: Kaveh Sadigh, MD, MPH

Riverside Methodist Hospitals (OhioHealth): Sanjay A Patel, MD, FACP, SFHM

Riverside University Health System (Moreno Valley): Mariam Gilmore, DO

Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont: Allen Mead

Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont: Mark E. Pasanen, MD

Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center: Viju John, MD

Rutgers Health/Jersey City Medical Center: Louis Alerte

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: David A. Cohen, MD, FACE, FACP, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University: Jason Ojeda, MD

Sparrow Hospital: Sumugdha Rayamajhi, MD

St Joseph's Medical Center: Mrinmayee V. Naik, MD

St. Barnabas Hospital: Victoria Bengualid, MD

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center: Claudia Nader, MD

St. Mary's Hospital (Waterbury): Shawnette Alston, MD

Stanford University School of Medicine: Bhuvana Ramachandran, MS, MBA, MPH

State University of New York Upstate Medical University College of Medicine: Stephen J. Knohl, MD

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine: Gwendolyn McMichael

Sutter Roseville Medical Center: Nasrin Dhapa, MD

Texas Health Resources (Bedford/Denton): Aitazaz Shah, MD

Texas Health Resources/Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth: Mehnaz F Roshani, MD

Texas Health Resources/Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth: Heather P. Shelton, MD

Texas Health Resources/Presbyterian Hospital of Plano: Hassan Qadir, MD

Texas Health Resources/Presbyterian Hospital of Plano: LaTosha Smith

Texas Institute of Graduate Medical Education and Research (Tigmer) (San Antonio): Bernard Hildebrand, Jr., MD

Texas Tech University (Permian Basin): Barath Rangaswamy, MD

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine: Neha Mittal, MD, FACP

Trinity Health Oakland/Wayne State University: Jacky Duong, DO

Tulane University School of Medicine: Deepa Bhatnagar, MD

UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus: Lisa M. Williams, MA

University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine: Winter Williams, MD, FACP

University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine: Martha Veazey

University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine: Starr Steinhilber, MD, MPH

University of Alabama Medical Center (Montgomery): Cassandra Whatley

University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix: Ricardo Correa, MD, EsD, FACP, FACE, FAPCR, CMQ

University of California, Davis School of Medicine: Catherine Theresa Cuellar

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine: Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA, MACP, MHM, FACC, FHFSA, FRCP

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine: Laurae Pearson

University of Central Florida College of Medicine: Olga Karasik, MD

University of Central Florida College of Medicine: Jianna Lin

University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, Pritzker School of Medicine: Amber T. Pincavage, MD, FACP

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine: Elizabeth Bauke, MHA

University of Colorado School of Medicine: Benjamin S. Vipler, MD, MEd, FACP

University of Connecticut School of Medicine: Robert J. Nardino, MD, MACP

University of Florida College of Medicine: Chris Pintado, MPH

University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville: Lorna Matos, C-TAGME, MSML

University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville: Elisa M. Sottile, MD

University of Illinois College of Medicine: Christopher Zell, MS

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria: Manajyoti Yadav, MD

University of Iowa (Des Moines): Katie Ludwikowski

University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine: Jennifer Strouse, MD

University of Kansas (Wichita): Tiffany Elisse Schwasinger-Schmidt, MD, PhD

University of Kansas (Wichita): Aastha Vinaykumar Bharwad, MD

University of Kansas School of Medicine: Jessica R. Newman, DO

University of Kansas School of Medicine: Abby Hyde, C-TAGME, Program Coordinator

University of Louisville School of Medicine: Laura Chady Workman, MD

University of Louisville School of Medicine: Tyler Sharpe, MD

University of Maryland Capital Region Health: Angelique Norfles

University of Maryland School of Medicine: Danielle Baek, MD

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School: Andrea Poisson Irani, MD

University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate: Raquel Belforti, MD

University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate: Yesenia Greeff, MD

University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate: Yesenia Greeff, MD

University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Holy Cross Hospital: Nemer Dabage-Forzoli, MD, FACP

University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine: Stefanie R. Brown, MD, FACP, FAAP

University of Michigan Medical School: Richana Gaskin

University of Michigan Medical School: Randi Lee Glaza

University of Minnesota Medical School: Sarah Johnson Sexton, C-TAGME

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine: Julia Halsey, MD

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine: Emily Haury, MD, MHPE, FAAP, FACP

University of Nebraska College of Medicine: Andrea Zimmer, MD

University of North Carolina School of Medicine: Ammaris Jordan, MS

University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences: Dinesh Bande, MD, FACP

University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa): Dee Anna Wilson

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry: Jennifer K. Readlynn, MD, FHM

University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School: Brandon Altillo, MD, MPH

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine: Ambili Ramachandran, MD, MSc, FACP

University of Texas Southwestern Medical School: Kimberly A. King, C-TAGME

University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences: MacKenzie McNair

University of Virginia School of Medicine: Karen Ward, ACUME, CGEA

University of Washington School of Medicine: Monica Fawthrop

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health: Madeline McLaughlin

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine: Katherine Walsh, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine: Laura Paletta-Hobbs, MD

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine: Janice Gleisner, MBA, C-TAGME

Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center: Alycia S. Smith

WakeMed Health and Hospitals: Andrew Buzan, MD

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Alisha Maureen Crowley, MD

Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine: Lonika Sood, MBBS, MHPE

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine: Katie Sidler, C-TAGME

Weill Cornell Medicine: Christine A. Garcia, MD, MPH

Weill Cornell Medicine: Patrycja Golinska

WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center: Jennifer Headrick, MD

White River Health System: Ashley Johnson, C-TAGME

Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Waterbury): Medhat Ghaly, MD

York Hospital: Robert I. Pargament, MD

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill Hospital: Ethan D. Fried, MD, MACP

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital: Marilyn Temkin, MD

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital: Alan T. Kaell, MD

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Northern Westchester Hospital: Gary Stallings, MD, MPH

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Northern Westchester Hospital: Daly Ocinaldi

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at South Shore University Hospital: Beeneka S. Prashad

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at South Shore University Hospital: Lalitha Ranga, MD

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