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

Alliance Ambassador Program

Alliance Ambassadors serve as a friendly voice to help highlight AAIM membership, events, and activities available to their peers. Acting as an Alliance Ambassador keeps useful resources at the fingertips of your department’s faculty and staff.

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

serve as a champion for the Alliance within their institutions
be provided with resources to help welcome new members and make updates to their rosters
be equipped with tools to engage and inform colleagues

Volunteer to Be an Alliance Ambassador

Program Criteria

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

be a current member of the Alliance
serve a two-year term from time of enrollment (consecutive terms permitted)
attend/view virtual orientation training
dedicate at least one hour a month to maintaining your institution’s membership roster
distribute monthly "News & Updates" email to current members at your institution
familiarize yourself with AAIM events, activities, and offerings and share with current members
participate in an annual 3-minute Ambassador Assessment

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 with a special ribbon
presented with a special gift at Academic Internal Medicine Week (AIMW)
access to a dedicated online community to connect with other ambassadors

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.

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

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