Committee and Work Group News

AAIM committees and work groups support the strategic plan and critical initiatives that impact the organization and profession. This section provides quarterly updates about Alliance-level “working” committees and work groups. To learn more about charges for these committees and work groups, AAIM governance-oriented committees, or individual association program planning and survey committees, please visit the About AAIM section.

For more information about committee service, please contact the AAIM office at (703) 341-4540 or governance@im.org.

Alliance Committees & Work Groups

AAIM Innovation Grants Committee

Charge: The AAIM Innovation Grants Committee is charged with overseeing the AAIM Innovation Grants Program. The committee is responsible for providing guidance on the annual grant’s timeline and process, reviewing submitted letters of interest and grant applications, and selecting grant recipients.

Chair: Thurayya Arayssi, MD, FACP

Vice Chair: Rachel Perlman, MD

Committee Update (as of June 2025)

The committee met on May 27 to present the findings of the 2021-2024 grant recipient research project. The group will use the results to create recommendations on a potential grants program or collaboration with the ABIM Foundation.

AAIM Innovation Grants Committee Roster

Thurayya Arayssi, MD, FACP, FACR, FRCP (Chair)
Vice Dean for Academic and Curricular Affairs
Weill Cornell Medicine

Maria DeMiguel, MD
Associate Program Director
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Mary S. Hedges, MD
Program Director
Mayo College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville)

Kirsten Jones, MPPA
Administrator
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Jessica E. Murphy, MD, MS
Associate Program Director
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Rachel Perlman, MD (Vice Chair)
Assistant Program Director
University of Michigan Medical School

Daniel Ricotta, MD
Associate Program Director
Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Tiffany Elisse Schwasinger-Schmidt, MD, PhD
Neuro Clerkship Director
University of Kansas (Wichita)

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

Cevita Webb
Administrative Director for Research
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Laura Chady Workman, MD
Medicine-Pediatrics Program Director
University of Louisville School of Medicine

AAIM Medical Education Research Committee

Charge: The AAIM Medical Education Research Committee is charged with developing or facilitating resources/tools that would support the AAIM membership in conducting medical education research as directly related to the strategic plan:

Tutorials on how to conduct medical education research.
Serve as consultants/resource for workgroups/taskforces/councils as they are implementing Alliance projects to ensure appropriate process and outcome metrics are being considered during early work

Chair: Margaret Hayes Baker, MD

Vice Chair: Amalia M Landa-Galindez, MD, FACP

Committee Update (as of June 2025)

The committee is drafting guidance for two consultation requests submitted by AAIM members.

AAIM Medical Education Research Committee Roster

Margaret Hayes Baker, MD (Chair)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Lauren Block, MD, MPH
Director, Fellowship Education
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell

James Butler, MB, MRCP
Associate Program Director
Indiana University School of Medicine (Southwest Indiana)

Sheena W CarlLee, MD
Program Director
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Regional Centers

Khushdeep Chahal, MD, ABIM
Program Director
North Alabama Medical Center

Colby D. Feeney, MD
Med Peds Program Director
Duke University School of Medicine

Jennifer G. Foster, MD, MBA, FACP
Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Joel T. Katz, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital

Julie Kanevsky, MD
Program Director
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst)

Amalia M. Landa-Galindez, MD, FACP (Vice Chair)
Clerkship Director/IM Division Chief

Wasique Mirza, MD, FACP
Program Director
Geisinger Health System

Franco Musio, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Alec O'Connor, MD, MPH
Associate Program Director
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Jill Patton, DO, FACP
Chair/Program Director
Advocate Health Care (Advocate Lutheran General Hospital)

Kacie Jackson Saulters, MD
Program Director
University of Maryland Capital Region Health

AAIM Research Committee

Charge: The AAIM Research Committee is charged to develop recommendations for Alliance research strategy which should include assessment of existing educational programming; physician-scientist workforce; engaging the underrepresented in science and medicine and business of medicine components, all directly linked to the physician-scientist career pathway and community.

Chair: Jatin Vyas, MD, PhD

Vice Chair: Emily Gallagher, MD, PhD

Committee Update (as of June 2025)

A manuscript based on the Research-in-Residency/Physician-Scientist Training Pathway survey was submitted to JCI insight for publication consideration.
A summary from the 2025 Physician-Scientist Pathways Workshop is being developed for inclusion in JCI insight. The committee discussed the program evaluations received. Overall, it was well received, and a few suggestions are being considered for next year’s Workshop.
Two committee members will participate in the 2025 Rally for Medical Research Hill Day, to be held on Thursday, September 18, in Washington, D.C.

AAIM Research Committee Roster

Robert Baiocchi, MD, PhD
Faculty
Ohio State University College of Medicine

JoVonnda D. Chresfield
Senior Program Administrator
Baptist Health South Florida

Paul R. Conlin, MD
Chief, Medical Service/Maurice Strauss Chair/Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine

Emily Gallagher, MD, PhD (Vice Chair)
Associate Program Director for Research
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Patrick Hu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor/PSTP Director
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Carlos M. Isales, MD
Division Chief
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Barbara Kazmierczak, MD, PhD, FIDSA
Director of MD-PhD Program
Yale-New Haven Medical Center (Primary Care)

Justin Kingery, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine

Christopher D. Kontos, MD, FAHA
Professor of Medicine/Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Duke University School of Medicine

Monica Kraft, MD
System Chair
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Kyu Rhee, MD, PhD
Director of Medical Research Track
Weill Cornell Medicine

Don C. Rockey, MD
Professor
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Nathan Schoettler, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Chicago, Division of the Biological Sciences, Pritzker School of Medicine

Clifford Steer, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota Medical School

Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, FIDSA, FACP (Chair)
Program Director
Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital

Tammy Wichman, MD
Program Director
University of Nebraska College of Medicine

UME – GME Transitions Work Groups

AAIM Away Rotations Work Group

Task Force Update (as of June 2025)

Collaborating with the Association of American Medical College’s (AAMC) Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) to develop a representative sample of program directors and UME advisors to conduct qualitative research. To note, the work group will wait until next year’s Match cycle to request VSLO’s assistance in sending a message to M4s about participating in a semi-structured interview session.
With guidance from the AAIM Survey Research Team, revising the focus group questions for M4s, program directors, and UME advisors.
Developed a timeframe on when to conduct the semi-structured interviews with the representative sample of groups listed above.

AAIM Away Rotations Work Group Roster

David M. Arnoff, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine

Kimberly Bates, MD, FACP, FAAP
Program Director
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican Hospital

R. Dobbin Chow, MD, MBA, MACP (Co-Chair)
Program Director
University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus

Denise Dupras, MD, PhD
Associate Program Director
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Lyle Fettig, MD
Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Indiana University School of Medicine

David Gugliotti, MD
Clerkship Director
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Serena Loya, MS-HAIL
Department Administrator
University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno

Susan Merel, MD (Co-Chair)
Associate Director
University of Washington School of Medicine

Anuradha Munshi, MD
IM Clerkship Director & APD
Virtua Health (Rowan University)

Taunia Robinson, MBA
Senior Medical Student Education Coordinator
Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University

Lisa M. Williams, MA
Education Administrator
UAB Huntsville Regional Medical Campus

AAIM CPR Work Group

Task Force Update (as of June 2025)

A recently established, cross-council work group tasked with reviewing and drafting position statements on the ACGME CPRs.
ASP and APDIM will lead this effort. Two co-leads were identified: Margaret C. Lo, MD, FACP (APDIM) and Usha Perepu, MD (ASP).

AAIM CPR Work Group Roster

Joanne Alonso
Department Administrator
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Ladonna P. Elliott, MBA
Division Administrator
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine

Kathlyn E. Fletcher, MD, MA
Residency Program Director
Medical College of Wisconsin

Margaret C. Lo, MD, FACP, (co-chair)
Associate Program Director, Director of Primary Care Track, Professor of Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine

Jilian Sansbury, MD, FACP, FHM
Residency Program Director
HCA Healthcare / Mercer University School of Medicine / Grand Strand Medical Center

Karen Freund, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine

Gary E. Rosenthal, MD
Tinsley R. Harrison Professor and Chair
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Ricardo Correa, MD, EsD, FACP, FACE, FAPCR, CMQ
Vice Chair for Health Equity and Inclusive Initiatives
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Usha Perepu, MD (co-chair)
Director of Classical Hematology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Lynn Punnoose, MD
Associate Professor
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Cathy O’Neill, MBA
Senior Director, Finance and Administration
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Irene Alexandraki, MD, MPH
Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix

Brian Kwan, MD
CDIM Co-Clerkship Director
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Leonard (Lenny) S. Feldman, MD, FACP, FAAP, MHM
Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program Director
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Evangeline Green, DO, MPH
House Officer
University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Stefanie Aponte, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator, Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Julie L. Byington, C-TAGME
Senior Residency Coordinator & Administrative Lead for DOM Vice Chair of Education
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Doug E. Ruiz Carbajal
Administrative Director of Education
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

AAIM Residency Application Process Work Group

Task Force Update (as of June 2025)

The joint webinar between AAIM, AAMC, and Thalamus will take place on July 9, 2025. AAMC and Thalamus will provide current data and pertinent information to help faculty and staff prepare for the upcoming application cycle. The panel will share interview and application data, program/geographic signaling trends, and enhancements to the Thalamus platform and AAMC Residency Explorer tool.
Developed draft resource pages highlighting ERAS resources and Thalamus products, support information, and technology enhancements. The goal is to provide information to help the IM community make informed decisions and navigate the upcoming application and recruitment cycle.
The AAIM Residency Explorer Tool, AAIM Tiered Program Signaling, and Guidelines for Residency Interview Scheduling.
The AAIM Recommendations for IM Residency Interview Season will undergo review.

AAIM Residency Application Process Work Group

Reeni A. Abraham, MD

Associate Vice Chair of Undergraduate Medical Education

University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Neaam Al Bahadilli, MD
Resident
Piedmont Athens Regional

Catherine E. Apaloo, MD, FACP (Co-Chair)

Program Director

Piedmont Athens Regional

Christina R. Bergin, MD, FHM

Associate Program Director, Clerkship Director; Associate Clinical Professor

University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix

Julie L. Byington, C-TAGME

Senior Residency Coordinator & Administrative Lead for DOM Vice Chair of Education

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Jillian Catalanotti, MD, MPH, FACP

Faculty

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services

Kathleen Cooney, MD, MACP

Chair, Department of Medicine

Duke University School of Medicine

Kelli A. Corning, MSEd

Associate Director

University of Washington School of Medicine

Ricardo Correa, MD, EsD, FACP, FACE, FAPCR, CMQ

Program Director

University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix

Arielle M. Coy, DO

Resident

Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Gretchen Diemer, MD

Senior Associate Dean for GME and Affiliations; Professor and Vice Chair for Education

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Kimberly R. Esterline, MA

Clerkship Administrator

University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Laurel B. Fick, MD, FACP

Program Director

Ascension St Vincent Hospital Indianapolis

Kathleen M. Finn, MD, MPhil, FACP, SFHM

Program Director

Tufts University School of Medicine

Alex Gajewski, MD
Resident
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

Denise M. Keyser

Program Administrator

Geisinger Health System

Cindy Lai, MD (Co-Chair)

Clerkship Director

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Serena Loya, MS-HAIL

Department Manager

University of California (San Francisco)/Fresno

Krista R. Pike, C-TAGME

Education Administrator, Department of Medicine

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Amber T. Pincavage, MD, FACP

Clerkship Director

University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences, Pritzker School of Medicine

Kristin A. Schmidlin, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Jennifer L. Swails, MD, FACP

Program Director

Emory University

Jonathan L. Tolentino, MD, FAAP, FACP

Program Director, Med-Peds Residency Program

University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine

Sara L. Wallach, MD, MACP

Vice Chair of Education, Department of Medicine

Capital Health Regional Medical Center

AAIM GME – GME Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) Work Group

Task Force Update (as of June 2025)

Thirty-four (34) fellowship programs volunteered to serve as pilot testers. The GME ILP template was circulated to all. Fellowship programs will choose their own internal deadline for the GME ILP to be turned in.
A GME ILP Post-Administration Survey has been drafted. The goal is to disseminate this in November 2025 to pilot participants to gather their feedback on the efficacy and challenges of the GME ILP template.

AAIM GME – GME Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) Work Group Roster

Maura Barry, MD (chair)
Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Program Director- Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

JoVonnda D. Chresfield, MBA
Senior Program Administrator
Baptist Health South Florida

Lauren DiMarino, DO, FACOI, FACP
Program Director
Geisinger Health System

Serena M .Loya, MS-HAIL
Division Manager, Nephrology
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Alan Malabanan, MD, CCD
Clinical Associate Professor
Boston University Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine

Eli M. Miloslavsky, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital

Danielle Noreika, MD
Fellowship Program Director
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

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

Douglas E. Ruiz Carbajal
Administrative Director of Education
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

Sarah H. Sofka, MD, FACP
Vice Chair of Education
West Virginia University School of Medicine

Kenneth P. Steinberg, MD
Program Director & Vice Chair for Education
University of Washington School of Medicine

Katherine Walsh, MD
Associate Professor
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Gaby Weissman, MD
Fellowship Director
MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center

Dee Anna Wilson
Lead Student Program Coordinator
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa)

AAIM Post Interview Communications Work Group

Task Force Update (as of June 2025)

Council feedback for the FAQs for Rising Fellows and Fellowship Programs, Statement of Post Interview Communications Integrity for IM, Recommendations for IM Fellowship Interview Season, and Recruitment Training Presentation were shared with the work group.
A Google Workspace will house all four documents. The work group was tasked with making direct edits to the document.

AAIM Post Interview Communications Work Group Roster

Rebecca Berman, MD
Program Director
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Thomas Bryan
IM Clerkship Coordinator
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Anthony Hollenberg, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine

Stephanie Hooten
IM Education Program Administrator
University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Leila Kia, MD (Co-Chair)
Associate Professor
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Srikanth Nagalla, MD (Co-Chair)
Chief of Benign Hematology, Miami Cancer Institute
Baptist Health South Florida, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Jaya M. Raj, MD, FACP
Program Director
Creighton University School of Medicine (Phoenix)

Katherine Walsh, MD
Associate Professor
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Bridget S. Working, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Director, HR & Academic Administration
Indiana University School of Medicine

AAIM Structured Evaluative Letter (SEL) Work Group

Task Force Update (as of June 2025)

AAIM Surveys and Research staff provided the work group with summary results (40.9 percent response rate; 76/186 “departmental letter writers”) from a web survey to study full, partial, and non-adopters’ perspectives on the AAIM IM SEL Template.
Surveys and Research staff are currently conducting limited secondary comparative analyses of the results, to test for certain associations between medical school survey responses based on degree of adoption of the IM SEL Template.
Due to the low number of non-U.S. medical schools participating in the study, the work group opted to conduct semi-structured interviews of identified SEL non- and partial adopters and of department letter writers at accredited osteopathic medical schools. Two subgroups were established and tasked with developing focus group questions for these constituencies, as well conducting the qualitative research.

AAIM Structured Evaluative Letter (SEL) Work Group Roster

Allison K. Ashford, MD, FAAP, FACP, FHM
Associate Professor
University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Peter Cram, MD, MBA
Chair and Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine

Dave Gugliotti, MD
Clerkship Director
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Viju John, MD
Assistant Director of the Core Clerkship and Longitudinal Integrated Course Co-Director
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center

Ingrid Jones-Ince, MD
Associate Program Director
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Nancy Masucci
Division Administrator II
University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine

Eli M. Miloslavsky, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital

Susan Rand, MS
Frank H. Netter, MD, School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Amanda Sikorski
Residency Coordinator
University of Michigan Medical School

Wendy Simon, MD (Co-Chair)
Associate Program Director
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles

Kim Tartaglia, MD, FACP, FAAP, SFHM
Academic Program Director of Med-3 Year
Ohio State University College of Medicine

Aimee Zaas, MD, MHS (Co-Chair)
Program Director
Duke University School of Medicine

Survey and Scholarship Committees

APDIM Survey and Scholarship Committee

Task Force Update (as of June 2025)

Began external pilot testing of the 2025 APDIM Annual Survey; thematic sections include: 1. Residency Application Inflation and 2. Research in Residency.
Is incorporating single-themed questions about 1. Artificial intelligence education and 2. Awareness of and use of the AAIM Individualized Learning Plan into the 2025 APDIM Annual Survey.
With AAIM Surveys staff, is collaborating with colleagues from ACP and Intealth to inform a scholarly manuscript on preferred U.S. clinical training experiences for IMG residency applicants based on results from the 2024 APDIM Annual Survey.
Has drafted or is drafting five scholarly manuscripts based on the 2023 and 2024 APDIM Annual Survey thematic sections.

APDIM Survey and Scholarship Committee Roster

Michael Conrad, MS, PHR, C-TAGME (Ex-Officio)
Director of Graduate Medical Education
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine (Tulsa)

Jennifer Corbelli, MD, MS
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Kathleen M. Finn, MD (Chair)
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Tufts University School of Medicine

Erica Johnson, MD
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Johns Hopkins University/Bayview Medical Center

Patricia F. Kao, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Daniel I. Kim, MD, MBA, FACP
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
University of California, Riverside School of Medicine

Emily Leasure, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Shannon K. Martin, MD, SFHM
Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Program Director, Department of Medicine
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine

Mark S. Rasnake, MD
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
NCH Healthcare System

Michael Rosenblum, MD, MACP
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Albany Medical College

Rachel Simmons, MD (Vice-Chair)
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Brown University

Brian S. Uthlaut, MD
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Emily S. Wang, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Donna M. Williams, MD
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Marygrace Zetkulic, MD
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center

APDIM Program Administrators Survey and Scholarship Committee

Task Force Update (as of June 2025)

Exploring further analyses of 2025 Annual Survey results from select Maslach Burnout Inventory “subscales” (e.g., professional efficacy, professional satisfaction) for comparative purposes and possible development of a research report.
With AAIM Surveys staff, will identify residency and fellowship program administrator professional characteristics for comparative purposes / trend reporting in a summer 2025 Data in Brief communication

APDIM Program Administrators Survey and Scholarship Committee Roster

Ruth Colman, C-TAGME
Manager, Graduate Education Programs - Medicine
Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Michael Conrad, MS, PHR, C-TAGME (Chair)
Director of Graduate Medical Education
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine (Tulsa)

Judi Hansjon, C-TAGME
Fellowship Program Coordinator
Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Donna A. Heyduk, C-TAGME
Manager, Internal Medicine
Main Line Health System/Lankenau Medical Center

Stephanie Ogando, MBA, C-TAGME (Ex-Officio)
Administrative Director of Graduate Medical Education Memorial Healthcare System
Memorial Healthcare System (Hollywood, FL)

Regina Steffen
Academic Residency Program Coordinator
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Susie Tharp
Coordinator, Internal Medicine Residency Program
IU School of Medicine-Ball Memorial Program

Lisa Thornton
Program Coordinator
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Abby Ward, MEd, C-TAGME
Internal Medicine Residency Program Coordinator
Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership

Kara Westmas
Medicine Fellowships Administrator
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

CDIM Survey and Scholarship Committee

Task Force Update (as of June 2025)

Began committee web pilot testing of the 2025 CDIM Annual Survey; thematic sections include: 1. Precision Education in Internal Medicine Clerkships; 2. The Role of Student Feedback in Internal Medicine Clerkship Curriculum; and 3. “Failing to Fail” in the Internal Medicine Clerkship: The Role of Clerkship Directors.
Has drafted or is drafting five scholarly manuscripts based on the 2023 and 2024 CDIM Annual Survey thematic sections.
Published (ahead of print) a scholarly manuscript on the role of medicine clerkship directors as medical student advisors in Academic Medicine, based on results from the 2023 CDIM Annual Survey.
With AAIM Surveys staff, is developing a webinar presentation for September 2025 on best practices in survey/survey question design, development, data analysis, and reporting of quantitative results, as part of a possible two-part webinar series on this topic.

CDIM Survey and Scholarship Committee Roster

Irene Alexandraki, MD, MPH (Ex-Officio)
Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

Tina Mullick Borschel, MD, MS
Clerkship Director
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Nicholas S. Duca, MD
Assistant Professor
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Bruce L. Henschen, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Kathryn K. Hufmeyer, MD
Associate Dean for Curriculum
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Melissa Osborn Jenkins, MD
Clerkship Director
Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth)

Mai A. Mahmoud, MD, MEHP, FACP
Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine

Elexis C. McBee, DO, MPH
Assistant Clerkship Director
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine

Ryan Nall, MD
Clerkship Director
University of Florida College of Medicine

Jennifer Pascoe, MD
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD
Associate Program Director, Geriatrics; Clerkship Co-Director
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Temple A. Ratcliffe, MD (Chair)
Clerkship Director of Internal Medicine University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

Karen Ward, ACUME, CGEA (Ex-Officio)
Medical Education Program Administrator
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Amy Weinstein, MD, MPH (Vice-Chair)
Clerkship Director
Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center

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

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