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.

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Alliance Committees & Work Groups

AAIM DEI Advisory Group

Charge: A new, two-year entity, the AAIM DEI Advisory Group, is charged to serve in an oversight role to provide recommendations and guidance to the AAIM Board of Directors on strategy, projects, initiatives, and tools developed to ensure the DEI overlay (approved as part the current AAIM Strategic Plan) is used as a focal point for professional development and educational resources created by member councils, committees, and task forces, which may be offered through in-person and virtual programming, publications, surveys, etc. The group will present two deliverables: a year one report about the current status, milestones and anticipated outcomes of AAIM’s DEI efforts; and a final report outlining recommendations for AAIM’s long-term strategy, priorities, next steps, resourcing, and programmatic focus, and outcomes as well as key performance indicators and metrics for success.

Chair: Chavon M. Onumah, MD, MPH, MEd, FACP

AAIM DEI Advisory Group Roster

Sarah C. Alba-Nguyen, MD, MPH
Associate Professor; Assistant Program Directors; Director of GME Diversity
Department of Medicine Division of Hospitalist Medicine
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

John M. Carethers, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Internal Medicine Administration and Financial Affairs
University of Michigan Medical School

Tamara Goldberg, MD
Associate Program Director, Director Primary Care Track Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Melissa Hagman, MD
Program Director
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Washington (Boise)

Olga Karasik, MD
Associate Program Director
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Rachel B. Levine, MD, MPH
Associate Dean for Faculty Educational Development
Department of Internal Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kimberly D. Manning, MD, FACP, FAAP
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Chavon M. Onumah, MD, MPH, MEd, FACP (Chair)
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Department of Internal Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Nora Y. Osman, MD
Clerkship Director
Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital

Joseph P. Smith, MD
Sub-Internship Course Director
Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine

Valerie E. Stone, MD
Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital

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 January 2025)

The committee is planning its workshop at AIMW25, which will focus on strategies to help educators expand and successfully obtain grant funding for scholarly activities.
With the pause on proposal review efforts, the committee is exploring other opportunities to engage. One possible opportunity is to serve as mentors to an ABIMF learning community consisting of past grant recipients. The committee will also study the impact of past DEI and diagnostic excellence grants.

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 January 2025)

Planning continues for the committee’s workshop at AIMW25. The workshop will center on developing medical education scholarships (MES) with existing resources and data. In addition, the committee will staff a booth and hold abbreviated consultations for attendees who have pressing research questions or challenges.
The committee is working to select dates for its FY25 quarterly webinars.

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 January 2025)

The committee is drafting a scholarly manuscript based on results from the 2024 Research-in-Residency / Physician-Scientist Training Program Survey and from additional contributions by select committee members and AAIM Surveys staff. The survey was disseminated to ABIM Research Pathways graduates between 2011 and 2022, as well as current trainees.
The 2025 Physician-Scientist Pathways Workshop will be held on April 27, 2025, at the Swissotel, Chicago. The workshop will focus on the future of physician-scientist training, with an emphasis on adapting to the evolving landscape and defining inclusive excellence. The workshop will include programming for attendees in various career stages and specialties.
Planning is ongoing for the committee’s workshop at Academic Internal Medicine Week 2025 (AIMW25). Content will examine how residency programs can implement the R38 Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) Award to enhance their research track, program, and portfolio. Other various grant opportunities will be presented.

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 January 2025)

The workgroup reviewed all five domains and have drafted research questions for the Association of American Medical College’s (AAMC) Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) review.

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 Residency Application Process Work Group

Task Force Update (as of January 2025)

The Interview Optimization Subgroup revised the Guidelines for Residency Interview Scheduling and the Guidance for Residency Interviewing. Final drafts for both documents are expected by February 2025.
The Student-Program Alignment Subgroup met with the AAMC Residency Explorer (RE) team to share program data inconsistencies that program directors have found regarding their respective program, summarize misleading questions from the ERAS Program Management (EPM) and the GME Track Program surveys, and discuss recommendations.
The External Stakeholder Engagement Subgroup met with Thalamus to discuss the technology challenges experienced by program directors and GME administrators. A resource page will be developed prior to the next recruitment cycle. The subgroup also met with AAMC-ERAS to discuss discrepancies in the ERAS system. The subgroup will work with ERAS to inform the Alliance community of future initiatives and enhancements.
In partnership with AAMC-ERAS and Thalamus, conducted a webinar on December 11, 2024. AAMC-ERAS provided a preliminary report on the 2024-tiered program signal initiative and application trends. Thalamus apprised Alliance members on IM’s participation rates and adoption, as well as shared preliminary interview data. The Student-Program Alignment Subgroup reported on Residency Explorer enhancements.

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 January 2025)

A draft GME ILP template was developed. The following sections constitute the form: Goals for Fellowship, Preparedness for Fellowship, Board Preparation, Areas for Growth and Improvement, and Well-Being. The draft will be finalized, then circulated to the councils for their review and feedback.

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 January 2025)

The Guidelines for Interview and Post-Interview Communication for GME Recruitment in IM and the AAIM Recommendations for Internal Medicine Fellowship Interview Season were fused. The document was further abbreviated for clearer guidance, and language was modified to articulate a stronger stance.

Several documents were finalized and sent to council review:
- FAQs for Rising Fellows and Fellowship Programs
- Statement of Post Interview Communications Integrity for IM
- Recommendations for IM Fellowship Interview Season
- Recruitment Training Presentation

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 January 2025)

AAIM Surveys and Research staff launched a web survey to over 200 departmental summative letter writers (at allopathic, osteopathic, and select non-U.S. medical schools) on January 8, 2025 to study full, partial, and non-adopters’ perspectives on the AAIM IM SEL Template. The survey is expected to close in early April.
The work group will examine the SEL through the lens of IMGs and DOs and discuss the feasibility of a GME – GME SEL.

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 January 2025)

Closed the 2024 APDIM Annual Residency Program Directors Survey, with a 55.3 percent response rate (263/476 ACGME-accredited training programs).
Drafted a research letter based on three consecutive years of APDIM Annual Survey data, using predictive modeling to estimate anticipated residency program director full-time equivalent allotments.
Blind-reviewed and scored six thematic sections proposals for the 2025 APDIM Annual Survey, and accepted two for inclusion: “Residency Application Inflation” and “Research in Residency.”

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 January 2025)

Launched the 2025 APDIM Annual Residency and Fellowship Program Administration Survey on January 8 to a population 1,200 representing 500 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship training programs.
Preparing content for an AIMW25 workshop on the relationship between internal medicine residency and fellowship program administrative professionals’ wellbeing and the structure of the programs they support.

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 January 2025)

Closed the 2024 CDIM Annual Survey of Core Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors in December, with a response rate of 80.1 percent (113/141 LCME-accredited medical schools).
Planning to launch the 2025 CDIM Annual Survey call for thematic section proposals on January 27.
Developing (or developed) three scholarly manuscripts from the 2023 CDIM Annual Survey, one of which is awaiting a decision from Academic Medicine.
With AAIM Surveys staff, developed a draft bibliography of CDIM Annual Survey-based scholarly works to include on the CDIM Annual Survey portion of the Alliance website early in 2025.

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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