Director, Clinical Learning Coaching Program
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Klig is the Marlow B. Harrison Director of Clinical Skills Coaching, leading a remediation team for clinical learning, skills, and professionalism. She serves as a co-chair of the AMA Coaching for Competency Groundwork Teams, and remains committed to student coaching and faculty development that fosters meaningful remediation and learning.

Professor of Medicine
UCSF

Calvin Chou, MD, PhD is Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and staff physician at the VA in San Francisco. As faculty with the Academy of Communication in Healthcare, he leads workshops in relationship-centered communication, feedback, conflict, and remediation in health professions education. He is co-editor of the books Remediation in Medical Education: A Midcourse Correction, and Communication Rx: Transforming Healthcare Through Relationship-Centered Communication.

Associate Dean, Academic Records and Promotion
Indiana University School of Medicine

Dr. Reeser joined the IU School of Medicine in 1994 first working with undergraduate health professions programs students.  In October 2002, Dr. Reeser took a joint position also working in Medical Student Affairs.  In 2011, Dr. Reeser was appointed the Interim Director of the Ruth Lilly Medical Library and served in the capacity until 2013.  In 2015, Dr. Reeser moved into his current roles (promoted to Associate Dean in 2021) with oversight of the medical school academic records office and as faculty liaison and convenor of the School’s Student Promotions Committee.

Professor of Pharmacology
Vice Chair for Curriculum
Education Director for Simulation
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Dr. Szarek is a faculty member at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and led the renewal of the Phase 1 curriculum. He is involved in educational research, and his work has been shared with peers through regional, national, and international presentations at professional conferences and several peer-reviewed publications.

Professor of Medical Education
Associate Dean for Pre-clerkship Education
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Virginia Lyons is a Professor of Medical Education and the Associate Dean for Pre-clerkship Education at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.  In addition to overseeing the pre-clerkship phase of the curriculum at Geisel, Virginia also leads the longitudinal curriculum in human anatomy and embryology.

Associate Dean for Assessment and Evaluation
Education Professor
University of Kansas School of Medicine

Dr. Teal oversees the assessment of student performance in and program evaluation of KUSOM’s curriculum and is a member of its CQI team.  She is a mixed-methods medical education researcher, a Deputy Editor for Teaching and Learning in Medicine, and faculty for the AAMC Medical Education Research Certificate program.

Director of Academic Success
Texas A&M College of Medicine

Kristy has supported students through staff, faculty, and administration roles since 2008. She is passionate about data-driven supports that consider student, faculty, institutional, external, and familial factors. She works with medical students across all of TAMCOM’s sites and serves as the co-chair of the college’s curriculum innovation steering committee.

Professor of Physiology and Immunology
Vice Chair of Education, Geisinger College of Health Science
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Dr. Waite is Professor of Physiology and Vice Chair of Education at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With 20+ years of experience, she specializes in systems-based approaches to medical education and has authored numerous publications on learning strategies. Dr. Waite will discuss integrating stakeholders in medical education remediation.

Chair, Department of Medical Education
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Dr. John A. Arnott, Chair of Medical Education at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, has over 20 years of experience in medical education. His interests in medical education include remediation, active learning methodologies and faculty-student interactions.

Instructional Professor and Department Head
Texas A&M University College of Medicine

Diane Chico is an experienced anatomy educator with over 20 years of teaching gross anatomy, histology, and neuroanatomy in the pre-clerkship undergraduate medical curriculum. Passionate about student success and professional development, she advocates for inclusive, student-centered teaching and supports faculty and staff growth through various professional development programs.

Professor of Medicine and Medical Education (tenured)
Medical College of Wisconsin

Adina Kalet, MD, MPH, an internist, writes on professionalism remediation, educational technology, mentoring and professional identity formation, is co-editor of “Remediation in Medical Education: A Midcourse Correction” (Springer, 2023) and has recently received the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) John P. Hubbard Award and the Association for Academic Medical Colleges (AAMC) Award for Excellence in Medical Education.

Assistant Professor
Western University

Andrew Deweyert is an assistant professor at Western University's Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. He currently teaches Histology, Head and Neck, and Neuroanatomy in the medical curriculum and has ongoing research interests in assessment for Medical Science Education.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Angelique N. Dueñas, PhD, MS, (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Education at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, where she teaches embryology, anatomy, ultrasound, and medical education content in the MD and PA programs. She has won numerous Outstanding Teaching awards since joining Northwestern for her teaching in the anatomical sciences. She has a background in anatomy education research from her Master’s of Modern Human Anatomy and Teaching Certificate in Anatomical Sciences Education (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus), where her interest in embryology and anatomy started. Her doctorate work (Hull York Medical School, York, England) focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in medical and anatomy education, with particular emphasis on qualitative methodologies to better understand these principles.

Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

Kelly M. Harrell, PhD, MPT (she/her/hers) is an associate professor in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia. She has over 20 year of experience teaching anatomical sciences, primarily across Medical and Health Science (PT, CRNA, PA) programs. Her research interests are in professionalism and teamwork in medical education, and anatomical education.

Associate Dean for Curriculum
Associate Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Katie is a practicing general internist and clinician educator. She has held roles as preclinical course director, clerkship director, as well as curriculum committee chair prior to assuming her current position as Associate Dean for Curriculum in July 2023.

Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor of Medical Education, Senior Associate Dean for Education, Vice Chancellor for Medical Education

Eva Aagaard, MD, is the Loeb Endowed Professor, Vice Chancellor and Senior Associate Dean for Education at Washington University School of Medicine. She oversees health professions education across the continuum and graduate training. She spearheaded large-scale curriculum reform in the MD program and development of multiple initiatives to support educators.

Assistant Dean, Educational Technology and Innovation

Dr. Carolyn Dufault’s work focuses on the design and implementation of core educational technology and infrastructure in support of curriculum and assessment delivery, and she leads efforts to enable comprehensive curriculum mapping and reporting within competency-based medical education. She received her BA in Neuroscience from Mount Holyoke College and her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Colbert-Getz's scholarly work focuses on validity frameworks and other elements of assessment utility, survey design, and program evaluation. Dr. Colbert-Getz received her MS degree in Psychology from Illinois State University and her PhD degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Utah.

Rachel Bonnett's work in curriculum evaluation and quality improvement has focused on student feedback, academic performance and faculty research collaborations.  She received her BA from California State University, Fullerton.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Service Learning Course Director
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Roth is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and inaugural director of the Service Learning Course at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She received the Award for Innovation in Medical Student Education from Einstein in 2022 and recently received the National Board of Medical Educators (NBME) Emerging Innovators Grant for her work developing a 360-assessment tool for Service Learning.

Service Learning Program Manager
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Holly Nuthmann is a social worker and the inaugural Program Manager of the Service Learning Course at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Prior to working at Einstein, Holly has worked in a variety of nonprofit settings and serves as the connection point between Einstein and the community organizations that serve as key partners in the Service Learning Program.

Assistant Dean for Integrated Medical Education
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Janice Thomas John is the Assistant Dean for Integrated Medical Education at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She oversees the longitudinal courses at Einstein including the Service Learning Course, and she has extensive teaching and leadership experience in health equity, community engagement, and curricular innovation.

Medical Student, Class of 2026
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Alexandra (Ali) Hoffman is a rising third year medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is part of the class of 2026, which is the inaugural class that participated in Einstein’s new required Service Learning Course. Through Service Learning, Ali played an active role in launching a Bronx chapter of Achilles International, a global organization that provides athletic programs and social connection for people with disabilities.

Elizabeth Ryan, EdD, Associate Dean for Educational Integration at Indiana University School of Medicine, earned her MEd and EdD through Loyola University of Chicago in Curriculum and Instruction. She has held leadership roles within the AAMC in the GEA, CGEA and currently serves on the steering committee of the GRMC.

Vice Dean and Dean for Education
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine Hofstra/Northwell

Samara B. Ginzburg, MD, graduated magna cum laude in Biopsychology from the University of Michigan, and earned her MD, completed residency in Internal Medicine, and fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism all at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Ginzburg is the Vice Dean and Dean for Education at the Zucker School of Medicine and a founding member of the leadership team that established the medical school.

Dr. Mara Feingold-Link went to medical school at Brown University. She completed her internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital where she was first introduced to the My Life, My Story project at the Boston VA. She came back to Brown for her hospice and palliative medicine fellowship, and she now works as a palliative care physician at the Lifespan Cancer Institute at Brown and as the associate program director for Brown's HPM fellowship.

Dr. Rachel Kishton is a dual-boarded Family Medicine and Psychiatry physician. She completed residency at the University of Cincinnati and then a Masters in Health Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently at Penn she works to improve the integration of mental health care into the larger medical system.

Dr. Saul Weiner is a medicine-pediatrics physician and health services researcher in the UIC College of Medicine, where he also served as senior associate dean for educational affairs. He is a graduate of Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar.

Dr. John Ragsdale is the UME Cross-Continuum Consultant for the AAMC, assisting with strategic initiatives across the continuum of medical education. At the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, he is the Assistant Dean for Clinical Education and the Director of Clinical Education Faculty Development. He practices as an internal medicine hospitalist.

Dr. Chris D’Adamo is an epidemiologist and Assistant Professor with dual appointments in the Departments of Family & Community Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He serves as the Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine and as a Fellow at the Nova Institute for Health.

Lisa Howley is an Educational Psychologist in the field of medical education. As the Senior Director for Transforming Medical Education at the Association of American Medical Colleges, she leads a diverse team that supports learners and faculty, conducts research, develops and evaluates curricula. She joined the AAMC in 2016 to advance the continuum of medical education, support experiential learning, the integration of arts and humanities into educational programs, and competency based education across its member institutions and their clinical partners. Prior to joining the AAMC, she spent eight years as the Associate DIO and AVP of Medical Education and Physician Development for Carolinas HealthCare System. In that role, she led a number of medical education initiatives across the professional development continuum, including graduate medical education accreditation, as well as physician leadership development for the large integrated healthcare system. She holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She began her career as a member of the medical education faculty at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in the mid-1990s where she designed and led performance-based assessments and simulation-enhanced curricula. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida, and both her Master of Education and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia.

Stutee Khandelwal is a board-certified Internist with specialty interest in nutrition education for physicians and patients as well as public health nutrition. She has extensive research experience and publications as first author. Stutee is a teaching scholar with UCSF and has won a teaching award as well. She runs workshops on motivational interviewing for physicians-in-training. Stutee is passionate about educating the community on food as medicine. Her latest interest is in alternative medicine, especially mind-body medicine, and practices daily meditation. Most recently, she served as a Asst. Medical Director of the COVID Equity Project at UCSF Fresno, where they provided free, equitable, and community-based testing for COVID19. Her hobbies include cooking, dancing, and art and she is fluent in Hindi and English.

Dr. John Ragsdale is the UME Cross-Continuum Consultant for the AAMC, assisting with strategic initiatives across the continuum of medical education. At the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, he is the Assistant Dean for Clinical Education and the Director of Clinical Education Faculty Development. He practices as an internal medicine hospitalist.