AAMC Competency-Based Education in Telehealth Challenge Grant Webinar - May 28

Dr. Rika Bajra is a family physician and Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. She currently serves as the Associate Director of the Family and Community Medicine and medical director of the AI Academy in the Primary Care and Population Health division. She is a member of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) AI Medical Education Task Force and has previously served on the STFM Telemedicine Task Force where she created educational content for a national telemedicine curriculum.

Dr. Christine Beltran is a Senior Research Coordinator at the Program for Medical Education Innovations and Research (PrMEIR) at NYU Langone Health where she primarily works with OSCE assessment/data focused on assessing skills in communication, discrimination management, and telemedicine. She also manages evaluation studies for several programs, many of which prepare incoming interns for the transition to residency. Her research interests include simulation and the development of meaningful and rigorous assessments to ensure physician competency.

Dr. Megan Dekker is a Senior Staff Physician with the Department of Internal Medicine and clinical assistant professor at Michigan State University. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital in 2020 and was selected for a chief medical resident position following her training. She is the currently the Ambulatory Outreach and Telemedicine Course Director and Director of the virtual Care training program for the Internal Medicine Residency. She has a focus in resident education, especially in the areas of virtual care.

Dr. Erin Hulfish is the Medical Director of Innovation for Stony Brook Medicine. Dr. Hulfish joined Stony Brook Children’s Hospital as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine in 2016. She graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine in 2010 and completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in critical care training at Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE. As the Medical Director of Innovation, Dr. Hulfish is responsible for the direction and leadership of operational and personnel activities for Stony Brook Medicine digital health initiatives. She oversees the implementation plan for sites, specialties, and other digital clinical and educational services for Stony Brook Medicine as well as connections between Eastern Long Island Hospital and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.

Dr. Dan Kaminstein is a professor of Emergency Medicine at Augusta University. Following Emergency Medicine residency at the Medical College of Georgia he completed a dual fellowship in international medicine and ultrasound. Dan has an ongoing research interest in the application of health technologies, and particularly the application of ultrasound in resource-limited settings. He collaborates with providers around the world both in-person and remotely. Through telemedicine and teleradiology he helps with both ultrasound teaching and patient care around the world. As part of the experiential learning team Dan has helped to design and teach an innovative 18-month telemedicine experience for pre-clerkship students at the Medical College of Georgia. In addition to this through his work in the Department of Emergency Medicine he provides telehealth support to small rural hospitals across the state of Georgia.

Dr. Marc Klau is a head and neck surgeon and has been a partner with Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) since 1984. He is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and Assistant Professor at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine; he is also Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine’s Director for Clinical Integration. Dr. Klau’s research has explored areas such as thyroid and parathyroid surgery; faculty and trainee needs related to scholarly activity in a Graduate Medical Education Program; acute sinusitis; and continuing medical education.

Dr. Kristen Ng earned her medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She completed residency training at NYU/Bellevue Hospital, where she also served as chief resident, and a fellowship in Simulation Education at Stanford University. She earned a Master of Education in the Health Professions at Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on simulation and the use of technology for deliberate practice, teaching, and assessment.