Faculty Preceptors Recognized as Outstanding Educators

One hundred and sixty-two faculty across Cleveland Clinic have been recognized as outstanding preceptors for year 3 medical students during their core clerkships in 2020. This prestigious recognition is based on a set of criteria including the frequency and quality of feedback provided by the faculty to the medical students and the evaluation of the faculty by the students. A few faculty were nominated by their clerkship directors to receive this award.

Our medical students learn by working closely with faculty who help ensure that students have an excellent learning experience. Giving frequent, timely, specific, non-judgmental and useful feedback is a critical part of teaching.

Each faculty member was presented with a CCLCM educator pin as a token of appreciation and recognition for their continued support of our medical students and Cleveland Clinic’s educational mission.

• Usman Ahmad, MD, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Maureen Ahmann, DO, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Diya Alaedeen, MD, General Surgery
• Zahraa AlHilli, MD, General Surgery
• Peter Anderson, MD, Pediatric Hematology Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplantation
• Sofya Asfaw, MD, General Surgery
• Toms Augustin, MD, MPH, General Surgery
• Moises Auron, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Peter Aziz, MD, Pediatric Cardiology
• Brian Barnett, MD, Adult Behavioral Health
• Benico Barzilai, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine
• Edward Benzel, MD, Spine
• Jaclyn Bjelac, MD, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
• Nella Blyumin, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
• Eric Boose, MD, Family Medicine
• Alejandro (Alex) Bribriesco, MD, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Julie Bucklan, DO, Neurology
• Silvia Cardenas, MD, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
• Richard Cartabuke, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Walter Cha, MD , General Surgery
• Kimberly Churbock, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• James Church, MD, Colorectal Surgery
• Lisa Cloud, DO, Family Medicine
• Kendalle Cobb, MD, Family Medicine
• Devon Conway, MD, MSc, Multiple Sclerosis/Mellen Center
• Francine Cosner, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Erin Covert, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Talia Crawford, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Diane Cutter Ali, DO, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Heather Daniels, DO, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Richard Devans, MD, Family Medicine
• Lisa Diard, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• John DiFiore, MD, General Surgery
• Kim Dobler, MD, Family Medicine
• Jessica Donato, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Allison Early, MD, Palliative and Supportive Care
• Jennifer Eaton, DO, Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Bijan Eghtesad, MD, General Surgery
• Karen Estrella, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Maan Fares, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine
• Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD, General Surgery
• Jessica Fesler, MD, Epilepsy
• James Fitzgibbon, MD, Emergency Medicine
• Catherine Fleisher, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Lucy Franjic, MD, Emergency Medicine
• Thomas Garofalo, MD, Colorectal Surgery
• Rachel Georgopoulos, MD, Pediatric Otolaryngology
• Demetra Gibson, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Kimberly Giuliano, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Oluwatosin Goje, MD, MSCR, Subspecialty Care for Women’s Health
• Matthew J. Goldman, MD, Family Medicine
• Keshava M. N. Narayana Gowda, MD, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• Sharon Grundfest, MD, General Surgery
• Jesse Gutnick, MD, General Surgery
• Ami Hall, DO, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Ardeshir Hashmi, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Jacayln Hazen, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Bud Isaacson, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• John Jewell, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Judy Jin, MD, Endocrine Surgery
• Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Daniel Joyce, MD, General Surgery
• Cathleen (Cathy) Khandelwal, MD, General Surgery
• T. Colin Killeen, DO, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Roy J. Kim, MD, MPH, Pediatric Endocrinology
• Dane Shafer Klink, DO, Family Medicine
• Swapna Kollikonda, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Ken Koncilja, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Matthew Kostura, MD, Emergency Medicine
• Shakuntala Kothari, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Nathan Kraynack, MD, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
• Travis Krew, MD, Adult Behavioral Health
• Sangeeta Krishna, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
• David Krpata, MD, General Surgery
• John Kukay, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Pilar Lachhwani, MD, Adult Behavioral Health
• Luke Laffin, MD, Cardiovascular Medicine
• Sunny Lee, DO, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Kevin Leisinger, MD, Family Medicine
• Kerry Levin, MD, Neuromuscular
• Tracy Lim, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Jeremy Lipman, MD, MHPE, Colorectal Surgery
• James Mandelik, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Raed Bou Matar, MD, Pediatric Nephrology
• Mark Mayer, MD, Contract Staff (retired)
• Robert Mayock, MD, Hospital Medicine
• MaryAnn Mays, MD, Neurology
• Chad McCain, DO, Family Medicine
• Neil Mehta, MBBS, MS, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Nathan Mesko, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery
• Swarnalatha Meyyazhagan, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Kumjam Modha, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Mohammad Mohmand, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Melissa Morse, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
• Stephanie Moss, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Dalia Mossad, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Rohit Moudgil, MD, PhD, Cardiovascular Medicine
• Andrea Mucci, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology
• Sudish Murthy, MD, PhD, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• George Muschler, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery
• Sumana Narasimhan, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology
• Hanan Nashed, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Craig Nielsen, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Lukas Nystrom, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery
• William O’Brien, MD, General Surgery
• Matthew Pappas, MD, MPH, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Preethi Patel, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Clayton Petro, MD, General Surgery
• Jeffrey Ponsky, MD, General Surgery
• Ajita Prabhu, MD, General Surgery
• Diane Radford, MD, Colorectal Surgery
• Kadakkal Radhakrishnan, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
• Rajyalakshmi Rambhatla, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Daniel Raymond, MD, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Sathya Reddy, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Mitchell Reider, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Stephanie Ricci, MD, Subspecialty Care for Women’s Health
• Jason Robertson, MD, General Surgery
• Mark Rood, MD, Family Medicine
• Michael Rosen, MD, General Surgery
• Steven Rosenblatt, MD, General Surgery
• Sean Roth, DO, DPM, Emergency Medicine
• Robert Rowney, DO, Psychiatry
• Andrew Russman, DO, Cerebrovascular Center
• Nicholas Ruthmann, MD, MPH, Cardiovascular Medicine
• Camille Sabella, MD, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Firas Saker, MD, Neonatology
• Saket Saxena, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Colleen Schelzig, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
• Dean Schraufnagel, MD, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• Noah Schwartz, MD, MS, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Wadie Shabab, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Joyce Shin, MD, Endocrine Surgery
• Robert Simon, MD, General Surgery
• Katherine Singh, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Courtney Smalley, MD, Emergency Medicine
• Lauren Smit, DO, Family Medicine
• Andrew C. Smith, MD, General Surgery
• Amy Sniderman, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Payal Soni, MD, Neurological Restoration
• Lora Sowunmi, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Glen Stevens, DO, PhD, Brain Tumor Center
• Daniel Sweeney, MD, Family Medicine
• Maria Tang, MD , Primary Care Pediatrics
• Amy Teleron, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Roopa Thakur, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Philip Tomsik, MD, Family Medicine
• Pedro Torrico, MD, Neurology
• Joseph Trunzo, MD, Colorectal Surgery
• Peter VanHeyst, DO, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Nancy Van Keuls, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Karen Vargo, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Giselle Velez, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• Vicente Velez, MD, Hospital Medicine Inpatient
• David Vogt, MD, General Surgery
• Matthew Walsh, MD, General Surgery
• Steven Wexberg, MD, Primary Care Pediatrics
• Marc Williams, MD, Family Medicine
• Robert Wilson, DO, Neuromuscular
• Monica Yepes-Rios, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Eric Yudelevich, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
• Stacey Zahler, DO, Pediatric Hematology Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplantation

The entire CCLCM community is sincerely grateful to our faculty for their deep commitment to and passion for educating our future physician investigators.