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Resident Preceptors Earn Outstanding Educator Recognition

one gold star among many silver stars

Ninety-one residents across Cleveland Clinic have been recognized as outstanding preceptors for Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine year 3 medical students during their core clerkships during the 2022 calendar year. This prestigious recognition is based on a set of criteria that includes the frequency and quality of feedback provided to the medical students by the residents and the students’ evaluation of the residents.

During their core clerkships, students learn by working closely with residents who take on the significant responsibility of teaching, ensuring that students have an exceptional learning experience. Giving frequent, timely, specific, non-judgmental and useful feedback is a critical part of teaching.

Each resident, some of whom are CCLCM alumni, was presented with a CCLCM educator pin as a token of appreciation and recognition for their vital contributions toward educating future physicians.

  • Kawther Abdallah, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Sami Abou-Assi, MD, Vascular Surgery Integrated
  • Reem Albarguthi, MD, Pediatrics
  • Raha Almarzooqi, MD, General Surgery
  • Ashraf Alzahrani, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Eric Aube, MD, Neurology
  • David Baker, DO, Vascular Neurology
  • Nadia Bakir, MD, Thoracic Surgery Integrated
  • Tyler Bare, MD, Neurology
  • Nicholas Bello, MD, Ophthalmology
  • John Bireley, MD, Neurology
  • Nicole Brooks, MD, General Surgery Research
  • Taylor Bullock, MD (CCLCM ’21), Dermatology
  • Parker Bussies, MD, MS, Obstetrics and Gynecology Research
  • Jakub Cekovsky, MD, Pediatrics
  • William Chapman, MD, Colorectal Surgery
  • Palmer Coleman, DO, Family Medicine
  • Joseph Conway, MD, Neurology
  • Emily Cooper, MD, Psychiatry
  • Jessica Cooperrider, MD, MS (CCLCM ’21), Neurology
  • Anjali Dagar, MD, Psychiatry
  • Johnny Dang, MD, Neurology
  • Vijaya Dasari, MD, Neurology
  • Otte De Boer, MD, Psychiatry
  • Andrew Dhawan, MD, PhD, Neuro Oncology (Neurology)
  • Puneet Dhillon, DO, Internal Medicine
  • Kimberly DiMauro, DO, Neurology
  • Andreea Dinicu, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Jonathan Doan, MD, Neurology
  • Eric Dunn, DO, Neurology
  • Daniel El-Dabh, MD, Psychiatry
  • Baila Elkin, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Sarah Fracci, MD, Psychiatry
  • Emily Frisch, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Keith Garber, MD, Vascular Surgery Integrated
  • Aron Gedansky, MD, Neurology
  • Patrick Gilson, MD, Neurology
  • Lauren Granat, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Penina Gross-Richmond, DO, Pediatrics
  • Sanuri Gunawardena, MD, Neurology
  • Jonathan Handshoe, MD, Neurology
  • Oscar Hernandez, MD, General Surgery Research
  • Molly Howland, MD, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
  • Merry Huang, MD, Neurology
  • Kara Imbrogno, DO, Pediatrics
  • Daniel Janisz, MD, Pediatrics
  • Mikey Jiang, MD (CCLCM ’21), Pediatrics
  • Catherine Keller, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Kyle Kettler, MD, Family Medicine
  • Yeorum Kim, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Nicholas Kondoleon, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Avery Kundrick, MD, Neurology
  • Alvin Kwon, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Kevin Lewis, MD, MA, Urology
  • Caroline Lieser, MD, Pediatrics
  • Emily Maly, MD, Neurology
  • Zachary McKee, MD, Neurology
  • Megan Melland-Smith, MD, Advanced Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
  • Cezary Mikoluk, MD, Psychiatry
  • Sofia Molina Garcia, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Timothy Mrowiec, MD, Pediatrics
  • Julianna Mustafa, MD, General Surgery
  • Bryan Naelitz, MD (CCLCM ’21), Urology
  • Rachel Nemoyer, MD, MPH, Thoracic Surgery
  • Nicholas Oh, MD, Thoracic Surgery Integrated
  • Kaitlyn Palmer, MD, Neurology
  • Kevin Pan, DO, Family Medicine
  • Ian Persits, DO, Internal Medicine
  • Jerred Pletcher, MD, Anesthesiology
  • Max Puthenpura, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Everly Ramos, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Matthew Reeder, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Matthew Regueiro, MD, Ophthalmology
  • Brad Rosinski, MD, Thoracic Surgery Integrated
  • Adam Ross, MD, Neurology
  • Sangeeta Satish, MD, General Surgery
  • Karen Slater, MD, Psychiatry
  • Maria Sokola, MD, Neurology
  • Eleanor Stein, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Carol Swetlik, MD (CCLCM ’19), Neurology
  • Tarek Taha, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Karlo Toljan, MD, Neurology
  • Morgan Torcasio, MD, Psychiatry
  • Sanem Uysal, MD, Neurology
  • Josephine Volovetz, MD (CCLCM ’19), Neurological Surgery
  • Branden Vugrnick, MD, Psychiatry
  • Allison Withers, MD, Psychiatry
  • Zachary Yaker, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Benjamin Yang, MD, Thoracic Surgery Integrated
  • Andrew Zhang, MD, Neurology
  • Johnathan Zhao, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Congratulations to these residents for their enthusiasm for and commitment to educating our future physician investigators.

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