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Faculty Educators Honored with Outstanding Preceptor Recognition

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Ninety-five Cleveland Clinic faculty members have been recognized as outstanding preceptors for their role in educating year 3 medical students during their core clerkships. Recipients of this prestigious honor, which celebrates mentorship during the 2023 calendar year, were chosen based on criteria including quality and frequency of feedback provided to students and student evaluations of the residents.

Faculty work closely with students to maximize learning and foster inclusivity. By providing students with high quality, non-judgmental and timely feedback, faculty members help students improve their practical skills and grow more confident as caregivers.

Each honored faculty member was presented with a CCLCM educator pin as a token of recognition for their vital contributions toward educating future physicians.

The honorees are:

Justin Abbatemarco, MD, Mellen Center

John Alfes, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Elizabeth Anderson, PA-C, Family Medicine

Salome Arobelidze, MD, Hospital Medicine

Moises Auron, MD, Hospital Medicine

Tim Beck, MD, Endocrine Surgery

William Bingaman, MD, Epilepsy

Nella Blyumin, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Eric Boose, MD, Family Medicine

Ashley Brant, DO, Obstetrics and Gynecology

David Brill, DO, Family Medicine

Jeffrey Brown, DO, Family Medicine

Robert Cain, MD, Family Medicine

Rena Chandra, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Paula Chaves Mari, MD, Primary Care

Kimberly Churbock, MD, Primary Care

Kendalle Cobb, MD, Family Medicine

William Damm, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Jatin Dhimar, MD, Center for Emergency Medicine-West

Lisa Diard, MD, Primary Care

Mokhtar El Deeb, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Amanda Elbin, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Cecile Ferrando, MD, MPH, Subspecialty Care for Women's Health

Gretchen Fisher, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Catherine Fleisher, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Dana Foradori, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Erika Fraundorf, MD, Emergency Medicine

Michael Freiberg, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Cassandra Garraud, DO, Cardiovascular Medicine

Ava George, DO, Family Medicine

Michelle Goettemoeller, CNP, Family Medicine

John Hanicak, MD, Family Medicine

Ardeshir Hashmi, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Sidonie Ibrikji, MD, Cerebrovascular

Adham Jammoul, MD, General Neurology

Stephanie Jennings, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

John Jewell, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Fred Jorgensen, MD, Family Medicine

Caroline Just, MD, General Neurology

Shubhangi Kesavan, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology

T. Colin Killeen, DO, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Luke Kim, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Roy Kim, MD, Center for Pediatric Endocrinology

Swapna Kollikonda, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Kenneth Koncilja, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Shakuntala Kothari, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Travis Krew, MD, Psychiatry and Psychology

John Kukay, MD, Primary Care

Marielle Kulling, DO, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Amy Kunchok, MD, PhD., Mellen Center

Kylie Lierman, DO, Primary Care

Tracy Lim, MD, Primary Care

Sanjay Linganna, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Jeremy Lipman, MD, Colorectal Surgery

Mina Lobbous, MD, MSPH, Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology

Parevi Majmudar, DO, Center for Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine

Melanie Malec, MD, Family Medicine

Gabriel Mancini, DO, Family Medicine

Mary Margocs, DO, Family Medicine

Anna McLaughlin, MD, Hospital Medicine

Neil Mehta, MBBS, MS, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Maria Mohan, MD, Hospital Medicine

Stephanie Moss, MD, Hospital Medicine

Andrea Mucci, MD, Center for Pediatric Endocrinology

Aidan Neustadtl, MD, Hospital Medicine

Craig Nielsen, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Matthew Pappas, MD, Hospital Medicine

Betsy Patterson, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Svetlana Pomeranets, MD, Primary Care

Brandon Prendes, M.D., Head Neck Surgery

Elizabeth Rainbolt, MD, Family Medicine

David Rosen, MD, Colorectal Surgery

Arjun Sarin, MD, Emergency Medicine

Colleen Schelzig, MD, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Dean Schraufnagel, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Devon Smith, MD, Family Medicine

Sandra Snyder, DO, Family Medicine

Lora Sowunmi, MD, Hospital Medicine

Andrea Sperduto, MD, Primary Care

Daniel Sullivan, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Nimish Thakore, MD, Neuromuscular

Alejandro Torres-Trejo, MD, Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology

Pedro Torrico, MD, Neuromuscular

Willy Marcos Valencia, MD, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Nancy Van Keuls, MD, Primary Care

Vicente Velez, MD, FACP, FHM, Hospital Medicine

Heba Wassif, MD, MPH, Cardiovascular Medicine

Lilian White, MD, Family Medicine

Marc Williams, MD, Family Medicine

Robert Wilson, DO, Neuromuscular Center

Gisella Wong Nano, MD, Primary Care

Vincent Wu, MD, Breast Surgery

Chen Yan, MD (CCLCM ‘16), General Neurology

Ana Yepes-Rios, MD, Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

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