Resident Educators Honored with Outstanding Preceptor Recognition

Sixty-five Cleveland Clinic residents 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 as well as student evaluations of the residents.

Resident preceptors are integral to CCLCM’s core clerkship programs. Students work closely with residents, who serve as both teachers and mentors. By providing students with high quality, non-judgmental and timely feedback, residents help students improve their practical skills and grow more confident as caregivers.

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

The honorees are:

Kawther Abdallah, MD, Internal Medicine

Serene Ahmad, MD, Pediatrics

Reem Akiely, MD, Pediatrics

Sarah Atta, MD, Ophthalmology

Eric Aube, MD, Neurology

Ashley Audi, MD, Neurology

Shervin Badihian, MD, Neurology

Osamah Badwan, MD, Internal Medicine

Justin Bauzon, MD, General Surgery

Hassan Bazzy, DO, Pediatrics

John Bireley, MD, Neurology

Anna Campana, MD, Psychiatry

Palmer Coleman, DO, Family Medicine

Joseph Conway, MD, Neurology

Johnny Dang, MD, Neurology

Grant Daugherty, MD, Psychiatry

Jonathan Doan, MD, Neurology

Eric Dunn, DO, Neurology

Abdel Hadi El Hajjar, MD, Internal Medicine

Margarita Fedorova, MD, Neurology

Kiran Garg, MD, Psychiatry

Daniel Gerber, MD, Urology

Brianna Gibney, MD, Psychiatry

Sanuri Gunawardena, MD, Neurology

Paige Gurizzian, MD, Internal Medicine

Vanessa Guzman, MS, DO, Family Medicine

Jared Hendren, MD, General Surgery

Annette Hu, DO, Child Neurology

Andrea Huynh, MD, Family Medicine

Kara Imbrogno, DO, Pediatrics

Nandini Isaac, DO, Internal Medicine

Daniel Janisz, MD, Pediatrics

George Kereselidze, MD, General Surgery

Kristin Kinsley, MD, Psychiatry

Alvin Kwon, MD, Internal Medicine

Anibal La Riva Rincon, MD, General Surgery

Jeffrey Lambe, MD, Neurology

Monica Lee, MD, Internal Medicine

Jonathan Lim, DO, Pediatrics

Casandra MacLeod, DO, MS, Neurology

Samantha Marazita, MD, Internal Medicine

Abigail Meyers, MD, Plastic Surgery Integrated

Cezary Mikoluk, MD, Psychiatry

Moustafa Moussally, MD, General Surgery

Timothy Mrowiec, MD, Pediatrics

Meghna Nagam, MD, Internal Medicine

Swati Pandruvada, MD, Psychiatry

Meera Patel, MD, Internal Medicine

Navin Pathak, MD, Internal Medicine

Breanna Perlmutter, MD, Surgery

Asad Rauf, MD, Internal Medicine

Ashley Re, MD, MA, MS, Family Medicine

Adam Ross, MD, Neurology

Sadhna Samantarai, MD, Pediatrics

Fatima Zehra Shah, MD, Pediatrics

Rishaan Sharma, MD, Internal Medicine

Noah Tocci, MD, General Surgery

Karlo Toljan, MD, Neuroimmunology (Multiple Sclerosis)

Morgan Torcasio, MD, Psychiatry

Sanem Uysal, MD, Neurology

Ryan Vagedes, DO, Internal Medicine

Noah Weingarten, MD, General Surgery

Allison Withers, MD, Psychiatry

Gabriel Yepes, MD, Psychiatry

Andrew Zhang, MD, Vascular Neurology