Faculty Overview

Dr. Feroza Daroowalla M.D., MPH

• Associate Professor of Medicine

Specialties:

• Internal Medicine
• Critical Care Medicine
• Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Occupational Medicine
• Pulmonary Disease
• Clinical Workplace Assessment of Medical Students
• Curriculum Design
• Instructional Design
• Residents as Teachers

Research Interest(s):

• Clinical Workplace Assessment of Medical Students
• Curriculum Design
• Instructional Design
• Residents as Teachers

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Dr. Nadine Dexter ed.D, MLS, D-AHIP

• Director of Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library

Specialties:

• Medical Informatics
• Library Science

Research Interest(s):

• Medical Informatics
• Use of Technology and Medical Education
• Higher Education Policy Analysis

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Shalu Gillum …………………….. MJD, MLS, AHIP

• Head of Public Services

Specialties:

• Health Sciences Librarianship
• Medical Librarianship
• Library Public Services
• Copyright
• Consumer Health Information

Research Interest(s):

• Health sciences librarianship
• Medical librarianship
• Library public services
• Library instruction

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Dr. A. Laurel Gorman .. . …Ph.d

• Associate Professor, Medical Education and Pharmacology
• Director, Preclinical Pharmacology Thread
• Director of 2 Organ Systems Modules (Endo-reproductive, Brain & Behavior)

Specialties:

• Neuropharmacology
• Neuromodulatory Effects of Hormones
• Medical Education Research

Research Interest(s):

• Educational outcomes of active learning methods (TBL, high fidelity medical simulations, CBL, flipped classes, gamification)
• Effective practices for curricular integration (pharmacology, other longitudinal fields)
• Medical educator development, roles, identities
• Drug and opioid addiction, pain management

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Pamela herring ……………………. MLIS, AHIP

• Electronic Resources Librarian

Specialties:

• Electronic Resources
• Content Management
• Collection Development

Research Interest(s):

• Medical Electronic Resources
• Emerging Technologies
• Content management
• Licensing e-Resources
• Data Management

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Associate Professor of Physiology

Module Director for Structure and Function

Specialties:

Research Interest(s):

igh Fidelity Patient Simulation in Pre-Clerkship Medical Students

Evidence-based Learning in Medical Students (active learning)

The use of Commercial Resources on Medical Student Learning

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Dr. Christine A. Kauffman …… M.D.

• Associate Professor of Pediatrics
• M1/M2 Assistant Dean for Medical Education
• Module Director, Professor of Pediatrics
• Module Director, Practice of Medicine 1
• Module Director, Gastrointestinal and Renal Systems Module

Specialties:

• Medical Education
  • Renal physiology/pathophysiology
  • Clinical skills
• Pediatric Nephrology

Research Interest(s):

• Medical Education: 
  • Attendance and Performance,
  • Attendance and Wellness

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Dr. Denise kay ……………………… Ph.d

• Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Interprofessional Education Program Co-Chair
• Longitudinal Curricular Themes Executive Director

Specialties:

• Learning Theories
• Instructional Design
• Active Learning
• Student Engagement
• Interprofessional Education

Research Interest(s):

• Student Engagement
• Conceptual Change
• Lifestyle Medicine
• Student Perception of Faculty & Instruction

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Dr. Jeffrey S. LaRochelle …… M.D., Ph.d

• Assistant Dean of Medical Education
• Professor of Medicine

Specialties:

• General Internal Medicine
• Clinical Reasoning
• Clinical Skills
• Survey Design

Research Interest(s):

• Development of Clinical Reasoning
• Instructional Design for Clinical Skills
• Assessment and Evaluation of Learners

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Medical Education Assistant Professor

Interprofessional Education Program Co-Chair

Longitudinal Curricular Themes Executive Director

Specialties:

Learning Theories

Instructional Design

Active Learning

Student Engagement

Interprofessional Education

Research Interest(s):

Student Engagement

Conceptual Change

Lifestyle Medicine

Student Perception of Faculty & Instruction

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Dr. Magdalena Pasarica ………. M.D., ph.D.

• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Interim Assistant Dean of Medical Education for M3/4
• Medical Director/Faculty Advisor – KNIGHTS Student-Run Free Clinic
• Co-Director, Internal/Family Medicine Clerkship
• Chair of Education for Family Medicine

Specialties:

• Physiology
• Medical Education

Research Interest(s):

• Student Assessment Methods
• Active Learning Pedagogy
• Student Burnout and Wellness

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Dr. Otto Phanstiel IV ………………Ph.d

• Professor of Medical Education

Specialties:

• Organic Chemistry
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Drug Design
• Biochemistry

Research Interest(s):

• Pancreatic Cancer
• Polyamine Metabolism and Cancer Growth
• Cancer Metabolism
• Polyamine Transport in Human Cells
• Snyder Robinson Syndrome
• Mitochondrial Disease

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Deedra walton ……………………. MLS, D-AHIP

• Head of Electronic Resources

Specialties:

• Health Sciences Libraries
• Electronic Resources

Research Interest(s):

• Health Sciences Libraries

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natasha williams ………………MLIS, AHIP

• User Services Librarian

Specialties:

• Library Public Services
• User Services

Research Interest(s):

• Library Public Services
• Personal Librarian Programs

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