Medical Education Department Faculty
Abdo Asmar
M.D., F.A.S.N., F.A.C.P
Position:
- Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
- Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
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Specialties:
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Designated Specialist in Clinical Hypertension
Research Interest(s):
Analia Castiglioni
M.D.
Position:
- Director of Clinical Skills and Simulation Center
- Professor
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Specialties:
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Education
Research Interest(s):
Juan C. Cendan
M.D., Chair
Position:
- Chairman, Department of Medical Education
- Professor of Surgery
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Specialties:
- Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
Research Interest(s):
Specialties:
- Internal Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Occupational Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
Research Interest(s):
- Clinical Workplace Assessment of Medical Students
- Curriculum Design
- Instructional Design
- Residents as Teachers
Nadine Dexter
Ed.D, MLS, D-AHIP
Position:
Director of Harriet F. Ginsburg Health Sciences Library
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Specialties:
- Medical Informatics
- Library Science
Research Interest(s):
- Medical Informatics
- Use of Technology and Medical Education
- Higher Education Policy Analysis
Nyla Dil
DVM, MSc (Path), PhD
Position:
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Module Director Health and Disease
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Specialties:
- Immunology
- Medical Microbiology
- Infectious Diseases
Research Interest(s):
- Evidence-Based Active Learning Pedagogies
- Curriculum Development and Assessment
- Learner Engagement
- Public Health
Luciana Garbayo
MD, PhD, MA
Position:
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Medical Education
- Director of Ethics and Medical Humanities Longitudinal Curriculum Theme (LCT)
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Specialties:
- History & Philosophy of Medicine & Biology
- Epistemology/Theory of Medical Knowledge/Epistemic Logic
- Medical Ethics/Healthcare Ethics/Public Health Ethics
Research Interest(s):
- Medical Education & Professional Identity Formation
- Philosophy of Medicine
- Medical Epistemology:
- Medical Ethics/Healthcare Ethics/Public Health Ethics
Shalu Gillum
JD, MLS, AHIP
Position:
Head of Public Services, Assistant Medical Librarian
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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
A. Laurel Gorman
Ph.D.
Position:
- Associate Professor, Medical Education and Pharmacology
- Director, Preclinical Pharmacology thread, Director of 2 Organ Systems Modules (Endo-reproductive, Brain & Behavior)
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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
Specialties:
- Scholarly Communications
- Academic Publishing
- Data Visualization
- Metrics
Research Interest(s):
- Bibliometrics
David Harris
Ph.D.
Position:
- Associate Professor of Physiology
- Module Director for Structure and Function
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Specialties:
- Physiology
Research Interest(s):
- High Fidelity Patient simulation in preclerkship Medical Students
- Evidence-based Learning in Medical Students (active learning)
- The use of Commercial Resources on Medical Student Learning
Specialties:
Research Interest(s):
Specialties:
- Electronic Resources
- Content Management
- Collection Development
Research Interest(s):
- Medical electronic resources
- Emerging technologies
- Content management
- Licensing e-resources
- Data management
Atsusi Hirumi
Position:
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Shiva Kalindindi
MD, MPH, MS(Ed.), FAAP, FACEPP
Position:
- Professor of Pediatrics
- Medical Director, Nemours Institute for Clinical Excellence Ed.
- Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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Specialties:
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Medical Education
- Medical Simulation -CHSE
Research Interest(s):
- Medical Education
- Medical Simulation
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Christine A. Kauffman
M.D.
Position:
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics
- Module Director, Practice of Medicine 1
- Module Director, Gastrointestinal and Renal Systems Module
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Specialties:
- Medical Education
- Renal physiology/pathophysiology
- Clinical skills
- Pediatric Nephrology
Research Interest(s):
- Medical Education:
- Attendance and Performance,
- Attendance and Wellness
Denise Kay
Ph.D.
Position:
- Medical Education Assistant Professor
- Interprofessional Education Program Co-Chair
- Longitudinal Curricular Themes Executive Director
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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
Jonathan D. Kibble
Ph.D
Position:
- Assistant Dean of Students
- Professor of Physiology
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Specialties:
- Physiology
- Medical Education
Research Interest(s):
- Student Assessment Methods
- Active Learning Pedagogy
- Student Burnout and Wellness
Stephen Lambert
Ph.D.
Position:
- Professor of Medicine
- CFMG (Cellular Function and Medical Genetics) Module Director
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Specialties:
- Medical Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
- Glial Cell Biology
- Hybrid Systems
- Myelination
Research Interest(s):
- Myelination and glial cell biology in the peripheral nervous system.
- Hybrid systems
Jeffrey S. LaRochelle
MD, MPH
Position:
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Dean of Medical Education
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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
Magdalena Pasarica
M.D., Ph.D.
Position:
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Medical Director/Faculty Advisor – KNIGHTS Student-Run Free Clinic
- Co-Director, Internal/Family Medicine Clerkship
- Chair of Education for Family Medicine
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Specialties:
- Lifestyle Medicine
- Obesity Medicine
- Underserved Medicine
Research Interest(s):
- Medical Education Research (Lifestyle, Obesity, Prevention, Scholarship Skills)
- Quality Improvement for Optimization of Patient Care
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
Specialties:
- Gross Anatomy
- Histology
- Embryology
- Neuroanatomy
Research Interest(s):
- Medical education
- Clinical anatomy
- Functional morphology
- Skeletal biology
Saleh M. M. Rahman
MD, Ph.D., M.P.H
Position:
Professor of Biostatistics and Previous Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion (Interim)
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Specialties:
- Behavioral Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
- Health Disparities
Research Interest(s):
- Health disparity research
- Cancer Prevention and Control
- CBPR
- Global Health
- Medical Decision Analysis
Daniel Topping
M.D.
Position:
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Director of Willed Body Program; Module Director (Psychosocial Issues in Healthcare)
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Specialties:
- Clinical Anatomy
- Gross Anatomy
- Reproductive Physiology
- Psychosocial Issues in Healthcare
- Family Medicine
- Lifestyle Medicine
Research Interest(s):
- Clinical Anatomy
- Humanism in Anatomy
- Biomedical Engineering
- Interprofessional Education
- Human Sexuality
- Lifestyle Medicine
Specialties:
- Internal Medicine
Teaching:
- UCF MD program
Research Interest(s):
- Concept mapping
- Medical Education Assessment and Development
- Clinical Reasoning
Specialties:
- Health Sciences Libraries
- Electronic Resources
Research Interest(s):
- Health Sciences Libraries
Specialties:
- Library public services
- User services
Research Interest(s):
- Library public services
- Personal librarian programs
Marcia Verduin
M.D.
Position:
Associate Dean, Students and Professor of Psychiatry
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Specialties:
- Addiction Psychiatry
- General Psychiatry
Research Interest(s):
- Medical Education
- Addiction Psychiatry