New Curriculum – Applies to Class of 2028 and on
M1 Directors
- Foundations
Course Director: David Harris, Ph.D.
David.Harris2@ucf.edu
Clinical Sciences Co-Director: Shiva Kalidindi, M.D.
Shiva.Kalidindi@ucf.edu
Health Systems Sciences Co-Director: Denise Kay, Ph.D.
Denise.Kay@ucf.edu - Integrated Sciences 1
Course Director: Nyla Dil, Ph.D.
Nyla.Dil@ucf.edu
Clinical Sciences Co-Director: Shiva Kalidindi, M.D.
Shiva.Kalidindi@ucf.edu
Health Systems Sciences Co-Director: Denise Kay, Ph.D.
Denise.Kay@ucf.edu - Integrated Sciences 2
Course Director: Bernard Gros, M.D.
Bernard.Gros@ucf.edu
Clinical Sciences Co-Director: Shiva Kalidindi, M.D.
Shiva.Kalidindi@ucf.edu
Health Systems Sciences Co-Director: Denise Kay, Ph.D.
Denise.Kay@ucf.edu - Focused Individualized Research Experience 1
Director: Robert Hines, Ph.D., MPH
Robert.Hines@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Lane Coffee, Ph.D., MS
rlc@ucf.edu
M2 Directors
- Integrated Sciences 3
Course Director: Emily Bradshaw, Ph.D.
Emily.Bradshaw@ucf.edu
Clinical Sciences Co-Director: Nazeema Khan-Assad, M.D.
Nazeema.Khan@ucf.edu
Health Systems Sciences Co-Director: Nadine Dexter, Ed.D.
Nadine.Dexter@ucf.edu - Integrated Sciences 4
Course Director: Danish Bhatti, M.D.
Danish.Bhatti@ucf.edu
Clinical Sciences Co-Director: Nazeema Khan-Assad, M.D.
Nazeema.Khan@ucf.edu
Health Systems Sciences Co-Director: Nadine Dexter, Ed.D.
Nadine.Dexter@ucf.edu
- Integrated Sciences 5
Course Co-Director: Shazia Beg, M.D
Shazia.Beg@ucf.edu
Course Co-Director: Vania Zayat, M.D.
Vania.Zayat@ucf.edu
Clinical Sciences Co-Director: Nazeema Khan-Assad, M.D.
Nazeema.Khan@ucf.edu
Health Systems Sciences Co-Director: Nadine Dexter, Ed.D.
Nadine.Dexter@ucf.edu - Focused Individualized Research Experience 2
Director: Robert Hines, Ph.D., MPH
Robert.Hines@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Lane Coffee, Ph.D., MS
rlc@ucf.edu
M3/M4 Directors
- Internal and Family Medicine Clerkship
Director: Yanisa Del Toro, M.D.
Yanisa.DelToro@ucf.edu
Assistant Director: Madeline Deutsch, M.D.
Madeline.Deutsch@ucf.edu
Assistant Director: Jason Konopack, M.D.
Jason.Konopack@ucf.edu
Site Director: Michelle Nguyen, M.D., Express Clinic
Site Director: Mahnaz Qayyum, M.D., Elysium Medical Group
Site Director: Joshua Schultz, M.D., HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Hesham Nasser, M.D., HCA Florida North Florida Hospital – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Jason Konopack, M.D., HCA Florida North Florida Hospital – FM Inpatient
Site Director: Gerald Keller, M.D., HCA Florida North Florida Hospital – FM Outpatient Residency
Site Director: Karthikram Komanduri, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Nicholas Dorsey, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital – FM Inpatient
Site Director: Stephanie Anderson, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital – FM Outpatient Residency
Site Director: Mark Johnson, D.O., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Christopher Cooper, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital
Site Director: Adrian Burrowes, M.D., Legacy Pointe at UCF
Site Director: Cindy Gleit, M.D., My Health On Site, Osceola Empl Clinic
Site Director: Alimer Gonzalez, M.D., NCH Healthcare System
Site Director: Pinkal Patel, M.D., Oviedo Family Health Center
Site Director: Cara Jakob, M.D., Total Family Healthcare
Site Director: Laura Cloukey, M.D., The Villages Health
Site Director: Yanisa Del Torro, M.D., UCF Health
Site Director: David Braun, M.D., UCF Student Health Center
Site Director: Jorge Restrepo, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Richard Henriquez, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Minh Ho, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando – IM Inpatient - Neurology Clerkship
Director: Danish Bhatti, M.D.
Danish.Bhatti@ucf.edu
Assistant Director: Sneha Jacob, M.D.
Sneha.Jacob@ucf.edu
Site Director: Carmen Fortuno-Roman, M.D., Child Neurology Center of Orlando
Site Director: Sampathkumar Shanmugham, M.D., HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital
Site Director: Nisha Sinha, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital
Site Director: Sneha Jacob, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Refaat El-Said, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital
Site Director: Sheila Ramos-Martinez, M.D., Kids Neuro Care
Site Director: Matthias Zinn, M.D., Nemours Children’s Hospital
Site Director: Shahid Riaz, M.D., Neurodiagnostic Center
Site Director: Mark Klafter, M.D., Neurological Services Orlando, PA
Site Director: Bennett Rosenthal, M.D., Neurology Rosenthal
Site Director: Arnaldo Isa, M.D., Neurology Associates, PA
Site Director: Lourdes Benes, M.D., Neurology One
Site Director: Aisha Qazi, M.D., Orlando Epilepsy Center
Site Director: Esther Baldinger, M.D., VA Bay Pines
Site Director: Umesh Sharma, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando - Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
Co-Director: George Thomas, M.D.
George.Thomas@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Susanne Osborne, M.D., FACOG
Susanne.Osborne@ucf.edu
Site Director: Donna Boucher, M.D., HCA Florida North Florida Hospital
Site Director: Angela Guzman, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Christopher Bryant, M.D., HCA Oviedo Medical Center
Site Director: Veronica Figuera, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital
Site Director: Thomas Myles, M.D., Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic of Central Florida
Site Director: Jaimee Castillo-Quek, M.D., Oak Medical Clinic
Site Director: John Busowski, M.D., Orange County Department of Health
Site Director: Deborah Spiers, D.O., Oviedo Woman’s Health Center
Site Director: Sara Meinz, D.O., The Women’s Healing Center for Gyn Oncology
Site Director: Bradley Kasper, D.O., Woman’s Health Centers – Avalon Park
Site Director: Ninoshka Rosario, APNP, Woman’s Health Centers – Hunters Creek - Pediatric Clerkship
Lead Co-Director: Charlene Dodson, M.D.
Charlene.Dodson@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Johanna Kielbasa, M.D.
Johanna.Kielbasa@ucf.edu
Site Director: Michelle Tellado, M.D., Children’s Health Alliance
Site Director: Jane Ierardi, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital/HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Johanna Kielbasa, M.D., Nemours Children’s Hospital - Psychiatry Clerkship
Director: Martin Klapheke, M.D.
Martin.Klapheke@ucf.edu
Assistant Director: Michael Torres, M.D.
Michael.Torres2@ucf.edu
Site Director: Enrique Vargas, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Garrett Griffin, PSYD., Park Place
Site Director: Myrtho Mompoint-Branch, M.D., Pasadena Villa
Site Director: Ajith Potluri, M.D., Psychiatric Consultants of Central Florida
Site Director: Shaheda Akhtar, M.D., University Behavioral Center
Site Director: Jose Torres Miranda, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando - Surgery Clerkship
Director: Andrew Taitano, M.D.
Andrew.Taitano@ucf.edu
Assistant Director: Vladimir Neychev, M.D.
Vladimir.Neychev@ucf.edu
Site Director: Nick Debnath, M.D., Florida Otolaringology Group
Site Director: Darwin Ang, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital
Site Director: Luis Serrano, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Harold Neyra, M.D., HCA Florida Oviedo Medical Center
Site Director: Vladimir Neychev, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital
Site Director: Tamarah Westmoreland, M.D., Nemours Children’s Hospital
Site Director: Aron Scott McGuirt, M.D., VA Bay Pines
Site Director: Syed M. Shah, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando - Acting Internship Emergency Medicine
Site Director: Tracy Maclntosh, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Veronica Sikka, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando
Original Curriculum – Applies to Class of 2027 and earlier
Module and Clerkship Directors are key educators in the College of Medicine playing an important role in the education of medical students. Module Directors solicit the participation, input and ideas of the module and medical school faculty regarding module design, content and issues, and are responsible for making final decisions/recommendations with respect to the module. Clerkship Directors are responsible for designing, developing and administering the clerkship, sub-internship, and/or elective(s) as assigned, including all related inpatient and ambulatory clinical experiences at various clinical sites.
M1 Directors
- Cellular Function and Medical Genetics
Director: Nyla Dil, Ph.D.
Nyla.Dil@ucf.edu
Co-Director: David Harris, Ph.D.
David.Harris2@ucf.edu
- Structure and Function
Director: David Harris, Ph.D.
David.Harris2@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Nyla Dil, Ph.D.
Nyla.Dil@ucf.edu
- Health and Disease
Director: Nyla Dil, Ph.D.
Nyla.Dil@ucf.edu
Co-Director: David Harris, Ph.D.
David.Harris2@ucf.edu
- Hematology and Oncology
Director: Vania Zayat, M.D.
Vania.Zayat@ucf.edu - Psychosocial Issues in Healthcare
Director: Shiva Kalidindi, M.D.
Shiva.Kalidindi@ucf.edu
- Focused Individualized Research Experience 1
Director: Robert Hines, Ph.D., MPH
Robert.Hines@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Lane Coffee, Ph.D., MS
rlc@ucf.edu - Practice of Medicine 1
Director: Shiva Kalidindi, M.D.
Shiva.Kalidindi@ucf.edu
M2 Directors
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Systems
Co-Director: Bernard Gros, M.D.
Bernard.Gros@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Feroza Daroowalla, M.D., MPH
Feroza.Daroowalla@ucf.edu - Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
Director: Amita Katuria, M.D.
Amita.Katuria@ucf.edu
- Gastrointestinal and Renal Systems
Director: Patrice Frederick, M.D.
Patrice.Frederick@ucf.edu - Brain and Behavior
Director: Danish Bhatti, M.D.
Danish.Bhatti@ucf.edu - Skin and Musculoskeletal Systems
Director: Shazia Beg, M.D.
Shazia.Beg@ucf.edu - Focused Individualized Research Experience 2
Director: Robert Hines, Ph.D., MPH
Robert.Hines@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Lane Coffee, Ph.D., MS
rlc@ucf.edu - Practice of Medicine 2
Director, Nazeema Khan-Assad, M.D.
Nazeema.Khan@ucf.edu
M3/M4 Directors
- Internal and Family Medicine Clerkship
Director: Yanisa Del Toro, M.D.
Yanisa.DelToro@ucf.edu
Assistant Director: Madeline Deutsch, M.D.
Madeline.Deutsch@ucf.edu
Assistant Director: Jason Konopack, M.D.
Jason.Konopack@ucf.edu - Site Director: Michelle Nguyen, M.D., Express Clinic
Site Director: Mahnaz Qayyum, M.D., Elysium Medical Group
Site Director: Joshua Schultz, M.D., HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Hesham Nasser, M.D., HCA Florida North Florida Hospital – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Jason Konopack, M.D., HCA Florida North Florida Hospital – FM Inpatient
Site Director: Gerald Keller, M.D., HCA Florida North Florida Hospital – FM Outpatient Residency
Site Director: Karthikram Komanduri, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Nicholas Dorsey, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital – FM Inpatient
Site Director: Stephanie Anderson, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital – FM Outpatient Residency
Site Director: Mark Johnson, D.O., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Christopher Cooper, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital
Site Director: Adrian Burrowes, M.D., Legacy Pointe at UCF
Site Director: Cindy Gleit, M.D., My Health On Site, Osceola Empl Clinic
Site Director: Alimer Gonzalez, M.D., NCH Healthcare System
Site Director: Pinkal Patel, M.D., Oviedo Family Health Center
Site Director: Cara Jakob, M.D., Total Family Healthcare
Site Director: Laura Cloukey, M.D., The Villages Health
Site Director: Yanisa Del Torro, M.D., UCF Health
Site Director: David Braun, M.D., UCF Student Health Center
Site Director: Jorge Restrepo, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Richard Henriquez, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando – IM Inpatient
Site Director: Minh Ho, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando – IM Inpatient - Neurology Clerkship
Director: Danish Bhatti, M.D.
Danish.Bhatti@ucf.edu - Assistant Director: Sneha Jacob, M.D.
Sneha.Jacob@ucf.edu
Site Director: Carmen Fortuno-Roman, M.D., Child Neurology Center of Orlando
Site Director: Sampathkumar Shanmugham, M.D., HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital
Site Director: Nisha Sinha, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital
Site Director: Sneha Jacob, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Refaat El-Said, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital
Site Director: Sheila Ramos-Martinez, M.D., Kids Neuro Care
Site Director: Matthias Zinn, M.D., Nemours Children’s Hospital
Site Director: Shahid Riaz, M.D., Neurodiagnostic Center
Site Director: Mark Klafter, M.D., Neurological Services Orlando, PA
Site Director: Bennett Rosenthal, M.D., Neurology Rosenthal
Site Director: Arnaldo Isa, M.D., Neurology Associates, PA
Site Director: Lourdes Benes, M.D., Neurology One
Site Director: Aisha Qazi, M.D., Orlando Epilepsy Center
Site Director: Esther Baldinger, M.D., VA Bay Pines
Site Director: Umesh Sharma, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando - Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
Co-Director: George Thomas, M.D.
George.Thomas@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Susanne Osborne, M.D., FACOG
Susanne.Osborne@ucf.edu
Site Director: Donna Boucher, M.D., HCA Florida North Florida Hospital
Site Director: Angela Guzman, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Christopher Bryant, M.D., HCA Oviedo Medical Center
Site Director: Veronica Figuera, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital
Site Director: Thomas Myles, M.D., Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic of Central Florida
Site Director: Jaimee Castillo-Quek, M.D., Oak Medical Clinic
Site Director: John Busowski, M.D., Orange County Department of Health
Site Director: Deborah Spiers, D.O., Oviedo Woman’s Health Center
Site Director: Sara Meinz, D.O., The Women’s Healing Center for Gyn Oncology
Site Director: Bradley Kasper, D.O., Woman’s Health Centers – Avalon Park
Site Director: Ninoshka Rosario, APNP, Woman’s Health Centers – Hunters Creek - Pediatric Clerkship
Lead Co-Director: Charlene Dodson, M.D.
Charlene.Dodson@ucf.edu
Co-Director: Johanna Kielbasa, M.D.
Johanna.Kielbasa@ucf.edu
Site Director: Michelle Tellado, M.D., Children’s Health Alliance
Site Director: Jane Ierardi, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital/HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Johanna Kielbasa, M.D., Nemours Children’s Hospital - Psychiatry Clerkship
Director: Martin Klapheke, M.D.
Martin.Klapheke@ucf.edu - Assistant Director: Michael Torres, M.D.
Michael.Torres2@ucf.edu
Site Director: Enrique Vargas, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Garrett Griffin, PSYD., Park Place
Site Director: Myrtho Mompoint-Branch, M.D., Pasadena Villa
Site Director: Ajith Potluri, M.D., Psychiatric Consultants of Central Florida
Site Director: Shaheda Akhtar, M.D., University Behavioral Center
Site Director: Jose Torres Miranda, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando - Surgery Clerkship
Director: Andrew Taitano, M.D.
Andrew.Taitano@ucf.edu
Assistant Director: Vladimir Neychev, M.D.
Vladimir.Neychev@ucf.edu
Site Director: Nick Debnath, M.D., Florida Otolaringology Group
Site Director: Darwin Ang, M.D., HCA Florida Ocala Hospital
Site Director: Luis Serrano, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Harold Neyra, M.D., HCA Florida Oviedo Medical Center
Site Director: Vladimir Neychev, M.D., HCA UCF Lake Nona Hospital
Site Director: Tamarah Westmoreland, M.D., Nemours Children’s Hospital
Site Director: Aron Scott McGuirt, M.D., VA Bay Pines
Site Director: Syed M. Shah, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando - Acting Internship Emergency Medicine
Site Director: Tracy Maclntosh, M.D., HCA Florida Osceola Hospital
Site Director: Veronica Sikka, M.D., VA Medical Center Orlando