SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Curriculum Renewal

Office of Education:

• Stanley Friedman MD
• Sheldon Landesman MD
• John Lewis PhD
• Jeanne Macrae MD
• Robin Ovitsh MD
• Klara Papp, PhD
• Pamela Sass, MD
• Fredric Volkert PhD
• Sophie Christoforou MS-Liaison for Student Affairs
• Keith Williams PhD

Foundations Unit Directors for August 2013:

• Unit 1:
  Keith Williams PhD
• Unit 2:
  Miriam Feuerman PhD
• Unit 3:
  Fredric Volkert PhD
• Unit 4:
  Marianna Markell MD
• Unit 5:
  Riccardo Biancchi
• Unit 6:
  Lisa Merlin MD

Core and Advanced Year Directors:

• Anesthesiology clerkship:
  Constance Hill MD
• Emergency Medicine clerkship:
  Charlene An MD
• Internal Medicine clerkship:
  Samy McFarlane MD
• Neurology clerkship:
  Brian Anziska MD, Lisa Merlin MD
• Pediatrics clerkship:
  Laura Bruno MD
• Primary Care / Family Medicine clerkship:
  Paul Harris MD, Gloria Mtomboti MD
• Psychiatry clerkship:
  Thomas Brouette MD
• Surgery clerkship:
  Robert Schulze MD
• Women's Health clerkship:
  Nagaraj Gabbur MD
• Geriatrics and Palliative Care:
  Paul Harris MD
• Radiology:
  Steven Ostrow MD
• Subinternship in Medicine:
  Sheldon Landesman MD
• Subinternship in Pediatrics:
  Paul Harris MD

Patient Care, Professionalism, Interpersonal and Communications Skills, Practice Based Learning and Improvement, Systems Based Practice:

• Robin Ovitsh,MD
• Andrew Adler MD
• Karen Benker MD
• Joshua Burack,MD
• Justin Classe MD
• Eugene Dinkevich MD
• Mert Ergol MD
• Jeffrey Feola MD
• Margaret Golden MD
• Nagaraj Gabbur MD
• Harris Huberman MD
• Elka Jacobson-Dickman MD
• Sheldon Landesman MD
• Dimitri Papanagnou MD
• Klara Papp PhD
• Ella-Jean Richards MD
• Richard Sadovsky MD
• Jessica Stetz MD
• Gainosuke Sugiyama MD
• Bram Trauner MD
• Steve Weiss MD

Curriculum Renewal Steering Committee Members:

• Pamela Sass, MD - Chair
• Charlene An MD
• Michael Augenbraun MD
• Riccardo Bianchi PhD
• Gary Briefel MD
• Alaina Burns MS 2
• Sophie Christoforou MS
• Monica Dweck MD
• Mert Erogul MD
• Daria Ferro MS4
• Miriam Feuerman PhD
• Stanley Friedman MD
• Michaelangelo Fuortes MS4
• Daniel Horn MS 4
• Sheldon Landesman MD
• Jenny Libien MD
• Jeanne Macrae MD
• Samuel Marquez PhD
• Robin Ovitsh MD
• Klara Papp, PhD
• Naema Qureshi MS4
• Richard Sadovsky MD
• David Stern MS 4
• Fredric Volkert PhD
• Stephen Wadowski MD
• Keith Williams PhD

1. Assessment and Evaluation

• Barbara Lawrence, PhD, Committee, Chair
• Richard Sadovsky, MD, Steering Committee, Liaison
• Janelle Gordon, Staff

1a) Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning

• Shirley Eisner, PhD, Subcommittee Chair
• Mary Ann Banerji, MD
• Tom Brouette, MD
• Susan Duberstein, MD
• Steven Fox, PhD
• Brett Huston, MS4
• Seth Langley, PhD
• Alix Leader-Cramer, MS4
• Elisabeth Lessenich, MS3
• Elvedin Lukovic, MS1
• Caitlin McGinty, MS4
• Scott Miller, MD
• John Quale, MD
• Grace Park, MD
• Paul Pipia, MD
• David Stern, MS4

1b) Assessment and Evaluation of the Curriculum

• Riccardo Bianchi, PhD, Subcommittee Chair
• Rebecca Citrin, MS4
• Stephen Goldfinger, MD
• Julia Hermos, MS4
• Allen Norin, PhD
• Bram Trauner, PhD

1c) Assessment and Evaluation of Faculty Teaching

• Peter Bergold, PhD, Subcommittee Chair
• Andrew Edelstein, MS2
• Laura Dattner, MD
• Shereen Mahmood, MS1
• Sammy McFarlane, MD
• Julie Rushbrook, PhD
• Michael Smerina, MS2

2. Career

• Christopher I. Doty, MD, Chair
• Jeanne Macrae, MD, Liaison
• Frank Lucente, MD
• Caitlin McGinty, MS4
• Dimitri Papanagnou, MD
• Robert Schulze, MD
• Anne Shonbrun
• Lorraine Terracina, PhD
• Maureen Thompson, Staff

3. Clerkship Competencies

• Mert Erogul MD, Chair
• Margaret Golden, MD
• Bram Trauner, MD
• James Reilly, MD
• Lisa Merlin, MD
• Thomas Brouette, MD
• Franscene Oulds, MD
• Michael Rose, MS4
• Punam Thakkar, MS4

4. Competency Domains

• Charlene An, MD, Chair
• Frank Lucente, MD
• Nagaraj Gabbur, MD

5. Clerkship Structure and Prototype

• Mike Augenbraun, MD, Chair
• Lisa Dresner, MD
• Tom Brouette, MD
• Brian Anziska, MD
• Giorgio Roccaro, MS
• Stephen Thorp, MS

6. Fourth Year

• Jeanne Macrae, MD, Chair
• Brian Anziska, MD
• Phyllis Supino, PhD
• Marcia Gerber, MD
• Riccardo Bianchi, PhD

7. Geriatrics

• Eve S. Faber, MD, Chair
• Judith Ahronheim, MD
• Jennifer Breznay, MD
• Carl Cohen, MD
• Paul Harris, MD
• Steve Kaner, MD
• Gary Rothberger, MS4

8. Health Care in the Context of Community and Society

• Susan Pugliese, DDS, Chair and Liaison
• Jack DeHovitz, MD
• Alice Herb, JD
• Robert Karp, MD
• Sakina Nayaz, MS1
• Simon Shamass, MS1
• Miriam Vincent, MD, PhD
• Roxanne Deshong, Staff

9. Interpersonal and Communication Skills

• Jeff Feola, MD, Chair
• Sheldon Landesman, MD, Liaison
• Andrew Adler, MD
• William Bernard, MS3
• Leslie Marino, MS4
• Thomas McIntyre, MD
• Kimberly Peters, MS2
• James Reilly, MD
• Ramotse Saunders, MD
• Kara-Ann Bynoe-Griffith, Staff

10. Medical Knowledge and Clinical Skills

10a) Internal Data

• Lisa Dresner, MD, Chair
• Keith Williams, PhD, Liaison
• Stanley Friedman, MD
• Sheldon Landesman, MD
• Lisa Merlin, MD
• Katherine Perkins, PhD
• Richard Rubenstein, PhD
• Andrew Edelstein, MS2
• Daria Ferro, MS2
• Georgina Ferzli, MS1
• Elizabeth Floyd, MS2
• Nitin Goyal, MS1
• Camilla Guitarte, MS1
• Jennifer Guttman, MS1
• Chelsea Obourn, MS2
• Hannah Odunaiya, MS2
• Jake Rosenberg, MS2
• Nicholas Santavicca, MS3
• Schnell Lafortune, Staff

10b) External Data

• Pam Sass, MD, Chair & Liaison
• Brian Anziska, MD
• Karen Benker, MD, MPH
• Eve Faber, MD
• Susan Gottesman, MD
• Ernest Chisena, MS2
• Arkady Yaretskiy, MS2

10c) Database

• Christopher Stewart, MS, Chair
• Keith Williams, PhD, Liaison
• Andrea Bibbig, PhD
• Greg Conyers
• Tara Kelly, MS3
• Denise Moses, MS1
• Shunpei Okochi, MS2
• Schnell Lafortune, Staff

10. Medical Knowledge and Clinical Skills, continued

10d) Medical Knowledge

• Keith Williams, PhD, Chair
• Mary Ann Banerji, MD
• Riccardo Bianchi, PhD
• Gary Briefel, MD
• Tom Brouette, MD
• Andrew Edelstein, MS3
• Elizabeth Floyd, MS3
• John Lewis, PhD
• Jenny Libien, MD, PhD
• Sam Márquez, PhD
• Hillary Michelson, PhD
• Scott Miller, MD
• Man Oh, MD
• Steve Ostrow, MD
• Robin Ovitsh, MD
• Katherine Perkins, PhD
• Richard Rubenstein, PhD
• Louis Salciccioli, MD
• Bob Wong, PhD

11. Methods Workgroup

• Robin Ovitsh, MD, Chair
• Fred Volkert, PhD, Liaison
• Anthony Accurso, MS4
• Katherine Barth, MS4
• Eugene Dinkevich, MD
• Nagaraj Gabbur, MD
• Brian Gillet, MD
• Michael Giuliano, MD
• Paul Harris, MD
• Inna Kleyman, MS4
• John Kubie, PhD
• John Lewis, PhD
• Andrea Markinson, MLS, DPM
• Sam Marquez, PhD
• Anna Salajegheh, MS4
• Steven Weiss, MD
• Janet McKenzie, Staff

12. Methods Block Prototype

• Fred Volkert, PhD, Chair
• Barbara Lawrence, PhD
• Lee Eisner, PhD
• Robin Ovitsh, MD

13. Organizational Design

• Pam Sass MD, Chair
• Richard Sadovsky, MD
• Jeanne Macrae, MD
• Mike Augenbraun, MD
• Sophie Christoforou, MS
• Fred Volkert, PhD
• Keith Williams, PhD

14. Primary Care

• Richard Sadovsky, MD, Co-Chair
• Eugene Dinkevich, MD, Co-Chair
• Paul Harris, MD
• Louis Salciccioli, MD
• Leslie McCrary-Etuk, MD
• Christina Guillen, MD
• Alice Herb, JD
• Gloria Mtomboti, MD
• Tom Bayer, MS
• Damali Adu, MS

15. Preclerkship Clinical Skills

• Sheldon Landesman, MD, Co-Chair
• Robin Ovitsh, MD, Co-Chair
• Andrew Adler, MD
• Richard Sinert, MD
• Jeffry Feola, MD
• Laura Dattner, MD
• Franscene Oulds, MD
• Michael Giuliano, MD
• Anjali Sharma, MD
• Keith Williams, PhD
• Francesca Decker, MS3
• Michael Dattilo, MS4

16. Professionalism

• Charlene An, MD, Chair and Liaison
• John Anthony Pillai, MS1
• Todd Carpenter, MS4
• Anna Cheng, MS3
• Julia Glanternik, MS3
• Theophilus Lewis, MD
• Mariana Markell, MD
• Mohammed Nurhussein, MD
• Franscene Oulds, MD
• Kathleen Powderly, PhD,
• Subrata Saha, PhD
• Joyce Molinari, Staff

17. Reflective Practice

• Arthur Grant, MD, Chair
• Mert Erogul, MD, Liaison
• Gary Briefel, MD
• Judy Burke, MS1
• Sona Chauhan, MS1
• Sara Egan, MD
• Marcia Gerber, MD
• David Linshaw, MS1
• Michael Myers, MD
• Hillary Michelson, PhD
• Julie Mitchie, MS3
• Anita Rohra, MS4
• Todd Sacktor, MD
• Lorraine Terracina, PhD
• Hazel Williams, Staff

18. Relevance

• Sage Wiener, MD, Chair
• Pamela Sass, MD, Liaison
• Louis Salciccioli, MD
• William Urban, MD
• Constance Hill, MD
• Harris Huberman, MD
• Shelly Regev, MS2
• Martin Oselkin, MS4

19. Scholarship

• Daniel Rosenbaum, MD, Chair
• Jenny Libien, MD, PhD, Liaison
• Charles Abrams, MD
• Marcello Distasio, MS4
• John Kral, MD
• Richard Sinert, MD
• Mark Stewart, MD, PhD
• Phyllis Supino, PhD
• Mary Lombardo, Staff

20. Threads

• Samuel Márquez, PhD, Co-Chair
• Gary Briefel, MD, Co-chair
• Thomas Brouette, MD
• William Brunken, PhD
• Richard Feinman, PhD
• Franscene Oulds, MD
• Lisa Merlin, MD
• James Reilly, MD
• Hamed Rezaishiraz, MD, PhD
• Richard Sinert, MD

21. Timeline

• Sophie Christoforou, MS, Chair
• Charlene An, MD
• Riccardo Bianchi, PhD
• Stanley Friedman, MD, PhD
• Daniel Horn, MS4
• Sheldon Landesman, MD
• Jeanne Macrae, MD
• Lisa Merlin, MD
• Hillary Michelson, PhD
• Roseann Lingeza, Staff