Education

Degree	Institution	Major
B.A.	University of Connecticut	Chemistry
M.D.	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Medicine

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Internship	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Internal Medicine
Residency	University of Connecticut School of Medicine	Internal Medicine

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Thornton Award, in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Medical Education	American College of Physicians, Connecticut Chapter
Invited Keynote Speaker at Clinical Skills Assessment Meeting	Universisdad de Chile Escuela de Medicina, Santiago, Chile
Best Poster Award	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs Meeting
Invited Keynote Speaker at Clinical Skills Assessment Meeting	Universisdad de Chile Escuela de Medicina, Santiago, Chile
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Runner-up for Student Nominated Faculty Honorary Member of Gold Humanism Honor Society
Nominee for Kaiser Permanente Teaching Award
Top Docs of Connecticut	Connecticut Magazine
Top Docs of Connecticut	Connecticut Magazine
Innovation in Clinical Medical Student Education Award
Top Docs of Connecticut	Connecticut Magazine
South Park Physician of the Year
CMC Teaching Award
Best Doctors in America - 2008
Best Doctors in America - 2007
Nominee for Kaiser Permanente Teaching Award
Best Doctors in America - 2006
Best Doctors in America - 2005
Hartford County Medical Association Community Service Award
Nominee for Kaiser Permanente Teaching Award
Top Docs of Connecticut	Connecticut Magazine
Featured on Channel 30 News: Doctor’s Doctor
Best Doctors in America
Best Doctors in America
Top Docs of Connecticut	Connecticut Magazine
Best Doctors in America
Best Doctors in America
Best Doctors in America
Best Doctors in America
Best Doctors in America
Top Docs of Connecticut	Connecticut Magazine
Phi Beta Kappa	University of Connecticut

Director of the Clinical Medicine Course and Medical Director of Clinical Skills Assessment Program

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Education Council	Education Committee	elected member	UConn Health	University	2018
Curriculum Reform Steering Panel	Education Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2014
Health Center Faculty Review Board	Advisory Committee	Elected Member	UConn Health	University	2013
Clinical Curriculum Review Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2012
Professionalism Task Force	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2012	2013
School of Medicine Alumni Board	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2012	2014
Director of Medical Education Search Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2012	2012
Education Council	Advisory Committee	Vice Chair	UConn Health	University	2011	2012
Clinical Principal Search Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2011	2012
Primary Care Planning Group	Advisory Committee	Memberr	UConn Health	National	2011	2013
Associate Dean for Education Search Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2011
LCME Subcommittee on the MD degree	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2011
International Medical Corps, Haiti	Community Service	Volunteer	External	International	2010	2010
LCME Task Force	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2010	2013
Task Force on NextGen Use by Medical Students	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2010	2011
Community Medicine Faculty Position Search Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2010	2011
Curriculum Mapping Working Group	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2009	2012
UConn Health Center Board of Directors Academic Affairs Subcommittee	Advisory Committee	Elected Member	UConn Health	University	2007
Education Council	Advisory Committee	Elected member	UConn Health	University	2007	2012
Covenant House Clinic	Community Service	Physician Preceptor	External	Local	2006	2010
Manes and Motion Therapeutic Riding Center	Community Service	Volunteer	External	Local	2006	2007
Board of Directors Vision 2020 Planning: Health Knowledge and Awareness Working Group	Advisory Committee	Co-chair	UConn Health	University	2005	2006
Board of Directors Vision 2020 Planning: Health Knowledge and Awareness Working Group	Advisory Committee	Chair	UConn Health	University	2004	2005
Curriculum Operating Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2004	2011
Clinical Medicine Course Steering Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2004	2013
Curriculum Goals and Objectives Task Force	Education Committee	Chair	UConn Health	University	2003	2004
South Park Inn Shelter Medical Clinic	Community Service	Physician Preceptor	External	Local	2003
Migrant Farm Workers Clinic, physician preceptor	Community Service	Physician Preceptor	UConn Health	State	2001
Compensation Appeals Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2001	2010
American College of Physicians	Professional/Scientific Organization	Fellow	External	National
Society of General Internal Medicine	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member, Manuscript Reviewer	External	National
Association of Standardized Patient Educators	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Directors of Clinical Skills Courses	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National
Hartford County Medical Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	Regional

Research on medical education teaching and assessment

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Abstracts

Letters

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Beyond Feedback: Training SPs to Become Effective Tutors	Lecture	Association of Standardized Patient Educators Annual Conference	2014	Indianapolis, IN
When is a pre-clerkship student clinically "entrustable" to begin the clerkships?	Panel Discussion	Northeast Group on Education Affairs, Assoc. of American Medical Colleges	2014	New Haven, CT
Embedding Trigger Questions and Electronic Resources	Panel Discussion	Association of Standardized Patient Educators Annual Meeting	2014	Indianapolis, IN
Team Building and Inter-professional Teaching of Pre-Clinical Medical Students via Simulation	Lecture	Northeast Group on Education Affairs, Assoc. of American Medical Colleges	2014
What are our students telling us about EMR and Medical Education? Results of a multi-institutional survey of medical students	Poster	Northeast Group on Education Affairs Regional Meeting	2014
HER and medical student education: challenges and opportunities for medical educators	Panel Discussion	Association of American Medical Colleges annual meeting	2013	Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Skills Assessment Meeting	Panel Discussion	Universidad de Chile Escuela de Medicina	2013	Santiago, Chile
Feedback, inter-rating and remediation	Panel Discussion	Universidad de Chile Escuela de Medicina	2013	Santiago, Chile
State of the Art: Current Use of Standardized Patients in US Medical Schools and Certifying Exams	Lecture	Clinical Skills Assessment Meeting	2013	Santiago, Chile
Blue Printing an Assessment to Match Goals, Objectives and Competencies	Lecture	Clinical Skills Assessment Meeting	2013	Santiago, Chile
Why Co-teaching? Collaborative Inter-professional Education in Clinical Skills	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2013	New York, NY
EMR and Medical Student Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Educators	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2013	New York, NY
Let’s Talk! Tips for Effective Communication with Patients	Lecture	Galyord Hopsital Clinical Rounds	2012	Wallingford, CT
There a Better Way to Teach the Physical Examination?”	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2012	Boston, MA
What’s a 4th year student to do?	Lecture	Association of American Medical Colleges	2012	San Francisco, CA
Case Development with Emotional Challenges	Lecture	ASPE Annual Meeting	2012	San Diego, CA
Integrating Human and Mechanical Simulation to Engage Early Clinical Students	Lecture	ASPE Annual Meeting	2011	Nashville, TN
Sim WOW: Integrating Human and Mechanical Simulation to Engage Early Clinical Students	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2011	Washington, DC
Is there a "Core" Physical Exam, and if so, What is It?	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2011	Washington, DC
Is There a Better Way to Teach Students the Physical Examination? The Results of a National Survey	Lecture	Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting	2011	Denver, CO
Remediation Strategies for Students Who Do Not Pass Clinical Skills Assessments: A Longitudinal Study	Lecture	Association of Standardized Patient Educators Annual Meeting	2010	Baltimore, MD
Integration of Basic Science Principles During Standardized Clinical Encounters: Design and Implementation of a Novel Assessment Tool	Lecture	Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2010	Farmington, CT
Teaching Medical Students How to Teach: A National Survey of Students-as-Teachers Programs in U.S. Medical Schools	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2010	Farmington, CT
Individualized Education Plans: Using Educational Prescriptions from SP Encounters to Foster Student Performance Improvement	Poster	Association of Standardized Patient Educators	2010	Baltimore, MD
To Grade or Not to Grade: That is the Question	Lecture	Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting	2010	Boston, MA
Teaching the Physical Examination: Responding to Changing Practice Trends and Attitudes	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2010	Farmington, CT
What Should a Medical student be Able to Teach? Deciding upon Competencies for Programs to Train Medical Students to be Teachers	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2010	Farmington, CT
Occupational Medicine Tutorial	Poster	Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting	2009	Boston, MA
Comparing SP and Faculty Feedback: Are We All on the Same Page?	Lecture	Association of Standardized Patient Educators	2009	Las Vegas, NV
Creating a Teaching Skills Program for Medical Students	Lecture	Association of American Medical Colleges	2008	San Antonio, TX
Enhancing Curriculum with Effective Web-based Learning Modules	Poster	Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting	2008	San Antonio, TX
Development of a Multimedia Cardiac Auscultation Tutorial	Poster	UConn Health Center	2008	Farmington, CT
Enhancing Curriculum Development: Student-Faculty Collaboration at Work	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2008	Burlington, VT
Best Practices for Teaching and Assessing Focused Physical Examination Skills	Lecture	Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting	2007	Washington, DC
Building a Health Literacy Curriculum: The UConn Experience	Lecture	NEGEA Regional Meeting	2007	Boston, MA
Promoting Student Wellness within the Pre Clinical Curriculum and Beyond	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2006	Philadelphia, PA
ABC’s of Health Literacy: A Curriculum for Medical Students	Poster	Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting	2006	Seattle, WA
Communication Skills for Assessing Pain and Negotiating Management	Poster	American Academy on Communication in Healthcare	2006	Atlanta, GA
Communication Skills for Negotiating Pain Management	Poster	12th International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence	2006	New York, NY
Initiating a Health Literacy Curriculum: Learning Objectives and Performance Evaluation Tools	Lecture	International Conference on Communication in Healthcare	2006	Charleston, SC
Bringing Out the Ed In Med: The Latest On Medical Students-As-Teachers Programs	Lecture	Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting	2006	Seattle, WA
Developing Standardized Patient Cases that Measure Educational Objectives	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Association of Standardized Patient Educators	2006	Tucson, AZ
Cohort Data Suggest Patterns of Student Errors in Performing Focused Physical Exams	Lecture	12th International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence	2006	New York, NY
Assessing Learner Needs for CME Activities: Rationale and Novel Sources & Methods	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2006	Philadelphia, PA
Communication Skills for Pain Assessment and Pain Management Negotiation	Lecture	Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting	2005	Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Reasoning: Strategies for Curriculum Design and Assessment	Lecture	Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting	2004	New Orleans, LA
Training Standardized Patients to Give Feedback: A Challenge to Our Professionalism	Lecture	Association of Standardized Patient Educators	2004	New Orleans, LA
Developing Educational Tools to Reduce Health Disparities	Lecture	Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting	2004	Chicago, IL
Community Faculty Working with Standardized Patient Encounters to Improve the Quality of Physical Exam Teaching	Lecture	NEGEA Regional Meeting	2004	Boston, MA
Improving the Quality of Faculty Feedback on Clinical Skills	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2004	Philadelphia, PA
Assessing Community Health Skills	Lecture	Annual Meeting of Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2003	Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Clinicians How to Give Bad News	Lecture	Society for General Internal Medicine Regional Meeting	2003
Using HEDIS Measures and Health Plan Staff To Mentor Medical Students in Improving Healthcare Outcomes	Poster	Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting	2002
Using a 4th Year Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) to Track the Impact of a Curriculum Renewal	Lecture	10th International Ottawa Conference on Medical Education	2002	Ottawa, Canada
Use of Parallel Cases with Standardized Patients to Reinforce Importance of Screening for Environmental Exposures, Alcohol Misuse and Domestic Violence	Lecture	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2002	Boston, MA
Development of a Graduation OSCE	Lecture	New Jersey Medical School Graduation OSCE Committee	2001	Newark, NJ
Determination of Individual Non-Esterified Fatty Acids in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity	Lecture	69th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society	1987	Indianapolis, IN