InSightCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine August 2014

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine faculty, staff, senior students and their families gathered on Saturday, May 17, at the InterContinental Hotel to celebrate the achievements of the 6th graduating class, the class of 2014.

This graduating class will be known not only for their many academic accomplishments, but also for their spirit of selflessness and giving to others. Members of this class routinely volunteered their time to assist with school projects, help new students get acclimated, serve with faculty on various committees and guide tours of Cleveland Clinic for prospective students and donors.

As he does every year during the graduation celebration, Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, MD, Cleveland Clinic CEO and President, promised each of the graduating students a position at Cleveland Clinic upon completion of their education.

Of the 30 graduated students, nine are staying at Cleveland Clinic for their residencies. Some of those who are staying matched to residencies in various specialties including general surgery, otolaryngology, urology and neurosurgery. Nearly 50 percent of our graduates are going to their first-choice residency program, and almost 70 percent are going to one of their top three choices. Half of the graduates matched to hospitals ranked in the top 10 according to U.S. News & World Report.

The students formally graduated the following day, Sunday, May 18, from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, at which time they received their degree that reads “Medical Doctor with Special Qualifications in Biomedical Research.”

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Benjamin AbelsonEducation: BA, Amherst College, 2008Residency: Preliminary – Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OHUrology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Swathi AppachiEducation:

BS, Duke University, 2009Residency: Otolaryngology,

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Chase BrownEducation: BS, Wheaton College, 2009Residency: Thoracic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Antonios CharokoposEducation:

BS, Yale University, 2009MS, Yale University, 2009

Residency: Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven, CT

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Joshua ClevengerEducation: BA, Western Michigan University, 2007Residency: Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Xiaoxi (Chelsea) FengEducation:

BS, Duke University, 2009Residency: General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic,

Cleveland, OH

As their gift to the college, the class established a fund for a bench to be placed outside the new medical school. Their hope is that the bench will be a serene place for reflective practice.

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Colette HarrisEducation: BA, Cornell University, 2009Residency: Preliminary – Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Matthew GrossoEducation: BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Matthew GrabowskiEducation: BS, Case Western Reserve University, 2009Residency: Neurological Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Lori Fiessinger Education: BS, Ohio State University, 2009Residency: Transitional, Mt. Carmel Health System, Columbus, OHDermatology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Matthew HirschtrittEducation: BA, Cornell University, 2005Residency: Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA

Monica IsabellaEducation: BA, College of the Holy Cross, 2006Residency: Preliminary – Surgery, Rush Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Robert KoethEducation: BA, Ohio State University, 2004Residency: Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Lily LiEducation: BA, Carleton College, 2008Residency: Internal Medicine, NYP Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical Center, Cornell, NY

Marcella LuercioEducation: BS, University of Michigan-Flint, 2007Residency: Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA

Tennison MalcolmEducation: BS, North Carolina CentralUniversity, 2009Residency: Preliminary - Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA

Frances MaoEducation: BS, University of Washington, 2007Residency: Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Ajinkya RaneEducation: BS, Cornell University, 2009Residency: Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals, Salt Lake City, UT

Rita SchlangerEducation: BS, Bucknell University, 2007Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Bailey ShenEducation: BA, Dartmouth College, 2009Residency: Preliminary – Medicine, Brigham & Womens Hospital, Boston, MA Ophthalmology, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, IL

Andrew StrongEducation: BS, Indiana University -Purdue University-Indianapolis, 2009Residency: General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Sheela TopraniEducation: BS, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 2003Residency: Preliminary – Medicine, University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle, WANeurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Alionye UsifohEducation: BS, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 2006MS, Clarion University ofPennsylvania, 2009Residency: Obstetrics/Gynecology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Di (Sandy) SunEducation: BS, Duke University, 2009Residency: Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

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Lerner College Seniors Ready Themselves for Residency

Ying (Amy) YeEducation: BS, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2009Residency: Anesthesiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

Linda ZhuEducation: BA, University of California – Berkeley, 2007Residency: Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA

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On March 14, the seniors celebrated the culmination of their year-long research thesis by displaying their research posters at the college’s annual Research Day. In addition to their poster display, six students gave an oral presentation related to their research:

• Robert Koeth • Matthew Grabowski • Swathi Appachi

In mid-March, the senior class of the Lerner College of Medicine engaged in their capstone experience — a required two-week rotation that serves to top off their five years of clinical and research learning.

The capstone sessions are primarily held in the medical school and the Simulation and Advanced Skills Center. Students engage in numerous skill-building exercises ranging from sharpening cognitive skills (such as improving emotional intelligence and conducting family meetings) to practicing technical skills (such as laparoscopic knot tying and mock codes).

These skill-building exercises not only reinforce much of what was learned during their five years of medical education, but they also help prepare students for the next stage of their life:

becoming a first-year resident.

• Hao Xie • Monica Isabella • Lily Li

A tradition since the first Lerner College of Medicine class graduated in 2009, Research Day represents the last component of the students’ capstone experience.

Photos: Don Gerda, Medical Art & Photography

Donald YeEducation: BA, University of California – Berkeley, 2009Residency: Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Duo (David) XuEducation: BS, Duke University, 2009Residency: Transitional – St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, ILOphthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Hao XieEducation: BS, Fudan University, 2004MA, Princeton University, 2006PhD, Princeton University, 2009Residency: Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT

Brittaney Wilson-HarrisEducation: BS, Wayne State University, 2007Residency: Preliminary – Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL

Learning to Teach and Model High-value Care

In early March, faculty, administration and students from the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and the Lerner College of Medicine held their Annual Education Retreat at the Global Center for Health Innovation (formerly known as the Medical Mart).

This year’s theme focused on defining, teaching and role-modeling high-value healthcare, from bench to bedside, in today’s fast-changing healthcare environment. While that sounds like a daunting topic to tackle, it’s a far cry from the challenging and contentious discussions that took place in the early years of the CWRU medical school conferences.

The first of these faculty conferences began in 1952, and they proved to be idea battlegrounds, as the faculty members struggled with how medical students should be taught. Although several of these early conferences concluded absent firm decisions about the curricula, certain themes began to emerge, and these themes would eventually

form the medical education structure of the CWRU School of Medicine and, later, that of the Lerner College of Medicine.

At the 2014 conference, 250 attendees heard from the plenary speakers (Atul Grover, MD, PhD, Chief Public Policy Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges; and David Ledbetter, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Geisinger Health System), and participated in table discussions and four skill-building workshops:

1. Team-based Learning

2. High-Value Care in PBL (co-taught by Julie Tebo, PhD)

3. Feedback and High-Value Care (co-taught by J. Harry Isaacson, MD, and Mark Mayer, MD)

4. Using the Choosing Wisely Program to Teach High-Value Care

“This was a wonderful collaboration among the CWRU School of Medicine faculty and students from across the city. The retreat provided a valuable experience to share ideas about how to teach and demonstrate high-value care to our trainees, develop our skills as teachers and learners, and develop a sense of shared goals across the institutions,” said Alan L. Hull, MD, PhD, Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs at the Lerner College and co-chair of the planning committee for the retreat.

Attendees were stimulated to think about teaching and modeling high-value care to our students and residents through an interactive Forum Theatre Performance called “Simulation of Rounds,” led by Katherine Burke, who consults with the Lerner College of Medicine as part of the Medical Humanities Program. During lunch, participants had an opportunity to view 50 posters describing educational innovation projects in the Case Western University School of Medicine program and to talk with the faculty and students who initiated them.

For the first time, CME credit, arranged through our Center for Continuing Education, was offered for the retreat. Also new this year was the Forum Theater Project, an innovation developed by Katherine Burke. And for the second year in a row, GME program directors were specifically invited to attend as a way of involving them in the continuum of medical education that begins with our medical students and continues with our residents and fellows.

If you’re interested in knowing more about high-value care, read A CEO Checklist for High-Value Health Care, co-authored by Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Toby Cosgrove, MD.

Photos: Yu Kwan Lee, Medical Art & Photography

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AwardsA highlight of the annual retreat is the presentation of the CWRU School of Medicine Scholarship in Teaching awards. Listed below are the many Cleveland Clinic colleagues who were honored with this prestigious award:

Kia Afshar, MD (Staff, Heart & Vascular Institute)Ashok Agarwal, PhD (Staff, Urological & Kidney Institute) Justen Aprile, MD (Staff, Pediatric Hospital Medicine)Medhat Askar, MD, PhD (Staff, Surgery; with CCLCM) Rafi Avitsian, MD (Staff, General Anesthesiology)Shankar Baskar, MD (Staff, Pediatrics) Andrei Brateanu, MD (Staff, Internal Medicine)Steven Campbell, MD, PhD (Staff, Urological & Kidney Institute)Wilma Doyle, MA (retired, CCLCM)Richard Drake, PhD (Staff, Education Institute)Kathleen Franco, MD (Staff, Education Institute)Sajal Gupta, MD (Staff, Urological & Kidney Institute) Martin Kohn, PhD (Staff, Bioethics; with CCLCM)Sangeeta Krishna, MD (Staff, Pediatrics)Varun Kshettry, MD (Staff, Neurosurgery)M. Cecilia Lansang, MD, MPH (Staff, Endocrinology)Vinni Makin, MD (Staff, Endocrinology)Jennifer McBride, PhD (Staff, Education Institute)Craig Nielsen, MD (Staff, Internal Medicine)Lily Pien, MD (Staff, RI; with CCLCM)Richard Prayson, MD (Staff, PLMI; with CCLCM) Benjamin Reed, MD, MPH (Staff, Pediatrics)Susannah L. Rose, PhD (Staff, Bioethics; with CCLCM)Richard Schlenk, MD (Staff, Neurosurgery)Rakesh Sharma, PhD (Staff, Urological & Kidney Institute) Molly Wimbiscus, MD (Staff, Psychiatry; with CCLCM)Amy Windover, PhD (Staff, Patient Experience; with CCLCM)

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Dr. Kathy Franco Turns Blogger

Prospective medical students now have an authoritative voice to rely on for advice prior to entering medical school. CCLCM Associate Dean of Admissions and Student Affairs Kathleen Franco, MD, was selected by U.S. News & World Report to be one of its featured bloggers for the Education section of its website.

Dr. Franco’s monthly blog posts offer tips and advice to students who are trying to decide what to study, where to apply and more. She’s covered topics ranging from how to choose the right premed courses and the value of volunteerism to how to balance medical school with a personal life.

Countless prospective medical students have benefited from Dr. Franco’s wisdom and candor. What’s more, her blog posts are helping to increase awareness of CCLCM to prospective students because U.S. News is one of the most-referenced websites for students researching higher education options.

This past July marked Dr. Franco’s first year of blogging. Read her “Medical School Admissions Doctor” posts here.

Medical Education Fellows Selected for 2014-15

The two new Medical Education Fellows for 2014-15 have been chosen from a field of excellent candidates. They are Vinni Makin, MD, and Suneeti Sapatnekar, MD, PhD.

The title of Dr. Makin’s project is “Assessment of the learning needs of primary care physicians at Family Health Centers across the Cleveland Clinic Foundation regarding adrenal insufficiency and formulation of an endocrinology-directed education module for clinician educators.” The title of Dr. Sapatnekar’s project is “A quality improvement education program for pathology residents.”

The professional staff in the Education Institute looks forward to working with these outstanding educators in the coming year.

Vinni Makin, MD

Suneeti Sapatnekar, MD, PhD

A Special Thank You to Daniel Neides, MD

Daniel Neides, MD, recently transitioned from his role as Associate Director of Clinical Education to become the Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute.

An outstanding, award-winning teacher, Dr. Neides has been an instrumental leader in education at CCLCM since the program matriculated its first students in 2004.

As Associate Director of Clinical Education, Dr. Neides had played several additional, important roles including Basic Core 1 leader and Advanced Core and Elective director. He also helped coordinate the OSCE and CSE exams.

On behalf of everyone at CCLCM, we’d like to thank Dr. Neides for all he has done to make CCCLM successful and to congratulate him on his new role in the Wellness Institute.

Craig Nielsen, MD, Takes on New Role

Craig Nielsen, MD, has assumed the role of Associate Director of Clinical Education for CCLCM. He completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at Cleveland Clinic and has held numerous leadership positions at Cleveland Clinic including serving as Vice Chairman of Education for the Medicine Institute and, from 2004 to 2014, as Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Dr. Nielsen also serves as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and is the Vice Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine.

We are delighted to have Dr. Nielsen on board in his new role. Welcome!

Making Student Health a Priority

The CCLCM Student Wellness + Personal Development Group is meeting weekly this year to give students a variety of experiences in an inviting, fun environment. Not only will these wellness experiences help improve students’ personal well-being and ability to manage the stress of medical school, but they also will give students tools to use with their future patients.

Topics will range from mindfulness-based stress reduction, exercise and nutrition, to journaling and the mentor-mentee relationship.

The group kicked off its first session July 17 with an Introduction to Yoga presented by Cleveland Clinic Yoga Program Manager Judi Bar.

Questions? Please email praysor@ccf.org or fouchej@ccf.org.

Kathleen Franco, MD

Daniel Neides, MD

Craig Nielsen, MD

New Health Education Campus: Update

Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University continue to make steady progress with plans for building a unified CWRU health education campus. The new building will house the CWRU School of Medicine with the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and hopefully the CWRU schools of nursing and dental medicine.

The design of the building, with expansive common areas and green spaces, is meant to encourage collaboration among the various students and faculty members. And although the schools will be housed in one building, each school will have its own unique spaces to help promote individual identities and academic offerings.

“We are envisioning the most advanced approaches to teaching and technology,” says James B. Young, MD, Professor of Medicine and Executive Dean of the Lerner College of Medicine. “Information technology and connectivity play a huge role in advancing how we teach, but we’re also focused on how we’ll leverage efficiencies and synergies when all the students share the same space.”

The health education campus is being designed by Foster + Partners of London and will be located on 11 acres in the heart of Cleveland Clinic’s main campus. Future plans include a medical village and space for retail and conference facilities.

Groundbreaking for the campus is anticipated in October, and the building will open in late 2017.

This landmark project would not be possible without tremendous philanthropic support, and continued philanthropy is critical to ensuring its success. We invite you to join us in this opportunity to be a part of Cleveland’s future. For information about how to contribute, please contact Amy Kubacki, Senior Director of Development, at 216.636.5024 or at kubacka@ccf.org.

Lerner Research Institute “Outstanding Educators”

Congratulations to the recipients of the annual Awards for Excellence, presented by the Lerner Research Institute to recognize faculty who excel in the areas of education, science and service. This year’s recipients for the Outstanding Educator are Bela Anand-Apte, MD, PhD, and Alana Majors, PhD, for contributions to research education.

ACCOLADES

Alan Hull, MD, Named Mentor of the Year

At the end of May, the Staff Mentorship program honored Alan Hull, MD, PhD, as Mentor of the Year. Dr. Hull, who is the Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs for the Lerner College of

Medicine, has been committed to the Staff Mentorship program since it began in 2009, helping numerous colleagues navigate key career decisions.

Of all the nominations, two in particular illustrate how grateful physicians are for Dr. Hull’s guidance and support:

“Whatever opportunities I feel passionate about, Alan provides thoughtful guidance on how to leverage my skills to attain them.”

“I honestly can’t see how anyone else could do more for his mentees to deserve this award than Dr. Alan Hull.”

Congratulations, Dr. Hull, on this well-deserved recognition!

Student Julie Foucher is Named Third Fittest Woman on Earth

At this year’s CrossFit Games, held in Carson, Calif., third-year medical student Julie Foucher took third place. Julie also participated in the 2012 CrossFit Games, where she took second place. Read more about Julie and her tremendous accomplishments in an upcoming issue of InSight!

Photo credit: CrossFit, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Julie Foucher

Alana Majors, PhD Alan Hull, MD, PhDBela Anand-Apte, MD, PhD

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Journal Features Creative Works by Students and Faculty

Be sure to check out the fourth issue of Stethos, the CCLCM medical humanities journal that showcases works of prose, poetry, artwork and photography. The journal is completely student-run. This year’s edition is managed by students

Janine Bernardo (’15) and Rachel Elkin (’16).

“Art is an expression of how we think and feel, and everyone has their own way of doing that,” says Janine. “Every student is talented enough to participate,” she says.

Lerner College students, faculty and alumni, and Cleveland Clinic nurses and residents/fellows are invited to submit work to Stethos.

At the Rising of the Sun and at its Going Down, We Remember Them

On May 15, Cleveland Clinic held its annual Body Donation Memorial Service to honor the more than 150 people who bequeathed their remains from April 2013 through April 2014 in support of medical student, resident and faculty education. Their generosity will help to prolong or improve another person’s life.

Richard Drake, PhD, Director of Anatomy at Lerner College of Medicine, gave an overview of Cleveland Clinic’s Body Donation Program and its continued growth: From 2009 to 2013, we recorded a 100 percent increase in donations.

The service is important to families, some of whom have a difficult time accepting the decision of their loved one to donate their body. Almost always they leave with a better understanding of and appreciation for the decision.

Families especially like hearing from the Lerner College of Medicine students, who reiterate the importance of donated bodies to their medical education. Emily Holthaus (‘16)

and Nicole Stegmeier (‘18) spoke to the 140 family members and friends at the service. Orthopaedic Surgery resident Joel Kolmodin, MD, also shared what these priceless gifts have meant to his education and to patient care.

The Rev. Amy Greene, Director of Clinical Pastoral Education, offered opening and closing prayers.

“We celebrate each of these lives, lived in such a way that even their deaths do not bring an end to their generosity and service to their fellow human beings,” said Rev. Greene. “We ask this day that we might all think more deeply about living our lives with generosity and service to others.”

Learn more about our Body Donation Program.

Photos: Reen Nemeth, Medical Art & Photography

Factoid: In 2014, the

oldest donor was 104

and the youngest was

just 34. Interestingly,

these donations were

received back-to-back.

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Students Excel at National Meetings

Natalie Hong (‘15) presented a poster at the Society of General Internal Medicine national meeting in San Diego, Calif., in April.

Will Tierney (‘16) and his wife, Erika Lundgren, MD (‘13), participated in a reflective writing workshop with J. Harry Isaacson, MD, at the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care 2d Annual Conference in Chicago, Ill., in May.

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