Development Teams

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Leadership Team

• Melissa Fischer, MD, MEd
• Patricia Seymour, MD
• Manas Das, MD, MS
• Mitch Gitkind, MD
• Ashton Gunn, MEd
• Sam Fox, MS3
• Jillian Belgrad, MS3/GS1
• Alec Gramann, MS4
• Sarah Calove, MS3

Advisory Committee

• Anne Larkin, MD
• Anne Garrison, MD
• Maria Garcia, MD
• Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD
• Kevin Hinchey, MD
• Mary Zanetti, EdD
• Michael Baker

Build Teams Membership (PDF)

Build Team Spokespersons

• Principles 1: Lisa Hall-Anderson, PhD
• Principles 2: Jill Zitzewitz, PhD
• Blood, Immunity, and Infection: Christopher Sassetti, PhD
• Skin and Musculoskeletal System: Jonathan Cheah, MD
• Nervous System and Behavior: Sue Gagliardi, PhD
• GI System: Jeanmarie Houghton, MD, PhD
• CVS System: Matthew McGuiness, MD, MEd
• Respiratory: Jonathan Holdorf, MD
• Urinary System: Jason Kurland, MD
• Endocrine/Repro: Susan Zweizig, MD
• Clinical Team: Raquel Belforti, DO
• Clinical Integration Team: Howard Sachs, MD
• Exploration Team: Erin McMaster, MD
• Horizons Team:  Geeda Maddaleni, MD

Biomedical Consultants

• Mark Dershwitz, MD, PhD (Pharmacology)
• Maged Soliman, MD, PhD (Pharmacology)
• Lela Giannaris, PhD (Anatomy)
• Chris Cerniglia, DO, MEng (Imaging)
• Manas Das, MD (Histology & Embryology, Physiology)
• Eric Ko, MD, PhD (Cancer Concepts)
• Kerri Gosselin, MD, MPH (Nutrition)

Longitudinal Focus Topic Consultants

Health Systems Science (HSS)

• Mitch Gitkind, MD
• Martin Reznek, MD, MBA
• Kian Samadian, MS4

Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (HEDI)

• Yasmin Carter, PhD
• Tiffany Cook, MA
• P.Y. Fan, MD
• Sarah Forrester, PhD
• Shrinkhala Khanna, MD
• Nancy Lee, MD
• Talia Campbell, MS1
• Leah Barresi, MS1
• Natasha Bita, MS1
• Olivia Buckle, MS1

Patient and Provider Wellness

• Alan Acosta, PhD
• Frank Domino, MD
• Jennifer Reidy, MD
• Thomas Guggina, MD
• Borris Lorberg, MD
• Samantha James
• Katherine Stickney
• Brittany Tran, MS4
• Amy Cheung, MS3
• Hayden Peirce
• Hallie Geller, MS4

Societal Forces

• Susan Hogan, MD
• Suzanne Cashman, DSc
• Michele Pugnaire, MD
• Arvin Garg, MD
• Philip Day, MD
• Sassicaia Schick, MS2
• Deniz Cataltepe, MS4
• Emily Gentile
• Charlotte Walmsley, MS4

Pathways Team

• Melissa Fischer, MD, MEd
• Patricia Seymour, MD
• Manas Das, MD, MS
• Ashton Gunn, MEd
• Sylvia Corvera, MD
• Suzanne Cashman, DSc
• Linda Cragin
• Anindita Deb, MD
• Rachel Gerstein, PhD
• Jill Terrien, PhD, ANP-BC
• Mary Marchese, Student Representative (Diversity)
• Martin Reznek, MD, MBA (HSS consultant)

Three-Year MD Team

• Anne Larkin, MD
• Melissa Fischer, MD, MEd
• Patricia Seymour, MD
• Manas Das, MD, MS
• Mariann Manno, MD
• Mary Zanetti, EdD
• Gail March Cohen, PhD
• Scott Kopec, MD
• Stacy Potts, MD
• Beth Murphy, MD
• Yael Dvir, MD
• Deborah DeMarco, MD
• Rebecca Blanchard, MD, MEd
• Eleanor McClements
• Marilyn Leeds

Learner Assessment and Progression Team

• Tracy Kedian, MD
• Christine Woolf, PhD
• Robert Le, MD
• Chrsitina Kunycky, MD
• Michele Carlin
• Emily Fan, MD
• David Chiang, MD

Task Force: Assessment

• Lela Giannaris, PhD
• Sue Gagliardi, PhD
• Mary O'Brien, MD
• Jill Zitzewitz, PhD
• Christine Woolf, PhD
• Tracy Kedian, MD

Task Force: BBL

• Jenene Cook, PhD
• Gail March Cohen, PhD
• Manas Das, MD
• Michael Urbanowski, MS3
• Valerie Zhu, MS2
• Alexander Wink, MD
• Andrea Delaney, MEd
• Michael Sweeney, MS
• Abhi Yalamanchili
• Elliot Beane, MEd