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Foundational Curriculum Committees

This list is provided to support communication regarding the School of Medicine Curriculum. Table is updated periodically. Updated 6/16/2021

Please send any updates to Mirela Skaka at Mirela.Skaka@umassmed.edu

Courses Listed by Curriculum Year

Curriculum Year	Course	Course Abbreviation	Last Name	First Name	Role
FOM1	Building Working Cells & Tissues	BWCT	O'Brien	Mary	Co-Leader
			Royer	William	Co-Leader
			Craig	Roger	Block/Section Leader
			Cohen	Victoria	Course Administrator
			LoTiempo	Gerlando	Course Administrator
	Cancer Concepts	CC	Moni	Janaki	Co-Leader
			Cosar	Ediz	Interim Co-Leader
			Bishop-Jodoin	Maryann	Course Administrator
			Cohen	Victoria	Course Administrator
	Determinants of Health 1	DOH1	Cashman	Suzanne	Co-Leader
			Hogan	Susan	Co-Leader
			Tisminetsky	Mayra	Interim Co-Leader
			Epstein	Mara	Block/Section Leader
			Cohen	Victoria	Course Administrator
	Development Structure & Function	DSF	Cerniglia	Christopher	Co-Leader
			Das	Manas	Co-Leader
			Giannaris	Lela	Co-Leader
			Sweeney	Michael	Course Administrator
	Doctoring & Clinical Skills 1	DCS1	Hatem	David	Co-Leader
			Hogan	Susan	Block/Section Leader
			Wu	Peggy	Block/Section Leader
			Beane	Elliot	Course Administrator
	Foundations of Health & Disease	FHD	Marshall	Christopher	Co-Leader
			Clark	Jennifer	Interim Co-Leader
			Elliott	Deborah	Course Administrator
			TBD	TBD	Course Administrator
	Host Defense & Blood	HDB	Islam	Nahida	Interim Course Director
			Al-Mansour	Zeina	Co-Leader
			Behar	Samuel	Co-Leader
			Elliott	Deborah	Course Administrator
	Infections	INF	Pukkila-Worley	Read	Co-Leader
			Sassetti	Christopher	Co-Leader
			Kowalik	Timothy	Block/Section Leader
			Nunes	Sonia	Course Administrator
	Integrated Case Exercises 1	ICE1	Carey	Jennifer	Co-Leader
			Fahey	Michael	Co-Leader
			Cohen	Victoria	Course Administrator
			Schmeidler	Maxine	Course Administrator
	Principles of Human Genetics	POHG	Gupta	Neena	Course Director
			Aydemir	Yeliz	Co-Leader
			Hall	Lisa	Co-Leader
			Elliott	Deborah	Course Administrator
			Chojnowski	Pawel	Course Administrator
	Principles of Pharmacology	POP	Dershwitz	Mark	Co-Leader
			Zitzewitz	Jill	Co-Leader
			Nunes	Sonia	Course Administrator
	Transition to Medical School	TRANS MS	Hajj	Nicholas	Co-Leader
			Hatem	David	Co-Leader
			Welker	Jean	Course Administrator
FOM2	Determinants of Health 2	DOH2	Cashman	Suzanne	Co-Leader
	Determinants of Health 2	DOH2	Cohen	Victoria	Course Administrator
	Doctoring & Clinical Skills 2	DCS2	Hatem	David	Co-Leader
			Wu	Peggy	Block/Section Leader
			MacGinnis	Christine	Block/Section Leader
			Beane	Elliot	Course Administrator
	Integrated Case Exercises 2	ICE2	Carey	Jennifer	Co-Leader
			Fahey	Michael	Co-Leader
			Cohen	Victoria	Course Administrator
			Schmeidler	Maxine	Course Administrator
	Organ System Diseases	OSD	Das	Manas	Course Co-Director
			Kandil	Dina	Course Co-Director
			McGuiness	Matthew	Course Co-Director/ Block Leader
			Soliman	Maged	Course Co-Director
			Belazarian	Leah	Block Leader
			Cheah	Jonathan	Block Leader
			Houghton	JeanMarie	Block Leader
			Kurland	Jason	Block Leader
			Yates	Jennifer	Block Leader
			Zweizig	Susan	Block Leader
			Elliott	Deborah	Course Administrator
			LoTempio	Gerlando	Course Administrator
	Patients	PATS	Sachs	Howard	Leader
	Patients	PATS	Santucci	Michele	Course Administrator
	The Brain: Nervous System and Behavior	BRAIN	Billings-Gagliardi	Susan	Co-Leader
			Daniello	Kate	Co-Leader
			Rogoff	Mai-Lan	Co-Leader
			Smith	Thomas	Co-Leader
			Sweeney	Michael	Course Administrator
	Transition to Core Clinical Experience	TRANS CCE	Hajj	Nicholas	Co-Leader
			Hatem	David	Co-Leader
			Donahue	Christine	Block/Section Leader
			Morrissey	Karen	Course Administrator

Core Clinical Experience and Advanced Studies

Curriculum Year	Course	Course Abbreviation	Last Name	First Name	Role
CCE	Clerkship in Family Medicine	FM CL	Lindholm	Mary	Director
			McKee	Diane	Chair
			Rayla	Karen	Administrator
	Clerkship in Internal Medicine	IM CL	Skehan	Nancy	Director
			Chojar	Nidhi	Associate Director
			Leslie	Gregory	Associate Director
			McManus	David	Chair
			Sulyma	Rebecca	Administrator
	Clerkship in Neurology	NEURO CL	Osgood	Marcey	Director
			Silver	Brian	Interim Chair
			Holmes	Lois	Administrator
	Clerkship in Ob/Gyn	OBG CL	Kannabiran	Dhivya	Director
			Garrison	Anne	Associate Director
			MooreSimas	Tiffany	Chair
			Allard	Lori	Administrator
	Clerkship in Pediatrics	PEDI CL	McMaster	Erin	Director
			Sell	Peter	Co-Director
			Rhein	Lawrence	Chair
			Schmeidler	Maxine	Administrator
	Clerkship in Psychiatry	PSY CL	Bernstein	Anya	Director
			Lindquist	Kara	Associate Director
			Yonkers	Kimberly	Chair
			Snell	Cindy	Administrator
	Clerkship in Surgery	SURG CL	Carroll	James	Director
			Lindberg	James	Associate Director
			Litwin	Demetrius	Chair
			Lavergne	Marilyn	Administrator
	Flexible Clinical Experiences	FCE	Malkani	Samir	Course Leader
			Burnham	Colleen	Program Manager
			Gerrish	Jenna	Course Administrator
			Ayala	Justin	Baystate Course Administrator
			Hinchey	Kevin	Baystate Course Liaison
	Interstitial Course	ISC	Muccino	Keith	Co-Leader
			Poisson-Irani	Andrea	Co-Leader
			Chojnowski	Pawel	Administrator
	Care of Adults (Medicine & Neurology)	COA	Ram	Sanjay	Basic Science Section Leader
	Care of Families (Pediatrics, Family Medicine & Psychiatry)	COF	Ionete	Carolina	Basic Science Section Leader
	Transition to Advanced Studies	TRANS AS	Hajj	Nicholas	Co-Leader
			Hatem	David	Co-Leader
			Nunes	Sonia	Course Administrator
AS	Advanced Biomedical & Translational Sciences	ABTS	Mick	Eric	Leader
	Advanced Biomedical & Translational Sciences	ABTS	Kilham	Jessica	Co-Leader
	Emergency Clinical Problem Solver	ECPS	Carey	Jennifer	Leader
	Emergency Clinical Problem Solver	ECPS	Baril	Jean	Administrator
	Acting Internship in Acute Care Surgery	ASURG SUBI	Carroll	James	Director
			Litwin	Demetrius	Chair
			Lavergne	Marilyn	Administrator
	Acting Internship in Family Medicine & Community Health	FM SUBI	Wacks	Neha	Director
			Chang	Felix	Director - Health Alliance
			McKee	Diane	Chair
			Rayla	Karen	Administrator Memorial
	Acting Internship In Internal Medicine	IM SUBI	Yazdani	Majid	Director
			Finberg	Robert	Chair
			Sulyma	Rebecca	Administrator
	Acting Internship in Pediatrics	PEDI SUBI	Gibson	Tim	Director
			Rhein	Lawrence	Chair
			Schmeidler	Maxine	Administrator
	Electives		Hogan	Susan	Program Director
	Electives		Morrissey	Karen	Administrator
	Transition to Internship	TRANS IS	Hajj	Nicholas	Co-Leader
			Hatem	David	Co-Leader
			LoTempio	Gerlando	Course Administrator
All	Capstone Scholarship & Discovery	CSD	Gerstein	Rachel	Co-Course Leader
			Hermos	Christina	Co-Course Leader
			Ionete	Carolina	Co-Course Leader
			McAdoo	Sarah	Co-Course Leader
			Zitzewitz	Jill	Co-Course Leader
			Burnham	Colleen	Program Manager
			Blanchard	Rebecca	Baystate Education
			Byrne	Emily	Baystate Course Administrator
	Clinical Translational Research Pathway	CTRP	Corvera	Silvia	Co-Leader
			Kiefe	Catarina	Co-Leader
			Michelson	Anne	Administrator
	Global Health Pathway	GHP	Anindita	Deb	Leader
	Global Health Pathway	GHP	Chojnowski	Pawel	Administrative Assistant
	Learning Communities	LC	Ennis	Michael	Co-Leader
			Hatem	David	Co-Leader
			Nunes	Sonia	Administrator
	Rural Health Scholars	RHS	Haley	Heather-Lyn	Co-Leader
	Rural Health Scholars	RHS	Cashman	Suzanne	Co-Leader