Biography
My responsibilities have evolved at the PA Program to lead several blocks of study for the PA students. My focus is in helping the PA students learn how to approach the patient and to remember to consider all that could be contributing to the patient’s health or disease. I am also very interested in preserving the Program’s history and helping welcome new faculty and staff members as they join our team. As a senior faculty member, my role as a mentor and support to current students and to alumni is growing over time. I greatly enjoy helping people succeed and achieve their goals in education and in clinical practice.
I have a strong interest in preventive medicine, orthopedics, sports medicine, and primary care. My goal is to help patients maintain or attain healthy lifestyles in order to prevent disease or the progression of disease. My educational interests, therefore, are both in patient education (in clinic) and in guiding the PA students (in class) toward being well-rounded and attentive listeners as clinicians.
Courses Taught
Classroom, laboratory teaching, and tutoring (courses or blocks taught or team-taught):
PA Instructor of Record (aka “PA block chair”) for Genetics/Neoplasia/Hematology, Immunology, GINM, CV/Pulm/Renal blocks, Human Sexuality and Reproduction, Neuroscience, Endocrine, Pharmacology series (4 courses coordinated with College of Pharmacy)Previously served as PA Instructor of Record for Clinical Skills, Clinical Seminar III, Program to Practice and managed all of the clinical curriculum as Clinical Coordinator. Co-tutor Foundations of Clinical Skills 2010-13 and ongoing as needed facilitate MD/PA student small groups for SOM as requested (ongoing)Co-facilitate Diversity course for MD and PA students 2011, 2013, 2014Instruct and coordinate Clinical Seminar III, 2010-2015Tutor as needed any topic area (ongoing) Population Health, PA program, June-July 2008 and 2009Co-instructed Orthopaedics, 2008, Instructor Orthopedics 2017Support instructor for PA clinical Skills 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017PBL Tutor, Dermatology, Summer 2007, Endocrine, Human Sexuality and Reproduction 2008 and 2009, 2013PBL Tutor, Genetics/Neoplasia, Fall 2012Small group workshops on Talking with Your Patients About Sex, 2008, 2009, 2010As part of my School-Based Health Center job, I did classroom presentations on prevention for middle school-aged students. (2006-09)