Course Board: Aquifer Radiology
Role: Case Editor
Institution: University of Florida
Institutional Title: Associate Professor, Neuroradiology
Institutional Role: Vice Chair of Education & Digital Innovation
Team Member Category: Case Editor
Susan Merel, MD, FACP
Case: Palliative Care
Role: Case Author
Institution: University of Washington
Institutional Title: Associate Professor
Institutional Role: Associate Clerkship Director for Explore and Focus Phase, Dept. of Medicine, Director of Education
April Zehm, MD
Case: Palliative Care
Role: Case Author, Lead Editor
Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Institutional Title: Associate Professor, Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine
Bruce Britton, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor
Former Role: Case Editor
Institution: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Institutional Title: Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Institutional Role: Vice Chair, Education
Anne Walsh, MMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine & Physician Assistant Task Force
Roles: Case Editor, 2021 PA Task Force Member
Cases Edited: Family Medicine 19: 39-year-old male with epigastric pain
Institution: Chapman University
Institutional Role: Clinical Associate Professor
Bio: Ms. Walsh, a PA graduate of the University of Southern California (’00), served as Faculty in the Keck School of Medicine from 2003-18. A Family Medicine and GI PA, she has taught Gastroenterology, Laboratory Medicine, and more to medical and PA students for 16 years. With many publications/presentations, she is a reviewer for JAAPA and Annals of Fam. Med. A long-time member of STFM, her past service includes CA Academy of PAs Board of Directors, PAEA Liaison to STFM, and NCCPA Exam Committee.
Homan H. Wai, MD, FACP
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Associate Editor
Former Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 32: 39-year-old female with joint pain
Institution: University of Virginia School of Medicine, Inova Campus
Institutional Title: Associate Professor of Medical Education
Institutional Role: Clerkship Director for the Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Acting Internship Director, Hospitalist Physician, Internship Readiness Course Director
Adam Weinstein, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Institution: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Institutional Role: Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Education; Director of Pediatric Medical Student Education, Co-Director of On Doctoring, Director of PBL and Medical Science Integration Course, Chair Medication Education Committee
Bio: Began career at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth as Co-Director of Pediatrics Clerkship and helped form the Division of Pediatric Nephrology. Interest in Curriculum Design and Clinical Reasoning education has led to current positions as Co-Director of On Doctoring course, and Director of PBL and Medical Science Integrations course.
Rachel Thompson, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Institution: Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center
Institutional Role: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics/Pediatric Clerkship Director
Bio:Rachel Thompson is an assistant professor of pediatrics and pediatric clerkship director at the Boston University School of Medicine and an attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Thompson received her A.B. from Harvard College and her M.D. degree from The Yale School of Medicine. She then completed pediatric residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program and fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Patricia Quigley, MD, MME, FAAP
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Institution: Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Institutional Role: Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Assistant Program Director, Hospitalist
Bio: Dr. Quigley is a pediatric hospitalist at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. She is passionate about medical education and completed a master’s degree in medical education at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Quigley particularly loves to foster professional development and leadership skills in her trainees.
Erin Pete Devon, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Institution: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Institutional Role: Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; Hospitalist
Olivia Mittel, MD, MS
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Institution: University of Louisville
Institutional Role: Associate Professor of Pediatrics/ Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Bio: Dr. Mittel earned an MD at the UofL School of Medicine and completed residency and Chief Residency in Pediatrics at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. As faculty at UL, she works as a Pediatric Hospitalist as well as the Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs. Her career passion is working with medical students to help them develop into professional and skilled healers working in today’s team-oriented healthcare setting.
Erin McMaster, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Associate Editor
Former Roles: Case Author, Case Editor
Institution: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Institutional Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Institutional Role: Pediatric Clerkship Director
Sheevaun Khaki, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Institution: Oregon Health and Science University
Institutional Role: Assistant Professor
Bio:I am an academic general pediatrician particularly interested in the area of preventative care and medical student education. I graduated from California State University, Chico in 2007 and received my medical degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 2011. After completing my pediatric residency at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, I joined the faculty where I have been an assistant professor for the past 5 years.
Maria Kelly, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Institution: University of Florida, College of Medicine
Institutional Role: Professor, Physician
Bio: As a clinician educator, my primary responsibility is the education and mentorship of medical students, residents, non-physician practitioners and junior faculty. I have served as both a clerkship and course director. As a pediatrician, I care for pediatric patients at UF outpatient clinics and serve as a medical director. My areas of research interest include medical education and quality improvement.
Marie Dawlett, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Authored: Pediatrics 24: 2-year-old female with altered mental status
Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch
Institutional Role: Pediatric Hospitalist; Associate Professor
Bio: I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, working as a Pediatric Hospitalist and director for the Neonatal Nursery and Pediatric Inpatient Unit at Clear Lake Campus- UTMB. I attended medical school and completed Pediatric residency training at UTMB- Galveston. I am the course director for several medical school courses including the 4th year OSCE, Pediatric Boot Camp, and our interprofessional simulation program, and author of many learning modules.
Rebekah Burns, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Institution: University of Washington- Seattle Children’s Hospital
Institutional Role: Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Clerkship Director – Pediatrics
Bio: Dr. Rebekah Burns, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, WA, and a Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She is the Associate Clerkship Director for the Pediatric Clerkship and a theme leader for the medical school curriculum. She is a leader in national curricular projects for medical students and residents and has published numerous peer-reviewed curriculum.
Vasil Nika, MD, MPH, CMD, FAAFP
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Institution: University of Chicago
Institutional Role: Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Tracy Bumsted, MD, PhD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 21: 6-year-old male with bruising
Temple Ratcliffe, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 35: 35-year-old woman with three weeks of fever
Sarang Kim, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 25: 75-year-old woman with altered mental status
Sarah Moerschel, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 14: 18-month-old female with congestion
Pradip Patel, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 11: 4-year-old male with fever and adenopathy
Paritosh Kaul, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 22: 16-year-old female with abdominal pain
Pamela Fall, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 23: 54-year-old woman with fatigue
Mitzi Scotten, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 26: 9-week-old male not gaining weight
Ken Cheyne, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 06: 16-year-old male preparticipation evaluation
Martin Muntz, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 01: 49-year-old man with chest pain
Mark Fergeson, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 32: 5-year-old female with Rash
Lynn Manfred, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 18: 2-week-old male with poor feeding
Keith Hamilton, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 14: 18-year-old woman for pre-college physical
Katherine Wagner, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 09: 2-week-old female with lethargy
John Walker, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 36: 49-year-old man with ascites
Jessica Salt, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 19: 42-year-old woman with anemia
Jocelyn Schiller, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 27: 8-year-old female with abdominal pain
Joan Connell, MD, MPH
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 08: 6-day-old female with jaundice
Institution: University of North Dakota School of Medicine
Institutional Role: Clinical Professor Pediatrics
Bio: Currently Field Medical Officer, North Dakota Department of Health- Medical Director of Special Health Services, Newborn Screening Program and Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Councils; Pediatrician UND Center for Family Medicine; Pediatrician Children’s Regional Asthma Clinic; Medical Director, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Program, CHI St Alexius
Heather Taylor, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 04: 8-year-old male well-child check
Institution: University of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Medicine – Tuscaloosa Campus
Institutional Role: Pediatric Clerkship Director, University of Alabama School of Medicine – Tuscaloosa Campus
Bio: Dr. Heather Taylor is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics. She is a board-certified general pediatrician with a special interest in medical student education. She currently serves as the Pediatric Clerkship Director for the Tuscaloosa Campus of The University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM). Dr. Taylor has won numerous awards for her teaching of medical students and residents and was the 2012 UASOM faculty recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award.
Harold Bland, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 07: 2-hour-old male newborn with respiratory distress
Flint Wang, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 04: 67-year-old woman with shortness of breath and lower-leg swelling
Institution: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Institutional Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Institutional Role: Physician, Education Lead for the Hospitalist Rotation and IT Onboarding
David Ganetzky, MD, MPH
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Family Medicine 17: 55-year-old post-menopausal woman with vaginal bleeding
Eric Goren, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 07: 28-year-old woman with lightheadedness
Edward Clark, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 02: Infant female well-child visits (2, 6, and 9 months)
Denise Salemo, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 23: 15-year-old female with lethargy and fever
Denise Fitzsimon-Hawkes, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 10: 6-month-old female infant with a fever
David Kwee, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 03: 3-year-old male well-child visit
Christine Osborne, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 24: 52-year-old woman with headache, vomiting, and fever
Institution: University of Rochester Medical Center
Institutional Role: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Unit Medical Director (resident-only medical-surgical unit)
Christina Scirica, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 12: 10-month-old female with a cough
Bill Cutrer, MD, MEd
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 25: 2-month-old male with apnea
Ankur Segon, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Case: Internal Medicine 21: 78-year-old man with fever, lethargy, and anorexia
Amalia Landa-Galindez, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Case: Internal Medicine 02: 60-year-old woman with chest pain
Institution: FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Institutional Role: Clerkship Director & Chief, Division of Internal Medicine
Amanda Raff, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 33: 49-year-old woman with confusion
Institution: Montefiore Medical Center
Institutional Role: Attending Physician, Associate Chair of Medicine for Undergraduate Medical Education; Associate Professor of Medicine
Amy Fleming, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 25: 2-month-old male with apnea
Alita Mishra, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Internal Medicine 11: 45-year-old man with abnormal LFTs
Alice Walz, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 25: 2-month-old male with apnea
Institution: Medical University of South Carolina
Institutional Role: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Bio: Alice Walz is a pediatric intensivist at the Medical University of South Carolina and serves as the Director of Clinical Coaching for the Pediatric Residency Program. Her research interests include methods for maximizing multitasking and prioritization skills in transitional learners and the use of coaching in the remediation of the struggling learner.
Alicia Freedy, MD, FAAP
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics, Aquifer Culture in Health, Aquifer Medical Home
Former Roles: Culture in Health and Medical Home Lead, Case Editor, Student Engagement
Institution: Inova Health System/Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Inova Campus
Institutional Role: Regional Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Pediatric Hospitalist
Melissa Manzer, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Radiology
Former Role: Associate Editor, Case Editor (former)
Institution: Nebraska Medical Center
Institutional Title: Associate Professor
Institutional Role: Associate Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program Director, Medical Student Education Coordinator
Franklyn Babb, MD, FAAFP
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Family Medicine 31: 66-year-old woman with shortness of breath
Institution: Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine
Institutional Role: Clerkship Director Family Medicine
David Bamberger, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Family Medicine 31: 66-year-old woman with shortness of breath
Michael Barone, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 19: 16-month-old male with first seizure
Stacey Bernstein, MD, FRCPC
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 17: 4-year-old female refusing to walk
Jacqueline Weaver-Agostoni, DO, MPH
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Case Author, Case Editor
Cases Authored: Family Medicine 11: 74-year-old woman with knee pain
Institution: UPMC Shadyside
Institutional Role: Program Director, Family Medicine Residency
Stella King, DM, MHA
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Case Author
Cases Authored: Family Medicine 04: 19-year-old woman with sports injury
Institution: University of Rochester
Institutional Role: Faculty Physician; Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine
John Gold, MD, FAAP
Course Board: Aquifer Medical Home, Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Author, Case Editor (eCLIPPs)
Cases Authored: Medical Home 04: Newborn male with multiple congenital anomalies
Institution: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Institutional Role: Associate Professor Director, CHM Academy and Learning Societies
Bio: Jon Gold is a general pediatrician, an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, and the Director of the College of Human Medicine Academy and Learning Societies. He also co-directs the laundry service and activity transit system for his two children, Raphael and Dalia.
Harris Burstin, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Author, Case Editor
Cases Authored: Pediatrics 24: 2-year-old female with altered mental status
Institution: New York University School of Medicine
Institutional Role: Director of Advanced Pediatric Clerkship, Associate Director Pediatric Clerkship
Bio: My interests are the practice and teaching of clinical pediatrics. During my career, I have been involved in first GME and now UME. I have been at NYU since 1978 and a member of COMSEP for 12 years. I have also been in the private practice of pediatrics since 1982.
Soumya Adhikari, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Case Editor
Cases Edited: Pediatrics 16: 7-year-old female with abdominal pain and vomiting
Paul Bergl, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Role: Assessment Author, Case Editor
Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Institutional Role: Assistant Professor, Medicine acting Internship Course Director
Maureen Novak, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Assessment Author, Case Editor
Institution: University of Florida College of Medicine
Institutional Role: Professor, Associate Dean for Medical Education
Patricia McBurney, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Assessment Author, Case Editor (Aquifer Radiology)
Institution: Medical University of South Carolina
Institutional Role: Associate Professor, Clerkship Co-Director, Pediatric Hospitalist
Bio: Dr. McBurney is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. She works as a pediatric hospitalist and as the pediatric clerkship co-director. One of the roles that she is proudest of is as Faculty Advisor to the Students in the Paul B. Underwood, Jr, Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She is also a member of COMSEP. She has been involved with Aquifer (formerly CLIPP) since 2004 when she introduced the MUSC students to the pediatric simulated on-line cases.
Chistopher Bergsman, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Pediatrics
Role: Assessment Author, Case Editor
Institution: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Institutional Role: Program Director, Pediatric Clerkship Director, Pediatric Hospitalist; Associate Professor
Bio: Graduate Wayne State University School of Medicine Completed pediatric residency at William Beaumont Hospital Completed pediatric chief residency at William Beaumont Hospital Faculty at William Beaumont Hospital since 2001 Pediatric Hospitalist Founding and current Pediatric Clerkship Director OUWB
Vikas Agarwal, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Radiology
Role: Assessment Author, Case Editor
Institution: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Institutional Role: Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Education; Fellowship Director Neuroradiology
Jorge C. Mora, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Assessment Author
Institution: Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Institutional Role: Director of Geriatrics; Associate Professor
Carl Fuhrman, MD
Course Board: Aquifer Radiology
Role: Former Editor-in-Chief, Case Editor, Case Author
Cases Authored: Radiology 04: 65-year-old woman Chest – Vascular and COPD, Radiology 17: 65-year-old man – Cardiac and Cardiovascular
Institution: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Institutional Role: Professor. Director of Medical Student Education
Shobhina Chheda, MD, MPH
Current Role: Academic Director of Adoption & Use
Former Roles: Teaching & Learning Lead, Case Editor (former)
Course Board: Aquifer Internal Medicine
Institution: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Institutional Title: Professor
Institutional Role: Associate Dean for Medical Education
Elizabeth Brown, MD, MPH, IBCLC
Course Board: Aquifer Family Medicine
Role: Associate Editor – Adoption & Use Lead
Former Roles: Case Author, Case Editor
Cases Authored: Family Medicine 21: 12-year-old female with fever
Institution: University of Rochester
Institutional Title: Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Institution Role: Director of Medical Student Education, Dept. of Family Medicine; Global Health Pathway Director; Clerkship Director
