UI Health Care leaders have appointed two Carver College of Medicine faculty members to serve in graduate medical education (GME) leadership positions.
Amy Stier, MD, MME, has been named associate dean for GME—designated institutional officer (DIO) and Tracey Cho, MD, MA, has been named associate dean for GME—leadership and development, effective July 14.
Stier and Cho will oversee the Office of GME and work to help create and manage the learning environments for 667 resident physicians and 219 fellow physicians while also ensuring that accreditation requirements are met.
“I am thrilled to see Dr. Stier and Dr. Cho step into these important leadership roles in the Carver College of Medicine in order to elevate our program offerings for our ever-growing number of resident and fellow physicians,” says Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, UI vice president for medical affairs and the Tyrone D. Artz Dean of the Carver College of Medicine. “We are leveraging their complementary expertise to strengthen both the operational and developmental aspects of our training programs. This dyadic leadership will provide support for our learners while continuously advancing the quality and effectiveness of our educational environment.”
Stier and Cho have been working together as associate designated institutional officers over the past year. Their individual duties under their dyadic leadership will be tailored to their complementary skills. Stier will oversee systems that ensure educational teams are proactively approaching continuing accreditation standards and advancing educational programs to optimize training, while Cho will focus on training program directors and coordinators on effective management strategies, active evaluation of their individual programs, and proactive interventions to comply with accreditation standards.
In December 2024, Mark Wilson, MD, MPH, announced he would step down from this leadership position; he will continue to support Stier and Cho during this transitional time and plans to remain on faculty.
Stier currently serves as clinical professor and vice chair for education in the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics. She has over two decades of experience in clinical care and graduate medical education leadership. She has led the pediatric residency program for over a decade, helped develop institution-wide initiatives—such as the GME Transitions Project and TRUST curriculum—and has been instrumental in advancing wellness and competency-based education. Her leadership has shaped numerous successful Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) efforts and new program proposals. She earned her MD and master’s degree in medical education at the Carver College of Medicine.
Cho is a clinical professor, vice chair for education, and director of the neuroimmunology division and fellowship program in the Department of Neurology. He is a nationally recognized neurologist with expertise in neuroimmunology, neuroinfectious diseases, and medical education. He has education leadership experience as a clerkship director, residency director, and fellowship director. He completed a fellowship in medical education with a focus on developing resident teaching skills. His teaching contributions have earned him the Faculty Teacher of the Year award in 2020 and 2022, given by the residency program in neurology. Cho earned his MD at Yale University and master’s degree in the history of science at Harvard University.
Jamieson thanked members of the search committee—chaired by Andrew Nugent, MD, MHA, professor and chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Manish Suneja, MD, associate dean for medical education integration and innovation—for their work in conducting a search for the position.