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MSTP Clinical Connections


Clinical Connections [MSTP:8512] is a highly successful required component of the MSTP that allows students to maintain clinical exposure and experience during graduate training. Students in the graduate phase of training choose a clinical preceptor from a pool of faculty members chosen based on their ability to be inspiring teachers and role models. Many Clinical Connections preceptors are active physician-scientists.

  • Each student is required to complete four rotations in Clinical Connections (beginning the second year in lab during the fall semester after beginning their graduate work).
  • Each rotation consists of a mentored clinical experience (either inpatient or outpatient) 4 1/2 days or 2 full days for one semester.
  • Four weeks of clinical clerkship credit are awarded by the CCOM for participation in Clinical Connections.

Importantly, Clinical Connections exposes MSTP students to physician-scientist role models, eases the transition back into the medical curriculum, and helps students explore potential subspecialty areas for residency and future career direction. This is accomplished with minimal interruption of their thesis work.

  • Students receive a grade (P/F) and credit is received. Some students elect to participate in more than four semesters of Clinical Connections, often to explore additional clinical specialties.
  • Further, many students complete an extra Clinical Connection rotation near the end of their graduate training to refresh their clinical skills prior to returning to clinical clerkships.

Below is a list of recently participating faculty.

Physician Department / Division
Michael Tomasson, MD Adult Hematology/Oncology - Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Yasser El-Hattab, MD Anesthesiology
Kenichi Ueda, MD Anesthesiology
Michelle Parra, MD Anestheisology - Acute Painj
David Kaczka, MD, PhD Anesthesiology (SNICU)
Regina Butteris, MD Child Abuse Pediatrician (St Luke's Hospital)
Ali Jabbari, MD, PhD Dermatology
John Selby, MD Dermatology
Brian Swick, MD Dermatology Pathology
Mary Stone, MD Dermatology Pathology
Daniel Runde, MD Emergency Medicine
Hans House, MD Emergency Medicine
Jon Van Heukelom, MD Emergency Medicine
Nicholas Mohr, MD Emergency Medicine
Olivia Bailey, MD Emergency Medicine
Barry London, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Christopher Benson, MD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Denice Hodgson-Zingman, MD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Ferhaan Ahamed, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Michael Guidici, MD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Milena Gebska, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Saket Girotra, MBBS, MS Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Samuel Johnston, MD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
Amal Shibli-Rahhal, MD Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism
Brian O'Neill, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism
Antonio J Sanchez, MD Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology and Hepatology
David Elliott, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Warren Schmidt, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Kevin Glenn, MD Internal Medicine - General
Melinda Johnson, MD Internal Medicine - General
Justin Smock, MD Internal Medicine - General / Hospitalist / VA Blue Team
Laurel Lyckholm, MD Internal Medicine - Hematology, Oncology & BMT
Usha Perepu, MD Internal Medicine - Hematology, Oncology & BMT
Brian Link, MD Internal Medicine - Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Mohammed Milhem, MD Internal Medicine - Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Steve Lentz, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Daniel Berg, MD Internal Medicine - Hematology/Oncology
Dee Dee Stafford, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Immunology
Scott Vogelgesang, MD Internal Medicine - Immunology (Rheumatology)
Jason Barker, MD Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease
Judy Streit, MD Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Jonathan Nizar, MD Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Manish Suneja, MD Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Alicia Gerke, MD Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Occupational Medicine
Alejandro Pezzulo, MD Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Occupational Medicine
David Stoltz, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Occupational Medicine
Douglas Hornick, MD Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Occupational Medicine
Gregory Schmidt, MD Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Occupational Medicine
Joel Kline, MD Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Occupational Medicine
Julia Klesney-Tait, MD, PhD Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Occupational Medicine
Mahmoud Abou-Alaiwa, MD Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Occupational Medicine
Tayyab Rahman, MD Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Occupational Medicine
Aaron Boes, MD, PhD Neurology
Ergun Uc, MD Neurology
Eric Dyken, MD Neurology
George Richerson, MD, PhD Neurology
Gordon Buchanan, MD, PhD Neurology
HyungSub Shim, MD Neurology
Joel Geerling, MD, PhD Neurology
Kumar Narayanan, MD, PhD Neurology
John Kamholz, MD Neurology & Psychiatry
Teri Thomsen, MD Neurology (Movement Disorders)
Nandakumar Narayanan, MD, PhD Neurology (Parkinson's)
Peg Nopoulos, MD Neurology / Psychiatry
Jeremy Greenlee, MD Neurosurgery
Matthew Howard, MD Neurosurgery
Megan McDonald, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology
Miriam Murray, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology - Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Stephen Hunter, MD, PhD Obstetrics & Gynecology - Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Arlene Drack, MD Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Edwin Stone, MD, PhD Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
John Fingert, MD, PhD Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Elliott Sohn, MD Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (Retina)
Mark Greiner, MD Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (Retina)
Steven Russell, MD Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (Retina)
Joseph Chen, MD Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Heather Bingham, MD Orthopedics & Rehabilition
Jay Gantz, MD Otolaryngology
Marissa Buchakjian, MD, PhD Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Deborah Kacmarynski, MD Otolaryngology (Craniofacial surgeon)
Scott Owen, MD Otolaryngology, Facial Plastics and Reconstruction Division
Marlan Hansen, MD Otolaryngology, Neurosurgery
Annette Schlueter, MD, PhD Pathology
Anthony Snow, MD Pathology
Laila Dahmoush, MD Pathology
Leslie Bruch, MD Pathology
Nancy Rosenthal, MD Pathology
Karra Jones, MD, PhD Pathology
Bradley Ford, MD, PhD Pathology - Clinical Microbiology
Carol Holman, MD, PhD Pathology - Hematopathology
Aaron Bossler, MD, PhD Pathology - Molecular Pathology
Andrew Bellizzi, MD Pathology (Surgical)
Munir Tanas, MD Pathology (Surgical)
Lyndsay Harshman, MD Pediatric Nephrology
Alex Bassuk, MD, PhD Pediatric Neurology
Joseph Glykys, MD, PhD Pediatric Neurology
Sreenath Thati Ganganna, MD Pediatric Neurology
Nate Price, MD Pediatrics
Christina Luz L. Cifra, MD Pediatrics - Critical Care
Andrew Norris, MD, PhD Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes
Vanessa Curtis, MD Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes
Rebecca Benson, MD, PhD Pediatrics - General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Anjali Sharathkumar, MBBS, MD Pediatrics - Hematology/Oncology
David Gordon, MD, PhD Pediatrics - Hematology-Oncology
Sue O'Dorisio, MD, PhD Pediatrics - Hematology-Oncology
David Price, MD Pediatrics - Infectious Disease
Ben Darbro, MD, PhD Pediatrics - Medical Genetics & Genomics
John Dagle, MD, PhD Pediatrics - Neonatology
Diana Zepeda-Orozco, MD Pediatrics - Nephrology
Jennifer Jetton, MD Pediatrics - Nephrology, Dialysis & Transplantation
Peter Daniolos, MD Pediatrics - Psychiatry
Polly Ferguson, MD Pediatrics - Rheumatology
Scott Lieberman, MD, PhD Pediatrics - Rheumatology
Diana Bayer, DO Pediatrics - Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD Psychiatry
Allister Wilton, MD Psychiatry
Andrea Weber, MD Psychiatry
Aubrey Chan, MD, PhD Psychiatry
Eric Epping, MD, PhD Psychiatry
Mark Niciu, MD, PhD Psychiatry
Allan Andersen, MD Psychiatry
Hanna Stevens, MD, PhD Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
John Buatti, MD Radiation Oncology
Julia Shelton, MD, MPH Surgery - Pediatric Surgery
Kelly Ledbetter, MD Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Carlos Chan, MD, PhD Surgery - Surgical Oncology and Endocrine Surgery
Gina Lockwood, MD Urology - Pediatric Urology

Last Updated 9/22/2022