Block and Clerkship Leaders

Foundations of Medicine and Health

Block 1 - Becoming a Doctor

Jacqueline Curtis, Ph.D.

Jacqueline Curtis, Ph.D.
([email protected])

 
 
Kimberly Gifford, MD

Kimberly Gifford, MD
([email protected])

 

Vikas Gampa MD

Vikas Gampa, MD
([email protected])

 
Deidre Gruning
 

Course Manager:
Deidre Gruning
([email protected])

 

Block 2 - The Human Blueprint

Sam Mesiano PhD

Sam Mesiano, Ph.D. 
([email protected])

 
 
Jennifer Yoest

 Jennifer Yoest, MD
 ([email protected])
 ([email protected])

 

Hanson, Nivo 2025

Course Manager:
Nivo Hanson
([email protected])

 

Block 3 - Food to Fuel

Colleen Croniger PhD

Colleen Croniger, PhD
([email protected])

 
 
Ashely Faulx

Ashely Faulx, MD
([email protected])

 
 
Stephanie M Johnson

Course Manager:
Stephanie M. Johnson
([email protected])

 

Block 4 - Homeostasis

Mangosh, Tawna

Tawna Mangosh, PharmD, PhD
([email protected])

 
 
Vidya Krishnan MD

Vidya Krishnan, MD
([email protected])

 
 
Hanson, Nivo 2025

Course Manager: 
Nivo Hanson
([email protected])

 
Stephanie M Johnson
Course Manager:
Stephanie M. Johnson
([email protected])
 
 

Block 5 - Host Defense & Host Response

Timothy O'Brien

Timothy O’Brien, M.D.
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
([email protected])
([email protected])

Nicholas Ziats PhD

Nicholas Ziats, PhD 
([email protected])

 
 
Stephanie M Johnson
Course Manager:
Stephanie M. Johnson
([email protected])
 
 

Block 6 - Cognition, Sensation & Movement

Maureen McEnery PhD

Maureen McEnery, PhD
([email protected])

 
 
Hanson, Nivo 2025

Course Manager: 
Nivo Hanson
([email protected])

 

Block 7 - Structure

Navid Faraji MD

Navid Faraji, MD
([email protected])
Radiology section leader

 
Jay Constantini MD

Jay Costantini MD
([email protected])
B7.6 Radiology section leader

 
Sue Wish-Baratz PhD MBA

Susanne Wish-Baratz, PhD, MBA
([email protected])
Anatomy co-block leader

 
Darin Croft PhD

Darin Croft, PhD
([email protected])
B7.6 Anataomy section leader

 
Robert A Jones DO FACEP

Robert A Jones, DO, FACEP
([email protected])
Ultrasound section leader 

 
Gregory Nemunaitis MD

Gregory Nemunaitis, MD
([email protected])
B7.6 Ultrasound section leader

 
Nicholas Ziats PhD

Nicholas Ziats, PhD
([email protected])
Pathology co-block leader

 
Patti Quallich

Course Manager:
Patti Quallich
([email protected])

 

Block 8-Foundations of Clinical Medicine

Elaine Cruz

Elaine Cruz, DO
Block 8 Co-Leader and 
Director of Clinical Skills Curriculum
([email protected])

Elizabeth Painter

Elizabeth Painter, PsyD, MSCP
Block 8 Co-Leader and Director of Communications Curriculum
([email protected])

 
Kaeli Milam

Block 8 Course Manager:
Kaeli Milam
Office of Curricular Affairs
([email protected])

Lisa Navracruz MD

Lisa Navracruz, MD
([email protected])
Director of Clinical Reasoning
 

Kurtis Hoffman MA

Program Manager:
Kurtis Hoffman, MA
([email protected])
Patient-based Programs

Natalie Scala

Program Manager:
Natalie Scala
([email protected])
Physical Diagnosis

Nic Wood

Nic Wood
Longitudinal Geriatrics Education Course Manager
([email protected])

 

Ted Parran MD

Ted Parran, MD
([email protected])
Co-Director, Tuesday Seminars

 
Oliver Schirokauer MD PhD

Oliver Schirokauer, M.D., PhD 
([email protected])
Co-Director, Tuesday Seminars

 

Research & Scholarship

Picture of Dr. Rosa Hand

Rosa Hand, PhD
([email protected])
Director

 

Sara Hart

Sara Hart
([email protected])
Research & Scholarship Course Manager

 

Core Clinical Rotations

Emergency Medicine

Family Medicine

Geriatrics

Internal Medicine

Neurology

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Pediatrics

Psychiatry

Surgery

MHMC Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship