The Leni and Peter W. May Department of Medical Education at Mount Sinai encompasses Undergraduate Medical Education (MD Program), Graduate Medical Education, and Continuing Medical Education. Below you will find key faculty and staff who focus on the MD Program.
Learn about the Department of Medical Education's organizational structure.
Executive Leadership
Undergraduate Medical Education
- Shashi Anand, MEd, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education Affairs
- Tara Cunningham, EdD, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education and Student Affairs
- Robert Fallar, PhD, Associate Dean for Assessment and Evaluation
- Alicia Hurtado, MD, Associate Dean for Medical Student Well-being and Student Affairs
- David Muller, MD, Dean Emeritus of Medical Education
- Valerie Parkas, MD, Senior Associate Dean of Admissions and Recruitment
- Rainier Soriano, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education and Curricular Affairs
- Michelle Sainté Willis, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education Administration
- David Thomas, MD, Interim Dean for Medical Education
Graduate Medical Education
- Saadia Ahktar, MD, Associate Dean for Trainee Well-Being in GME
- Frank Basloe, Associate Dean for GME
- Michael Leitman, MD, FACS, Dean for GME, Designated Institutional Official (DIO)
- Adriana Malone, MD, Senior Associate Dean for GME
- Brijen Shah, MD Associate Dean for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, GME
- Daniel Steinberg, MD, Associate Dean for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, GME
Continuing Medical Education
- David Thomas, MD, Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education
Strategic Partnerships
- Gary Butts, MD, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for the Mount Sinai Health System and Director of CMCA, Dean for Diversity Programs, Policy, & Community Affairs
- Ann-Gel Palermo, MPH, DrPh., Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in Biomedical Education
Medical Education Administration
- MéLisa Best, Communications and Marketing Manager
- Nelson Chin, Associate Director of Finance
- Jeff Cavalli, Manager, Technology and Learning Systems
- Melissa De Palma, Executive Assistant, Dean for Medical Education
- Susannah Feinstein, Infection Prevention and Compliance Coordinator
- Darinka Gadikota-Klumpers, PhD, Medical Education Administration Program Director
- Suzanne Garfinkle, MD, Director, Academy for Medicine and the Humanities
- Colleen Hayden, Director for Quality, Compliance and Accreditation
- Matthew Hersey, MSTP Program Coordinator
- Sammy Langford, Education Technology Coordinator
- Jairo Munoz, Administrative Fellow
- Helen Ngai, Director of Operations
- Jacklyn Njegric, Senior Business Coordinator
- Jahriah Philip Hill, Administrative Assistant
- Peter Zweig, Process Improvement and Strategy Program Manager
Bioethics
- Gary Ostertag, PhD, Professor
- Rosamond Rhodes, PhD, Professor and Director, Bioethics Education Programs
- Karen Smalls, Administrative Assistant
Center For Anatomy & Functional Morphology
- Daniella Curcio, PhD, Associate Professor
- Jeffrey Laitman, PhD, Director
- Ki-Mark Mak, PhD, Associate Professor
- Joy Reidenberg, PhD, Professor
- Frankie Steinberg, Administrative Coordinator
- Torrence Wilson, Administrative Assistant
Educational Support
- Jennifer Cameron, Manager, Labs and Learning Environment
- Herman Supoyo, Lab Technician
Conference Center
- Shem Patterson, Service Associate
- Carlton Thomas, Conference Center Coordinator
Institute for Medical Education
- Reena Karani, MD, MHPE, Director
- Daniel Conover, Program Manager
Medical Student Research Office
- Yahkira Encarnación-Patterson, MPH, Senior Program Coordinator
- Jenny Lin, MD, Associate Director, Co-Director, SCHOLar Program
- Grace Oluoch, MBA, Senior Program Coordinator
- Mary Rojas, PhD, Director
- Keith Sigel, MD, PhD, Associate Director, Co-Director, PORTAL Program
Morchand Center for Clinical Competence
- Beverly Forsyth, MD, Medical Director & Education Infection Prevention and Emergency Management Director
- Meghan Green, Program Coordinator
- Fariba Khan, Administrative Coordinator
- Nikki Martin, Education Program Manager
- Terry Sommer, Director
- Aaron Yellin, Administrative Coordinator
Office of Assessment and Evaluation
- Michelle Diamond, Evaluation Coordinator
- Barbara Masi, Program Manager
Office of Curricular Affairs
- Dominique Bordes, ASM Program Manager
- Djeneba Danioko, Year 2 Course Coordinator
- Chiara Davis, Administrative Assistant
- Teddy Holzer, MD, Co-Director of the Curriculum
- Staci Leisman, MD, Co-Director of Curriculum
- Chinghar "Samantha" Leung, Coordinator
- Alex Posner, Electives and Site Manager
- Ryann Quigley, Clinical Curriculum Manager
- Jennifer Reyes, Clinical Education Program Manager
- Imani Robinson, Pre-Clerkship Curriculum Manager
- Allison Ross, Year 1 Curriculum Coordinator
- Fatima Shafiq, Project Manager
- Vasundhara Singh, Director of Medical Student Electives
- Christopher Strother, Director of Clinical Competency
- Juliette Wertz, ASM Clinical Sites & Compliance Curriculum Coordinator
- Mizuki Wada, ASM Coordinator
Office of Student Affairs
- Samantha Amazan, Manager, Special Events
- Kara Bagot, MD, Faculty Advisor
- Keisha Berglund, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
- Tiffanie Brown, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
- Patrick Burden, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
- Gwendolyn Casiano, Program Coordinator
- Jocelyn Childs, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
- Uraina Clark, MD, Faculty Advisor
- Caroline Cromwell, MD, Faculty Advisor
- Monica Dweck, MD, Faculty Advisor
- Sharon Edwards, MD, Faculty Advisor
- Michelle Eisenstadt, Administrative Assistant
- Bambi Fisher, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
- Allison Gault, MD, Faculty Advisor
- Meredith Grossman, MD, Faculty Advisor
- Craig Katz, MD, Faculty Advisor
- Kelley Lassman, PhD, Learning Coach
- Lauren Linkowski, Director, Programs and Resources for Academic Excellence
- Tatiana Marshal, Student Life Program Coordinator
- Jillian Palmer, MA, Associate Director, Student Success
- Leigh Penner, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
- Roberto Posada, MD, Faculty Advisor
- Lauren Powledge, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
- Jasmine Ramirez, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
- Greta Rosen, LCSW, Wellness Advisor
- Vannita Simma-Chiang, MD, Director, Career Planning Services
- Carlos Tapia, MEd, Director for Student Affairs and Engagement
Student Health Center
- Destiny Edmondson, RN
- Elizabeth Garland, MD, Physician
- Rachel Solomon, MD, Director
- Lori Zbar, MD, Physician
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
- Peter Brodhead, Director
- Jeanette Cotto, Program Coordinator
- Asuncion Irene Palma Cruz, CME Program Manager
- Marian Divinagracia-Bain, RSS Coordinator
- Nicole Henry, Data Coordinator
- Maryam Kojiashvili, Administrative Assistant
- Lin Liu, CME Coordinator
- Annette Roman, Program and RSS Coordinator
- Rose Santiago, Program Assistant
Graduate Medical Education (GME)
- Garber Badran, Senior Systems Software Specialist
- John Battis, Senior GME Administrator, Medicine-Other
- Angelic Cotto, House Staff Affairs Administrator, Surgical
- Kate Eisenberg, Senior GME Administrator, Medicine-Internal Medicine
- Lauren Hagen, Administrative Coordinator
- Merdena Harrell, Senior GME Administrator, Hospital-Based
- Judy Irons, Senior House Staff Affairs Administrator, Medicine-Internal Medicine
- Tara Jefferson, Administrator, Events and Project
- Paki Reid-Brossard, MS, MA, Director of Data and Analytics
- Jacinta Russell, Administrator, Surgical
- Cheryl Spence, LCSW, Director of Operations
- Paul Yu, Administrator, Quality and Patient Safety/Well-Being
- Shou-Su Yu, Senior House Staff Systems Administrator
Other Partnerships
Institute for Equity & Justice in Health Sciences Education
- Leona Hess, PhD, Co-Director
- Chloe Martin, Project Manager
- David Muller, MD, FACP, Director
Center for Anti-Racism in Practice (CAP)
- Leona Hess, PhD, Founder and Co-Director
- Jay Johnson, Education Program Manager
- Ann-Gel Palermo, DrPH, MPH Co-Director
- Joseph Truglio, MD, MPH, Director, Clinical Education
Center For Excellence In Youth Education (CEYE)
- Tristan Franz, Program Coordinator
- Alexander Joseph, Program Manager
- Alejandra Ramirez, Program Coordinator
- Kenya Townsend, Program Director
Center For Multicultural & Community Affairs (CMCA)
- Fariha Ahsan, Director, Diversity Innovation Hub Program
- Carmen Duran-Santos, Executive Assistant and Office Manager
- Ashley Michelle Fowler, Administrative Program Manager
- Sherria McDowell, MPH, Director, Special Programs
- Edward Poliandro, MD, Senior Director, Education and Training