Foundations of Medicine and Health
Block 1 - Becoming a Doctor
Jacqueline Curtis, Ph.D.
(jacqueline.curtis@case.edu)
Kimberly Gifford, MD
(kag147@case.edu)
Course Manager:
Deidre Gruning
(dxc38@case.edu)
Block 2 - The Human Blueprint
Sam Mesiano, Ph.D.
(sxm188@case.edu)
Course Manager:
Nivo Hanson
(nah8@case.edu)
Block 3 - Food to Fuel
Colleen Croniger, PhD
(cmc6@case.edu)
Ashely Faulx, MD
(Ashley.faulx@uhhospitals.org)
Course Manager:
Stephanie M. Johnson
(stephanie.m.johnson@case.edu)
Block 4 - Homeostasis
Tawna Mangosh, PharmD, PhD
(tlw64@case.edu)
Vidya Krishnan, MD
(vkrishnan@metrohealth.org)
Course Manager:
Nivo Hanson
(nah8@case.edu)
Block 5 - Host Defense & Host Response
Timothy O’Brien, M.D.
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
(timothy.obrien5@va.gov)
(txo@case.edu)
Nicholas Ziats, PhD
(npz@case.edu)
Block 6 - Cognition, Sensation & Movement
Maureen McEnery, PhD
(mwm4@case.edu)
Course Manager:
Nivo Hanson
(nah8@case.edu)
Block 7 - Structure
Navid Faraji, MD
(navid.faraji@uhhospitals.org)
Radiology section leader
Jay Costantini MD
(costanj@ccf.org)
B7.6 Radiology section leader
Susanne Wish-Baratz, PhD, MBA
(sxw195@case.edu)
Anatomy co-block leader
Darin Croft, PhD
(dac34@case.edu)
B7.6 Anataomy section leader
Robert A Jones, DO, FACEP
(rjones@metrohealth.org)
Ultrasound section leader
Gregory Nemunaitis, MD
(NEMUNAG@ccf.org)
B7.6 Ultrasound section leader
Nicholas Ziats, PhD
(npz@case.edu)
Pathology co-block leader
Course Manager:
Patti Quallich
(pvq@case.edu)
Block 8-Foundations of Clinical Medicine
Elaine Cruz, DO
Block 8 Co-Leader and
Director of Clinical Skills Curriculum
(exc406@case.edu)
Elizabeth Painter, PsyD, MSCP
Block 8 Co-Leader and Director of Communications Curriculum
(elizabeth.painter2@va.gov)
Block 8 Course Manager:
Kaeli Milam
Office of Curricular Affairs
(kaeli.milam@case.edu)
Lisa Navracruz, MD
(lxn66@case.edu)
Director of Clinical Reasoning
Program Manager:
Kurtis Hoffman, MA
(kbh22@case.edu)
Patient-based Programs
Program Manager:
Natalie Scala
(nas250@case.edu)
Physical Diagnosis
Nic Wood
Longitudinal Geriatrics Education Course Manager
(hnw8@case.edu)
Ted Parran, MD
(tvp@case.edu)
Co-Director, Tuesday Seminars
Oliver Schirokauer, M.D., PhD
(oas12@case.edu)
Co-Director, Tuesday Seminars
Research & Scholarship
Rosa Hand, PhD
(rosa.hand@case.edu)
Director
Sara Hart
(shh75@case.edu)
Research & Scholarship Course Manager
Core Clinical Rotations
Emergency Medicine
- Venkatesh Kambhampati, MD - CC (kambhav@ccf.org)
- Malcolm Hoshi, MD - MHMC (mhoshi@metrohealth.org)
- Kelsey Vargas, MD - UH/VA (Kelsey.Vargas@uhhospitals.org)
Family Medicine
- Robert Cain, MD - CC, Co-Director (cainr@ccf.org)
- Samina Yunus, MD - CC, Co-Director (yunuss@ccf.org)
- Rebecca Schroeder, MD - MHMC (rschroeder@metrohealth.org)
- Jason Chao, MD - UHC (jxc19@case.edu)
Geriatrics
- Kenneth Koncilja, MD - CC (koncilk@ccf.org)
- Himika Dalia, MD - MHMC (hdalia@metrohealth.org)
- Teresa Dolinar, MD - UH/VA (Teresa.Dolinar@va.gov)
Internal Medicine
- David Gugliotti, MD - CC (gugliod@ccf.org)
- Calen Frolkis, MD - MHMC, Director (cfrolkis@metrohealth.org)
- Mikaela Conley, MD - MHMC, Asst. Director (mconley@metrohealth.org)
- Lily Tranchito, MD - UHC (lily.tranchito@uhhospitals.org)
- Shikhil Kharotia, MD - VAMC (shikhil.kharotia@va.gov)
Neurology
- Robert Wilson, MD - CC, Director (wilsonr3@ccf.org)
- Chen Yan, MD - CC, Asst. Director (yanc@ccf.org)
- Theodore Bowen, MD - MHMC (tbowen@metrohealth.org)
- Alexander Lewis, MD - UH/VA (Alexander.Lewis2@uhhospitals.org)
Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Diane Young, MD - CC, Director (youngd5@ccf.org)
- Suzanne Young, MD - CC, Asst. Director (youngs31@ccf.org)
- Barbara Rhoads, MD - MHMC, Director (brhoads@metrohealth.org)
- Carley Cost, MD - MHMC, Asst. Director (ccost@metrohealth.org)
- Daisy Hassani, MD - UHC, Director (Daisy.Hassani@uhhospitals.org)
- Michael Baldonieri, MD - UHC, Asst. Director (Michael.Baldonieri@uhhospitals.org)
- Ellen Schleckman, MD - UHC, Asst. Director (Ellen.Schleckman@uhhospitals.org)
Pediatrics
- Melissa Morse, MD - CC, Director (morsem@ccf.org)
- Erika Faundorf, MD - CC, Asst. Director (fraunde@ccf.org)
- Tracy Lim, MD - Asst. Director (trlim@ccf.org)
- Kaitlyn Murphy, MD - MHMC, Director (kmurphy@metrohealth.org)
- Henry McGee, MD - MHMC, Asst. Director (hmcgee@metrohealth.org)
- Thomas Graf, MD - UHC (Thomas.graf@uhhospitals.org)
Psychiatry
- Adele Viguera, MD - CC, Director (viguera@ccf.org)
- Hannah Snyder, MD - CC, Asst. Director (snyderh5@ccf.org)
- Lendita Haxhiu-Erhardt, MD - MHMC (lherhardt@metrohealth.org)
- Matthew Andersen, MD - UHC (Matthew.Andersen@uhhospitals.org)
- Archana Brojmohun, MD - VAMC (archana.brojmohun@va.gov)
Surgery
- Robert Simon, MD - CC, Director (simonr@ccf.org)
- Rickesha Wilson, MD - CC, Asst. Director (wilsonr13@ccf.org)
- Kevin El-Hayek, MD - MHMC (kelhayek@metrohealth.org)
- Emily Steinhagen, MD - UHC (Emily.Steinhagen@uhhospitals.org)
- Jonathan Kwong, MD - VAMC (Jonathan.Kwong@va.gov)
MHMC Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship
- Aphrodite Papadakis, MD (apapadakis1@metrohealth.org)
- Krupa Parikh, MD (kparikh@metrohealth.org)