Foundations of Medicine and Health
Block 1 - Becoming a Doctor
Karen Mulloy, DO, MSCH
(kbm30@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
Jason Mears, PhD
(jam348@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
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
Course Manager:
Sharon Callahan
(slc17@case.edu)
Core Clinical Rotations
Emergency Medicine
- Venkatesh Kambhampati, MD - CC (kambhav@ccf.org)
- Andrew Golden MD - UH (andrew.golden@uhhospitals.org)
- Malcolm Hoshi, MD - MH (mhoshi@metrohealth.org)
- Samantha Stringer, MD - UH (Samantha.Stringer@uhhospitals.org)
Family Medicine
- Robert Cain, MD - CC (cainr@ccf.org)
Co-Director, Family Medicine - Samina Yunus, MD - CC (yunuss@ccf.org)
Co-Director, Family Medicine - Jason Chao, MD - UH/VA (jxc19@case.edu)
- Rebecca Schroeder, MD - MH (rschroeder@metrohealth.org)
Geriatrics
- Kenneth Koncilja, MD - CC (koncilk@ccf.org)
- Teresa Dolinar, MD - UH/VA (Teresa.Dolinar@va.gov)
Director, Geriatrics - Elizabeth Smilovich, MD - UH/VA (Elizabeth.Smilovich@va.gov)
Assistant Director, Geriatrics - Himika Dalia, MD - MH (hdalia@metrohealth.org)
Internal Medicine
- David Gugliotti, MD - CC (gugliod@ccf.org)
- Debra Leizman, MD - UH (dxl42@case.edu)
Director, Internal Medicine - Aaron Kistemaker, MD - UH (Aaron.Kistemaker@uhhospitals.org)
Assistant Director, Internal Medicine - Shikhil Kharotia, MD - VA (shikhil.kharotia@va.gov)
Director, Internal Medicine - Ronda Mourad, MD - VA (Ronda.Mourad@va.gov)
Assistant Director, Internal Medicine - Calen Frolkis, MD - MH (cfrolkis@metrohealth.org)
Director, Internal Medicine - Alexander Sapick, MD - MH (asapick@metrohealth.org)
Assistant Director, Internal Medicine
Neurology
- Robert Wilson, MD - CC (wilsonr3@ccf.org)
Director, Neurology - Chen Yan, MD - CC (yanc@ccf.org)
Assistant Director, Neurology - Wei Xiong, MD - UH (wei.xiong@uhhospitals.org)
- Theodore Bowen, MD - MH (tbowen@metrohealth.org)
Obstetrics/Gynecology
- Diane Young, MD - CC (youngd5@ccf.org)
Director, OBGyn - Suzanne Young, MD – CC (youngs31@ccf.org)
Assistant Director, OBGyn - Daisy Hassani, MD - UH (Daisy.Hassani@uhhospitals.org)
Director, OBGyn - Michael Baldonieri, MD - UH (michael.baldonieri@uhhospitals.org)
Assistant Director, OBGyn - Ellen Schleckman, MD - UH (ellen.schleckman@uhhospitals.org)
Assistant Director, OBGyn - Barbara Rhoads, MD - MH (brhoads@metrohealth.org)
Director, OBGyn - Carley Cost, MD - MH (ccost@metrohealth.org)
Assistant Director, OBGyn
Pediatrics
- Sangeeta Krishna, MD - CC (krishns@ccf.org)
- Thomas Graf, MD - UH (Thomas.graf@uhhospitals.org)
- Kaitlyn Murphy, MD - MH (kmurphy@metrohealth.org)
Director, Pediatrics - Henry McGee, MD - MH (hmcgee@metrohealth.org)
Assistant Director, Pediatrics
Psychiatry
- Adele Viguera, MD - CC (viguera@ccf.org)
Director, Psychiatry - Matthew Andersen, MD - UH (Matthew.Andersen@uhhospitals.org)
- Lendita Haxhiu-Erhardt, MD - MH (lherhardt@metrohealth.org)
- Archana Brojmohun, MD - VA (archana.brojmohun@va.gov)
- Travis Krew, MD - CC (Krewt@ccf.org)
Assistant Director, Psychiatry
Surgery
- Robert Simon, MD - CC (simonr@ccf.org)
- Emily Steinhagen, MD - UH (Emily.Steinhagen@uhhospitals.org)
- Kevin El-Hayek, MD - MH (kelhayek@metrohealth.org)
- Jonathan Kwong, MD - VA (Jonathan.Kwong@va.gov)
MHMC Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship
- Aphrodite Papadakis, MD - MH (apapadakis1@metrohealth.org)
- Krupa Parikh, MD - MH (kparikh@metrohealth.org)