Meet the steering committee members of the Women Faculty School of Medicine organization at Case Western Reserve University.
Mona Gupta, MD, AGSF, FAAHPM
Director, Supportive and Palliative Oncology Inpatient
Director, Palliative Care Education, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
Associate Professor, Medicine and Geriatrics, CWRU
President, Women Faculty School of Medicine: Advocating and advancing professional development, mentorship, and networking opportunities for women in academic medicine.
Residency and fellowships at Cleveland Clinic.
Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative Medicine.
Currently pursuing a Master's in Leadership and Organizational Development.
Global and scholarly Impact:
- Co-Chair, Palliative Care, Indo-American Cancer Association: Established pioneering palliative care fellowship programs for physicians and nurses in India
- Board member, alma mater Lady Hardinge Medical College Alumni Association of North America: Chairs Continuing Medical Education Chair initiatives for alumni engagement and professional growth
- Internationally recognized for expertise in geriatric and palliative care, with an extensive portfolio of scholarly publications and invited lectures
Special interests: Cancer pain management and communication skills. She envisions integrating palliative care across all healthcare disciplines and aims to lead the transformation of oncology palliative care.
Community and philanthropy: Her leadership extends beyond academia into various community non-profits.
- Co- founded Akshaya Patra Cleveland chapter, providing midday meals to school children in India.
- Leader in community service initiatives, organizing fundraisers, charitable medical camps, and collaborating with local non-profits and healthcare organizations
- Featured on television like channel 19 and Fox 8
Honors and Awards: Physician Leadership Advancement Program at University Hospitals; FLEX and RFRAME professional development awards for WFSOM; Chief of Staff's Most Valuable Person for "Caring for Dying Patients with Dignity and Respect" and multiple Caregiver Celebration Appreciation Awards at Cleveland Clinic; Rotary Paul Harris International Fellow award for community service in rural India; Global Community Leadership Award from John Carroll University; Alpha Woman award for community leadership and mentoring
Vision and Commitment: Dr. Gupta is dedicated to building meaningful connections in healthcare and beyond, championing compassionate, inclusive care, and driving growth both professionally and within the community. Her leadership is rooted in transforming healthcare for diverse communities, with a steadfast commitment to impactful societal change.
Heidi Moawad MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, CWRU SOM, Division of Medical Education
President-elect, Women Faculty School of Medicine
Heidi Moawad MD is a neurologist, alumni of CWRU School of medicine, and a medical writer and editor for health websites such as Verywell Health and Healthline.
Kimone Lightford
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Academic Hospitalist, UH St. John's Medical Center
Dr. Kimone Lightford is an Academic Hospitalist at UH St. John's Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. She attended medical school in Nashville, TN at Meharry Medical College where she was prestigiously inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society during her final year of medical school. Dr. Lightford completed residency training at UH Cleveland Medical Center. Following residency, she joined the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center as a Hospitalist. During that time she, along with her colleagues, created a Social Determinants of Health longitudinal interprofessional curriculum for the Center of Outpatient Education Track. She has since joined St. John's Medical Center as Core Faculty for the Internal Medicine Residency Program.
Her clinical interests include social determinants of health, medical education and interprofessional education. In her free time, Dr. Lightford enjoys traveling, reading, learning to play guitar and spending time with her rescue pup, Roxy.
Reema Gulati, MD, MPH
Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology, MetroHealth Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Case School of Medicine
Reema Gulati, M.D., M.P.H. is Director of Pediatric Gastroenterology at MetroHealth Medical Center and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Case School of Medicine. She graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College/University of Delhi, receiving her M.B.B.S. with honors in Physiology. She completed her pediatric residency at MetroHealth and received an 'End of Year Exam' award for academic excellence. After that, she completed a fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Cleveland Clinic. She is board-certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology and specializes in the treatment of gastrointestinal, liver, and nutritional diseases in children. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Gulati is an ardent researcher and teacher, a champion of women's professional development and wholesome community health. Her special interests are childhood fatty liver disease, health literacy, and health disparities in marginalized populations. She authors a monthly column, "MetroHealthy," in a community newspaper. An eloquent orator, she has been invited as an expert speaker at prestigious city events like Mayor Frank Jacksons' Back to School' fair, City Hall, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's 'Ask the Expert', Plain Dealer, and television like Channel 5 and Fox 8. She regularly publishes original research in peer-reviewed medical journals and has contributed to writing book chapters. She has received awards and scholarships like 'The Chairman's Award for Clinical Excellence,' 'Poster of Distinction' at scientific meetings, the CaseCAN Faculty Scholarship, Case's FLEX professional development program, and FRAME program awards for women faculty of the school of medicine. She is a passionate mentor to other women faculty, medical residents, and students at Case. She serves as President of the Women's Faculty of Medicine, leading women's professional development, networking, and advocacy efforts at the Case School of Medicine and affiliated hospital systems in the city. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, yoga, running marathons, reading mythological and spiritual texts (from around the world), movies, and singing.
Kath M. Bogie, D.Phil, FAIMBE
Professor, Dept of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University
Research Career Scientist: Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
Editor-in-Chief, JRATE- the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering
Kath M. Bogie, D.Phil, FAIMBE is a Research Career Scientist at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (LSCVAMC) and Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), with an international reputation in translational research, leading interdisciplinary teams to develop patient-centered interventions that meet the complex, multifactorial problems of wound management. Her contributions include evidence-based preventive measures, including personalized biomarkers and bioinformatics for better understanding of risk complemented with smart and cost-effective technology development. Dr. Bogie earned her D.Phil as a biomedical engineer from the University of Oxford and is an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, recognized for outstanding contributions to wound biotechnology development and patient-centered pressure injury management. Dr. Bogie serves on the Board of Directors for the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, where she also co-chairs the Research Committee and serves on the Standards Committee. She also currently chairs the Education Committee of the Wound Healing Society, having completed a four year term on the Board of Directors. Dr. Bogie is co-Chair for the International Organization for Standardization microclimate standards development and serves on the RESNA Standards Committee on Wheelchair and Related Seating. Dr. Bogie is also Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering and serves on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Tissue Viability and the International Wound Journal. In addition to research and service activities, Dr. Bogie is Director of the CWRU Additive Manufacturing for Biotechnology Core Facility in the CWRU School of Medicine, where she provides support for the development and testing of novel biomedical approaches incorporating additive manufacturing to improve the quality of life and health for all. She has received continuous funding for over 20 years, from the DoD SCI Research Program, VA Rehabilitation Service, the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation and the Paralyzed Veterans of America. She has published over 85 papers and chapters and holds twelve patents.
Hulya Bukulmez, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Director of Pediatric Rheumatology Division
Vice Chair of Pediatric Research
Department of Pediatrics
MetroHealth Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Hulya Bukulmez is a graduate of Gazi University Medical School in Turkey, 1992. She then moved to the United States to do her Pediatric Residency and her Pediatric Rheumatology Fellowship. Following her research interests, she moved to Cleveland in 2002. Then she started the Pediatric Rheumatology Clinics at Metro Health Medical Center in 2003.
She obtained a physician scientist development award from the National Institutes of Health and she continued pursuing genetic research while she received training in mesenchymal stem cell biology and cell therapies in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Bukulmez’s current research interest is in the applications of mesenchymal stem cell technology particularly in treatment of pediatric and adult rheumatologic diseases such as autoimmune vasculitis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Timica Campbell, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
Medical Director, Douglas Moore Primary Care Clinic
Dr. Timica Campbell attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; where she obtained her bachelor’s degree and completed a combined MD/MPH program. Following medical school, she completed an internal medicine residency at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Dr. Campbell served as the chief resident of quality and patient safety at the Cleveland VA Medical Center. She worked in primary care at the Cleveland VA for 3 years before returning to University Hospitals where she currently works in primary care and serves as the director for the internal medicine continuity clinic, the Douglas Moore Clinic. Her academic interests include social determinants of health, trainee mistreatment and curriculum development.
Dr. Campbell is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She was voted outpatient faculty teacher of the year in 2023 and has won three awards for teaching innovations from Case Western School of Medicine (one on the topic of trainee mistreatment with Dr. Namboodiri). In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and plays competitive pinball.
Jaividhya Dasarathy, MD, FAAFP
Director of Research Education and Global Health
Department of Family Medicine, The MetroHealth System
Professor of Family Medicine, Case Western School of Medicine
Dr. Dasarathy is an academic professor of family medicine interested in women's health, health policy, clinical research, and medical education. She is vice chair of education in the department of family medicine in MetroHealth Medical Center. She is vice president and executive board member of the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians and serves as a chair of Commission on Continuous Professional Development in American Academy of Family Physicians.
Susan Freimark, M.A., L.P.C.
Director of Faculty Development, School of Medicine
Susan Freimark has worked at CWRU for 27 years. She is currently the Director of Faculty Development for the School of Medicine. She has served as Director of Career Services at MSASS and the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, and Senior Associate Director of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. She develops, manages, and facilitates leadership development programs for faculty, staff and students, providing insights into best practices to navigate and succeed in organizations and teams. She has provided executive coaching for over 1000 members of the CWRU community, on issues such as workplace conflicts, defining a new career path, salary negotiations, tokenism, and power differentials. Her hallmark values are respect, collaboration, and understanding.
Amrita R. John
Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
I am an intensivist with a background and training in Infectious disease.
Megan McNamara, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, CWRU School of Medicine
Director, Center of Outpatient Education, and Director, G.I.V.E. Clinic,
Louis Stokes Cleveland VACMC
I am an academic general interest with expertise in graduate medical education.
Marina N Magrey, MD
Roland Moskowitz, Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Division Chief of Rheumatology at University Hospitals.
Marina Magrey, MD, is Roland Moskowitz, Professor of Rheumatology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Division Chief of Rheumatology, and Director of Spondyloarthritis research at University Hospitals. After receiving her medical degree from the University of Kashmir, India, Dr. Magrey completed an internal medicine residency and fellowship in rheumatology at the Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Magrey is an internationally recognized leader in spondyloarthritis, focusing on axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Her extensive scholarship encompasses 75 peer-reviewed publications and has significantly contributed to advancing the understanding and management of these complex diseases. Her research interests revolve around optimizing treatment strategies for patients with spondyloarthritis, and she is considered a thought leader in both clinical and research settings. She serves on the Board of Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN). Dr. Magrey is an invited member of both the Assessment in Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) and the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA), which are study groups comprised of international experts in spondyloarthritis. Dr. Magrey serves as a committee member of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) for abstract review and grant reviewer for GRAPPA.
Dr. Magrey has earned several honors and is consistently rated as one of the best rheumatologists in the country. As a respected clinician and researcher, Dr. Magrey strongly believes in giving back to her community. She started the Salam Free Clinic, the first free clinic of its kind in the historically disadvantaged Hough neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.
Claire W. Michael, MD
Senior attending, University Hospitals of Cleveland
Professor of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University
Director: Cytopathology fellowship, UHCMC
Director: Mentorship, Department of Pathology
President: Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology
My primary interest in research are Pulmonary pathology and cytopathology with focus on effusions and mesothelioma.
Ronda Mourad, MD
Associate Professor, CWRU SOM
Internal Medicine Site Director, Cleveland VAMC
Associate Program Director for IM Residency, UHCMC
Associate Clerkship Director for IM, Cleveland VAMC
Dr. Ronda Mourad is an academic internist and leader in medical education. She is a certified Health and Well-being Coach and Co-Directs the University Hospitals Resident Coaching Program.
Susan Padrino, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine
CWRU School of Medicine
Medical Director, AbsoluteCare Cleveland
Dr. Padrino is an Internist-Psychiatrist and a past president of the WFSOM. She has had the privilege of leading and mentoring in several areas, including medical education, integrated behavioral health, and women's professional development. She is currently the Medical Director of a comprehensive, integrated health center for people with complex health needs.
Fouseena Pazheri, MD, FACAAI, FAAAAI
Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
Medical Director, Allergy and Immunology, Louis Stokes Cleveland Medical center
Dr. Pazheri's research focuses on quality improvement projects, particularly in penicillin allergy, immunotherapy, environmental and food allergies. She has an extensive portfolio of publications and presentations in these domains, highlighting her significant contributions to advancing medical knowledge and patient care. Additionally, Dr. Pazheri is passionate about medical education and teaching, actively participates in curriculum committees, and aspires to support and advance women in leadership roles.
Clara M. Pelfrey, PhD
Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
Director of Evaluation, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative
Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Pelfrey is a Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine serving as Director of Program Evaluation for the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) of Northern Ohio in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology and Immunology from the Ohio State University. Her experience includes 19 years in translational research studying the immunology of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Dr. Pelfrey has served as a PI on her own RO1 grants and as a reviewer on NIH study sections. She is co-inventor on a patent and has been involved in clinical trials on MS. This has provided her with a thorough understanding of clinical and translational research. She served as a Scientific Review Officer for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program and the Institute for Educational Sciences, where she ran peer review panels for biomedical and educational research and prepared scientific summary statements to communicate with principal investigators. Dr. Pelfrey's other experience includes serving as Program Officer for a Cleveland Clinic pilot grant program and teaching in the graduate and medical schools at CWRU.
Dr. Pelfrey has served as the Evaluation Director since 2012. She served as the Chair of the Translational Research Evaluation Topical Interest Group within the American Evaluation Association in 2016-17 and again in 2019-20. Since 2016 she has been an active member of, and currently leads, the Translational Science Case Study Working Group. This group has published a detailed protocol for conducting successful translational science case studies and in 2021, published the first TS Case Study in the JCTS. The Case Study Group was recently awarded a 2024 Coordination, Communication, and Operations Support (CCOS) Center Working Group entitled: “Learning about the science of translation: Identifying best practices to accelerate the translational process through case studies."
Mamta (Mimi) K. Singh, MD, MS
Jerome Kowal MD, Professor of Geriatric Health Education
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Director, VA Quality Scholars and Health Professions Education Evaluation and Research (HPEER)
VA Northeast Ohio Health Care System
Dr. Singh is a general internist and medical education researcher. She currently holds the Jerome Kowal, MD Professor of Geriatric Health Education Chair at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Director for the HPEER fellowship for the Cleveland site. She is director of the Interprofessional Improvement Research Education Evaluation Center (IIRECC) at VA Northeast Ohio Health Care System. Her academic interests include primary care redesign, quality improvement and health equity. This has led her to design and implement a comprehensive series of Quality educational initiatives that span the medical education continuum. Additionally, in developing innovative primary care delivery models, she has worked on systems thinking and interprofessional education. She has developed assessment tools around systems-based practice (systems thinking scale) and quality improvement competencies (QIKAT-R).
She is a member of the SGIM Education Committee and is a member of the JGIM Editorial Board. She has published guidelines on presenting QI education improvement (SQUIRE EDU). She also serves as the Chair for the Adult Leadership Team of the Better Health Partnership, a regional collaborative dedicated to improving care by reducing health disparities. She was the physician director for the Cleveland VA COEPCE and served as the National Physician Consultant for the Center of Excellence Primary Care Education’s coordinating center within the VA’s Office of Academic Affiliations. In addition to VA funding, she has successfully secured funding for her work from the AMA, Macy foundation, RWJ foundation and HRSA. Her teaching philosophy has been around building change agents- future health care professionals who are equipped to improve the system in which they work. She believes any educational initiative has to show clinical and systems impact.
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