Residents/Fellows Earn Excellence in Teaching Award

Congratulations to the following residents and fellows, some of whom are CCLCM alumni, who earned a Teaching Excellence Award during the fourth quarter of 2020:

• Ben Alencherry, MD, Cardiovascular Disease
• Wael Al-Yaman, MD, Hepatology
• Nirmal Andrapalliyal, MD, Neurology
• Michael Arustamyan, DO, Internal Medicine
• Rachael Baird, MD (CCLCM ‘19), Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Diana Basali, MD, Internal Medicine
• Jonathan Beard, MD, Internal Medicine
• David Broome, MD, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
• Darren Bryk, MD, Urology
• Maxx Caveney, MD, Urology
• Christian Cuvillier Padilla, MD, Internal Medicine
• Kara Denby, MD, Cardiovascular Disease
• Katherine Falloon, MD, Gastroenterology
• Tracey Fan, MD, Neurology
• Natalie Farha, MD, Internal Medicine
• Patrick Flanagan, MD, Internal Medicine
• Christopher Fleming, MD, Radiation Oncology
• Andrew Ford, MD, Internal Medicine
• Brendan Frainey, MD, Urology
• Tyler Greathouse, DO, Internal Medicine
• Jonathan Hunt, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Christine Hur, MD, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
• Khalid Jazieh, MBBS, Internal Medicine
• Melanie Katz, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Catherine Keller, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Suat Kilic, MD, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• Andrew Lewis, DO, Pulmonary Diseases/Critical Care
• Natalia Llarena, MD, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
• John McAfee, MD (CCLCM ’20), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
• Annalisa Morgan, MD, Neurology
• Malika Mukhamedova, MD, Internal Medicine
• Paul Oh, MD, Urology
• Justin Philip, MD, General Surgery
• Nicole Pristera, MD, Cardiovascular Disease
• Sunil Rathore, MD, Neurocritical Care
• Priya Sasankan, MD, Internal Medicine
• Mohamed Tausif Siddiqui, MD, LRI Inflammation and Immunity
• Sarah Sittenfeld, MD, Radiation Oncology
• Elizabeth Spurgeon, MD, Epilepsy
• Carol Swetlik, MD, (CCLCM ‘19), Neurology
• Rubabin Tooba, MD, Internal Medicine
• Josephine Volovetz, MD (CCLCM ‘19), Neurological Surgery
• Michael Walters, MD, Anesthesiology
• Avia Wilkerson, MD, General Surgery Research
• Donald Zeolla, MD, Psychiatry

The participation of residents and fellows in the education of our Lerner College of Medicine students, health sciences students and other residents within Cleveland Clinic exemplifies the importance of our mission of “educating those who serve.” The mentorship and support of their teaching activities they receive from their respective graduate medical education program directors play a significant role in their success.

Congratulations again to these fine teachers-in-training for their exceptional teaching skills, enthusiasm for teaching and contributions toward creating a positive learning environment at Cleveland Clinic.