Resident Preceptors Recognized as Outstanding Educators

One hundred and twenty-one residents across Cleveland Clinic have been recognized as outstanding preceptors for year 3 medical students during their core clerkships in 2020.

This prestigious recognition is based on a set of criteria including the frequency and quality of feedback provided by the residents to the medical students and the evaluation of the residents by the students.

During their core clerkships, students learn by working closely with residents who take on the large responsibility of teaching, ensuring that students have an excellent learning experience.

Giving frequent, timely, specific, non-judgmental and useful feedback is a critical part of teaching.

Each resident, some of whom are CCLCM alumni, was presented with a CCLCM educator pin as a token of appreciation and recognition for their important contributions toward educating future physicians.

• Ahmad Abugharbieh, MD, Surgery
• Shree Agrawal, MD, Urology
• Hemasat Alkhatib, MD, Surgery
• Raha Almarzooqi, MD, Surgery
• Michael Arustamyan, DO, Internal Medicine
• Ryan Azarrafiy, MD, Surgery
• Kevin Baier, MD, Surgery
• David Baker, DO, Neurology
• Brian Barnett, MD, Psychiatry
• John Barron, MD, Surgery
• Tim Beck, MD, Surgery
• Eden Bernstein, MD, Internal Medicine
• Alexandra Bonner, MD, Child Neurology
• Nicole Brooks, MD, Surgery
• Kevin Brown, MD, Surgery
• Darren Bryk, MD, Urology
• Brendan Burke, DO, Pediatrics
• Talia Burneikis, MD, Surgery
• William Cantrell, MD (CCLCM ’20), Orthopaedic Surgery
• Alise Carlson, MD, Neurology
• Joseph Cataline, MD, Internal Medicine
• Gretchen Santana Cepero, MD, Internal Medicine
• Jenny Chang, MD, Surgery
• Charles Chen, MD, Pediatrics
• Anna Chichura, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Vibhu Chittajallu, MD, Internal Medicine
• Brendan Cokingtin, MD, Internal Medicine
• Kevin Contrera, MD, Surgery
• Aoife Corcoran, MD, Pediatrics
• Andrew Coulter, MD, Psychiatry
• Alejandro (Duran) Crane, MD, Internal Medicine
• Stephanie Deuley, DO, Family Medicine
• Jasmine Dillard, MD, Pediatrics
• Ryan Ellis, MD, Surgery
• Muhammad Salman Faisal, MD, Internal Medicine
• Andrew Feczko, MD, Surgery
• Andrew Ford, MD, Internal Medicine
• Aron Gedansky, MD, Neurology
• Daniel Gerber, MD, Urology
• Patrick Gilson, MD, Neurology
• Matthew Grabowski, MD (CCLCM ’14), Neurological Surgery
• Kevin Grafmiller, MD, Surgery
• Michael Gross, MD, Surgery
• Omar Gutierrez, MD, Internal Medicine
• Amy Han, MD, Surgery
• Kevin Harris, MD, Internal Medicine
• Aaron Hawke, DO, Anesthesiology
• Oscar Hernandez, MD, Surgery
• Kevin Hodges, MD, Surgery
• Ingrid Hsiung, MD, Internal Medicine
• Jonathan Hunt, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Michael Javorski, MD, Surgery
• Khalid Jazieh, MD, Internal Medicine
• Brenden Jenks, MD, Psychiatry
• Sami Judeeba, MD, Surgery
• George Kereselidze, MD, Surgery
• Amir Khan, MD, Internal Medicine
• Jean Khoury, MD, Epilepsy
• Bogdan Kindzelski, MD (CCLCM ’16), Surgery
• Calvin Klint, MD, Psychiatry
• Kavya Kommaraju, MD, Internal Medicine
• Audrey Kopot, MD, Internal Medicine
• Benjamin Kramer, MD, Surgery
• Erika Lampert, MD (CCLCM ’20), Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Jason Lee, MD, Psychiatry
• Ira Leeds, MD, Colorectal Surgery
• Kevin Liang, MD , Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• Devora Lichtman, MD, Internal Medicine
• Megan Lundgren, MD, Surgery
• Ahmad Mahadeen, MD, Neurology
• Chengetai Mahomva, MD, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
• Sara Maskal, MD, General Surgery
• Bryce Montane, MD, Internal Medicine
• Roger Murayi, MD, Neurological Surgery
• Robert Naples, DO, Surgery
• Jason Nasser, MD, Internal Medicine
• Salvador Navarrete, MD, Surgery
• Megan Obi, MD, Surgery
• Andrew Para, MD, Internal Medicine
• William Parker, MD, Internal Medicine
• Viral Patel, MD, Surgery
• Breanna Perlmutter, MD, General Surgery
• Justin Philip, MD, Surgery
• Amanda Pomerantz, DO , Psychiatry
• Raja Rajamanickam, MD, Surgery
• Jesse Rappaport, MD, Surgery
• Matthew Reeder, MD, Internal Medicine
• Rishi Rikhi, MD, Internal Medicine
• Bradley Rosinski, MD, Surgery
• Lindsay Ross, MD, Neuroimmunology (Multiple Sclerosis)
• Monica Scarsella, DO, Neurology
• Caleb Seavey, MD, Surgery
• Anna Shapiro, MD, Psychiatry
• Thomas Shin, MD, PhD, Surgery
• Aaron Shoskes, DO, Neurology
• Jacob Shreve, MD, Internal Medicine
• Achintya Singh, MD, MBBS, Internal Medicine
• Rebecca Smith, MD, Surgery
• Hannah Snyder, MD, Psychiatry
• Pranay Soni, MD, Neurological Surgery
• Eleanor Stein, MD, Psychiatry
• Andrew Strong, MD (CCLCM ’14), Surgery
• Carol Swetlik, MD MS (CCLCM ’19), Neurology
• Faez Syed, MD, Neurology
• Andrew Tang, MD, Surgery
• Sadia Tasnim, MD, Surgery
• Corey Timmerman, MD, Surgery
• Nataly Torrejon, MD, Internal Medicine
• Valery Vilchez, MD, Surgery
• Noah Weingarten, MD, Surgery
• Jeremy Weleff, DO, Psychiatry
• David Wells, DO, Internal Medicine
• Avia Wilkerson, MD, Surgery
• Rickesha Wilson, MD, Surgery
• James Witten, MD (CCLCM ’19), Surgery
• Don Zeolla, MD, Psychiatry
• Yaning Zhang, MD, Surgery
• Johnathan Zhao, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology
• Kathleen Ziegler, DO, Psychiatry
• Robert (Robbie) Zimbroff, MD, Internal Medicine
• Mohammed Zmaili, MD, Internal Medicine

The entire CCLCM community truly appreciates our residents’ passion and efforts to help ensure our medical students receive excellent training.