We are pleased to announce the 2019-2021 cohorts of the MedStar Health Research and Teaching Scholars!
The MedStar Research Scholars program supports the development of MedStar clinicians who seek careers with a focus on clinical and translational research, in large part by addressing the need for research mentorship and critical feedback in project design, analysis, and presentation. MedStar Health Research Institute, MedStar Health Academic Affairs, and the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science offer this research career development program to clinical and junior research colleagues.
New Research Scholars
Yasar Torres-Yaghi, MD (Neurology), MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Ankit Shah, MD, MPH, FACC (Medicine), MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
The MedStar Teaching Scholars program is a two-year longitudinal program leading to Medical Education Research Certification (MERC) and Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) certification. The program is led by MedStar Health Academic Affairs and MedStar Health Research Institute, in conjunction with the Association of American Medical Colleges, and has been in place since 2009.
The heart of the program is teaching clinician educators from across MedStar Health how to apply research principles to medical education; become informed consumers of the medical education research literature; to be effective collaborators in medical education research; and to develop as a leader in academic medicine. GME program directors, core clinical teaching faculty, clerkship directors and other clinician educators (with limited research training or experience) in all specialties and professions are encouraged to apply.
New Teaching Scholars
Sharmila Mohanraj, MD (Infectious Diseases), MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Virginia Malatack, MD (Internal Medicine), MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Konstantinos Loupasakis, MD (Medicine/Rheumatology), MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Clint Pettit, MD (Palliative Care), MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Maria Felton, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP (Palliative Services), MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Chawla, MD, FAAP (Pediatrics), MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Heather Hartman-Hall, PhD (Medicine), MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center
Selena Briggs, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS (Otolaryngology), MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Congratulations to the new scholars for 2019-2021!
