Teaching Scholars Program
The Teaching Scholars Program is a 12-month certificate program designed to enhance knowledge and skills, and develop future leaders in healthcare education with a focus on core components of educational scholarship and curriculum development. The program consists of twice-monthly seminars held on the Washington University Medical Campus during the academic year, a curriculum development and/or education scholarship project completed under faculty mentorship/guidance, and a capstone presentation event. Topics covered include curriculum and instructional design, educational program evaluation, educational research/scholarship of teaching & learning, and leadership/change management in education. Other than the time commitment for attending the sessions, there is no cost for the Program. Applicants must submit a letter from their Department Chair, Division Head, or Program Director that clearly indicates that the applicant will be allowed the time to attend the twice monthly sessions (roughly 4 hours each session), complete the project, and attend the Kick-Off and Project Presentation Events.
Director: Steve Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA
Amber Benhardt, Clinical Instructor in the Department of Anesthesiology
Ige George, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Felicia Gomez, Instructor in the Department of Medicine
Carey Holleran, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Patricia Jiminez, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Anand Lakshminarasimhachar, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
T.K. Pandian, Assistant Professor of Surgery
Christopher Prater, Instructor in the School of Medicine
Terry Ritzman, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Quinn Tyminski, Instructor in Occupational Therapy and Psychiatry
Ashley Weinhold, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Alicia DeMaria, Instructor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Shelby Dickison, Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Andrew Drescher, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Betsy Hawkins- Chernof, Doctor of Occupational Therapy
Heather Jones, Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Maleewan Kitcharoensakkul, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Allergy, Immunology and Pulmonary Medicine
Eileen Lee, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Kathryn Leonard, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Jonathan Mullin, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine
Mahshid Moseni, Instructor in Medicine
Nathan Olafsen, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Joshua Osbun, Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, Radiology and Neurology
Noor Riaz, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Bridgette Svancarek, Assistant Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine
Suzanne Thibodeaux, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Renee VanStavern, Specialist in Neurology, Vascular Neurology
Ginnie Abarbanell, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology
Steven Ambler, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Surgery
Joseph Bradley, Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Sarah Connolly, Radiologist Specialist
Amber Deptola, Associate Program Director Chief, Section of Medical Education
Michael DeVita, Assistant Professor, Veteran Affairs
Balraj Doray, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Gretchen Foltz, Assistant Professor of Radiology and of Surgery
Yasir Hamad, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sina Jasim, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Senthil Jayarajan, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Steven Lawrence, Associate Professor of Medicine
Stephen Liang, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Barbara Lutey, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Michelle Miller-Thomas, Associate Professor of Radiology
Mashid Mohseni, Instructor in Medicine
Matthew Parsons, Assistant Professor of Radiology
Justin Sadhu, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Anup Shetty, Assistant Professor, Radiology
Gillian Shivone, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sandeep Tripathy, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Lisa Zickuhr, Instructor, Rheumatology
Submission deadline: Friday, March 5, 2021 @ 5pm
Eligibility: Washington University School of Medicine clinical and/or investigator track faculty (including faculty in MD, OT, PT, PACS, DBBS and other educational programs)
Program term: September 2021- October 2022
Questions: Contact Melody Cox at cox.melody@wustl.edu
