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Dr. Eugene Ceppa
Dr. Ceppa is the Associate Program Director for both the General Surgery Residency program and the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Dr. Ceppa completed his undergraduate degree in 1999 and his medical degree in 2003 both at Johns Hopkins; completed his general surgery residency in 2010 at Duke University, a 7 year span that included a 2-year research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco; completed a minimally invasive surgery fellowship in 2011, also at Duke; and then completed a hepato-pancreato-biliary (aka HPB) surgery fellowship in 2012, at Indiana University, where he remains today as faculty.
Dr. Ceppa is dedicated to the mentorship of medical students in career choices in surgery and research having been the recipient of the Appleseed Medical Student Teaching Award while at Duke and then the General Surgery Medical Student teaching Award while at Indiana.
All the while, Dr. Ceppa has been voted Top Doctors by the Indianapolis Monthly and authored 60 peer-reviewed publications, 21 book chapters, and taken part in 70 posters, presentations, and surgical video tutorials.
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Dr. Gray is a former United States Air Force Flight Surgeon who has since retired from the military and clinical practice to pursue his passion for helping med and pre-med students on their journey to and through medical school.
Dr. Gray completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Florida in 2002; his medical degree at New York Medical College in 2009; and his intern year at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in 2010 after which he served 5 years in the Air Force, the first 2 as a flight surgeon and the last 3 as Chief of Aerospace Medicine.
Dr. Gray is best known for his podcasts which have combined for over 1.2 million downloads and which include The Premed Years podcast, The OldPreMeds Podcast, The MCAT Podcast, and most recently Specialty Stories, a podcast that features stories of specialists from every field of medicine. Dr. Gray is also the author of The Premed Playbook: Guide to the Medical School Interview. Through his book, his podcasts, and his website at medicalschoolhq.net, Dr. Gray has helped thousands of students successfully navigate the path to and through medical school.
Dr. Gray lives outside of Boulder, CO with his wife Allison, who is a Neurologist, and their daughter Hannah.
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Dr. Nicole Maronian
Dr. Maronian is the Program Director of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, as well as the Director of the Voice and Swallowing Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
Dr. Maronian completed her undergraduate degree at Allegheny College in 1987; her medical degree at the University of Rochester in 1991, where she also completed an otolaryngology residency in 1998; and then completed a fellowship in Laryngology and Voice Disorders at the University of Washington in 1999, eventually joining the faculty at University Hospitals in 2006.
Dr. Maronian’s research interests include neurolaryngology, tracheal disease, and dysphagia. She has published nearly 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals about laryngology and voice disorders and is a reviewer for the journal Laryngoscope.
Also a frequent presenter and speaker on laryngeal disease at local, regional and national meetings, Dr. Maronian has been voted Top Doctors in Cleveland by Cleveland Magazine, as well as voted Best Doctors in America by Best Doctors, Inc.
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Dr. Zacharias, DO, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in the Division of Cardiology and Section of Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation. He is also currently the Medical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support program.
Dr. Zacharias completed his undergraduate degree at John Carroll University in 2003; completed his medical degree at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2007; completed an Internal Medicine residency, followed by a Cardiology fellowship both at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center by 2014 where he also served as a Chief Resident and as a Chief Cardiology Fellow. He then completed a fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in 2015 before returning to Ohio to join the faculty at Cleveland Medical Center where he remains today.
Dr. Zacharias’ clinical interests include invasive hemodynamics, temporary and durable mechanical circulatory support, and cardiac transplantation. He sees himself as a clinician educator and mentors local students interested in pursuing a career in medicine. At the completion of medical school he was a finalist for the Dean’s Award and at the completion of his Chief Resident year he was the recipient of the University of Massachusetts Department of Medicine Recognition Award for extraordinary contributions to medical education.
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Dr. Elizabeth Higgins
Dr. Higgins is a Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellow at Johns Hopkins, as well as an Associate Professor of both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Albany Medical College.
Dr. Higgins completed her undergraduate degree at Siena College in 1985; her medical degree at SUNY Health Science Center – Syracuse in 1989; and then completed a combined Med/Peds residency at Albany Medical College in 1993, after which she practiced as an attending physician for 23 years before deciding to enroll in a Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship, which she will complete in June of 2017.
Before applying for her fellowship, Dr. Higgins has held several titles, including that of Med/Peds Residency Program Director at Albany Medical College (a position she held for 10 years until 2007), as well as Associate Dean of Student Affairs, a position she at the Medical College until starting her fellowship. For her work in medical education, she is a 3 time recipient of the Golden Apple Award (most recently in 2009) bestowed by the American Medical Student Association to highlight a professor deserving of notoriety due to their improvements or advancements in medical education. In line with her commitment to medical education, Dr. Higgins is also on the Advisory Committee of the AAMC’s Careers in Medicine program, whose website is the basis for most of the interviews featured on the Undifferentiated Medical Student podcast.
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Dr. Briskin is a Pediatric Sports Medicine physician at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, as well as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics within the Division of Sports Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Briskin completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Rochester in 1994; completed her medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1999; completed a residency in pediatrics in 2002 and Chief Resident year in 2003 both at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. She then completed a two year Sports Medicine Fellowship at Akron Children's Hospital before returning to Rainbow Babies and Children's to join the faculty in 2005.
In 2007, she founded the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at Rainbow. It serves to train both allopathic and osteopathic physicians in the field of Primary Care Sports Medicine, and Dr. Briskin oversees the fellows’ educational activities, including community sports coverage.
Dr. Briskin is also heavily involved in the Cleveland community. She serves as Head Medical Team Physician at Case Western Reserve University, as well as two other schools, and serves as a medical consultant and concussion consultant for yet two more. Additionally, Dr. Briskin is also the medical co-director of the Ohio Youth Soccer Association North, as well as the team physician of their Olympic Development Program.
Finally, Dr. Briskin is the Co-Director of University Hospitals Sports Concussion Center, where she has helped to develop a program to train primary care physicians in the community as well as University Hospitals staff in concussion diagnosis and management, a field which she is one of her primary research interests.
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Dr. Richard Josephson
Dr. Josephson is the Medical Director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, as well as a Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Josephson received his undergraduate degree from The University of Rochester in 1977; his medial degree from the New York University School of Medicine (where he was also a part of the Medical Scientist Training Program, receiving a master’s of science in Pharmacology); completed his residency in Internal Medicine in 1985 and a fellowship in Cardiology 1988 both at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, where he was also a research fellow in the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Institute on Aging.
After his formal training, Dr. Josephson began his career in Akron, Ohio in private practice cardiology and grew what was initially a 4-physician group into a practice encompassing over 30 cardiologists. Over the next two decades, he worked at various Akron City Hospitals, where he assumed roles as varied as Director of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology, and Director of Cardiology Research and Education. He joined the faculty at Case Western and University Hospitals in 2007 where he remains today.
Dr. Josephson is heavily involved in cardiovascular research and has been supported by NIH funding for over 30 years. Lastly, Dr. Josephson has received numerous awards, most notable among them having been voted Best Doctors in America every year since 2004.
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Dr. Wiznitzer is a pediatric neurologist in the Neurologic Institute at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. He is also a Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Wiznitzer completed both his undergraduate degree and medical degree at Northwestern University by 1977; completed his residency in pediatrics in 1980 and then a fellowship in developmental disorders in 1981 both at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio; and then completed a fellowship in pediatric neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in 1984. Lastly, he completed postdoctoral training as a National Institutes of Health National Research fellow in higher cortical functions at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1986, after which he joined the faculty at Rainbow Babies and Children's .
Dr. Wixnitzer’s research interests include autism and pediatric stroke. He has served as Principal Investigator, co-investigator and a consultant on many research studies in these areas funded by the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.
Dr. Wiznitzer has also authored or coauthored 11 book chapters and nearly 70 scientific papers. He is a reviewer for many journals including Neurology and the Journal of Child Neurology, as well as serves on several editorial boards.
Of note, Dr. Wiznitzer served as the Director of the Rainbow Autism Center for 18 years at Rainbow Babies and Children’s and has spoken publically about autism and vaccine safety in many forums including in an interview on CNN’s Larry King Live.
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Dr. Anthony Post
Dr. Post is the Medical Director for Liver Transplantation at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, as well as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Post received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College in 1979; received a master’s and his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medical in 1982 and 1986, respectively; completed his Internal Medicine Residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland in 1989 and a fellowship in Gastroenterology at the Cleveland Clinic in 1991, after which he joined the faculty at University Hospitals where he has remained ever since. His initial specialty was intestinal motility but his interests soon turned to Liver Disease and its management, eventually becoming the Medical Director for Liver Transplantation in 1998.
Of note, Dr. Post is one of the developers of a portion of the first year medical school curriculum at Case entitled Food to Fuel, devoted to GI anatomy, biochemistry, nutrition and gastroenterology. Dr. Post has also been voted Best Doctors in Cleveland by Cleveland Magazine for the last 10 years in a row.
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Dr. Brown is Program Director and Professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Family Medicine Residency in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dr. Brown completed his undergraduate degree at Stanford University in 1994; completed his medical degree at Albany Medical College in 1998; then completed a family medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital in 2001. Following the completion of his residency Dr. Brown worked for four years with the Indian Health Service with the rural White Mountain Apache Tribe in Northern Arizona. In this role as a Commissioned Officer with the Public Health Service, Dr. Brown was a full-spectrum family physician delivering babies, providing emergency care, and inpatient and outpatient care of adults and children. Dr. Brown joined the family medicine teaching faculty at Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix, in 2005, where he continues to practice and teach full-spectrum family medicine. He also works closely with medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, where he was recognized as Clinical Sciences Educator of the Year in 2010. He then become residency program director in 2011.
Dr. Brown’s scholarly interests include care of the rural and urban underserved, high value care, pharma influence, and physician well-being. He has served as chair of the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission of the Health of the Public and Science and on subcommittees for Clinical Preventive Services and Clinical Practice Guidelines. He is an Associate Editor for Essential Evidence and a board member of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
Finally, Dr. Brown is editor and co-founder of the American Family Physician Podcast (on iTunes and at aafp.org/afppodcast) which he co-hosts with third years residents in his program. The podcast, which summarizes clinical topics and practice-changing evidence, is regularly a Top 10 medical podcast on iTunes with over 25,000 downloads per month.
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Dr. James Lieberman
Dr. Lieberman is a recently retired Diagnostic Radiologist from the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. He is currently the President of the Case Western Reserve University Medical Alumni Association as well as an Associate Professor of Radiology at the University’s School of Medicine.
Dr. Lieberman received his undergraduate degree from Kenyon College in 1970 and his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1974. Dr. Lieberman’s medical training then took a winding route to included his intern year, a year in dermatology, a year in internal medicine, and then a year as an emergency medicine physician. Dr. Lieberman then completed his residency in diagnostic radiology in 1981 at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Dr. Lieberman then practiced for a time in most of the major private and public health systems of Cleveland including University Hospitals, MetroHealth Medical Center, and then finally in the Cleveland Clinic Regional Radiology Practice, from which he retired in 2014.
Dr. Lieberman is married to Dr. Belinda Yen-Lieberman, Professor of Pathology and the Cleveland Clinic’s Director of Clinical Virology, Serology, and Cellular Immunology, and together they have established a scholarship to provide financial assistance for promising medical students. They also have two adult sons, David and Daniel.
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Dr. Kalayjian is the Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OH, as well as an Associate Professor of Infectious Disease at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Dr. Kalayjian received his undergraduate degree from Boston University in 1978; his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1982; completed his residency in internal medicine in 1985 and a fellowship in infectious diseases in 1991, both at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Dr. Kalayjian is the recipient of the Voices Against the Silence Award for his work in improving the quality of life of those living with HIV/AIDS in Northeast Ohio. He has also been recognized by Best Doctors in America 6 times, most recently in 2014. In addition to being the recipient of many teaching awards, Dr. Kalayjian is also the Lead instructor of the Microbiology and Immunology sections of the School of Medicine’s basic science curriculum.
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Dr. Mimi Ceppa
Dr. Ceppa is an Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine, where she is also the Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Simulation Laboratory. She also serves as the Medical Director of the Indiana University Health lung-screening-program and is also on faculty for the Masters of Physician Assistant Studies program.
Dr. Ceppa received her medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 2001, and completed her residency in General Surgery also at Duke in 2008. During her residency, Dr. Ceppa also completed a 2-year research fellowship in New York City at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center with the Thoracic Surgery service. Choosing Duke again, Dr. Ceppa then completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship in 2011.
Dr. Ceppa is married to an academic surgeon, and they have three young children.
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Dr. Coleman is a trauma and acute care surgeon, as well as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
She completed her medical degree at the University of Tennessee in Memphis in 2005; completed a general surgery residency at the Rush University/Cook County Hospital in 2010; and then a trauma and surgical critical care fellowship at Emory University Grady Memorial Hospital in 2012.
Dr. Coleman is also a wife, mother, and writer, with over 2 million views of her work on her blog at www.heelskicksscalpel.com. She has also contributed articles to the Huffington Post, Forbes, KevinMD.com and LinkedIn. Lastly, she is the co-host of the Careercast podcast of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
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COL Kenneth Azarow, MD
Dr. Azarow is the Surgeon-in-Chief of Doernbecher Children’s Hospital of the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon.
Dr. Azarow earned his undergraduate degree from Franklin and Marshal College is 1981; his medical degree form F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University 1987; completed his general surgery residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1992, as well as a pediatric surgery fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario in 1996.
Upon completion of his fellowship, he was assigned to Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington where he was appointed as the director of the surgical research program and chief of pediatric surgery. While in the Army, he rose to become the general surgery residency director and, eventually, Chief of Surgery, and retired at the rank of Colonel in 2008 after a 25 year career in the military which saw him serve several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and for which he received the Legion of Merit as well as dozens of other military awards. During this time, he oversaw 9 divisions, 5 residency programs, and was responsible for the smooth delivery of surgical education, research, and care during the constant movement of faculty due to the war on terrorism.
From a pediatric surgery standpoint, his paper on Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia entitled ”Tale of Two Cities: The Toronto Experience” is considered a classic work in the field and has helped guide the field away from ECMO usage and towards a pulmonary protective strategy with the use of conventional ventilators in neonates. His C.V. also currently lists over 75 peer-reviewed journal citations, over 25 book chapters, and 100s of presentations and invited named lectures.
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Colonel Matthew J. Martin, MD
Dr. Martin is currently the Trauma Medical Director and Chief of Surgical Critical Care at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington State. He is also the Director of Surgical Research and the former Associate Program Director for the Madigan Army Medical Center General Surgery residency program. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD. He is the current Chair of the Army State, Region 13, for the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. He has been deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and twice in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, service for which he received The Bronze Star as well as many other military distinctions.
Dr. Martin completed his undergraduate degree in 1990; a master’s degree in Medical Science in 1995, and his medical degree in 1998 all from Boston University. He completed residency training in General Surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center in 2003, and a fellowship in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care at Los Angeles County Hospital and USC Medical Center in 2005.
Dr. Martin has had a prolific literary and research career in the 11 years since completing his formal training which includes contributions to 100s of peer-reviewed publications, authorship of 24 book chapters, and being co-author and editor of two books (“First to Cut: Trauma Lessons Learned in the Combat Zone”; and more recently “Front Line Surgery: A Practical Approach”)
Lastly, Dr. Martin is a co-host of the podcast Traumacast, a show that discusses topics related to all things trauma surgery.
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Dr. Greenfield is director of the division of general obstetrics and gynecology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, as well as a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Greenfield completed her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1983; and her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Metrohealth Medical Center in 1987, after which she joined the faculty at University Hospitals where she has practiced ever since.
Dr. Greenfield has received many, many awards and honors over the years for excellence in education and leadership, including being voted Best Doctors in America 12 out of the last 15 years. Dr. Greenfield has also had an extensive writing career which began in 2001 when she assumed the role of director of obstetrics and gynecology for the Dr. Spock Company, where she wrote hundreds of articles for drspock.com, answered scores of “ask our experts” questions, and even directed obstetrical content for the public television series Parent Sense. Dr. Greenfield published her first book Dr. Spock's Pregnancy Guide in 2003. She then went on to write The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book, which was released in 2008 and then followed in 2015 with an updated ebook version for the Kindle. Lastly, in her free time, Dr. Greenfield can be found blogging on your website at MarjorieGreenfield.com
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Dr. Stehouwer the Associate Program Director of the combined internal medicine-pediatrics (med-peds) residency program as well as the founder and director of the med-peds Consult Service at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, OH.
Before becoming a physician, Dr. Stehouwer studied philosophy at Calvin College where he received his undergraduate degree in 2007. He then received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 2011, where he developed an interest in the care of children with complex and life-long medical conditions, leading him to pursue a med-peds residency to learn how to provide care to these children who continue to combat their illnesses well into adulthood. He completed this residency at University Hospitals and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital (which share a campus) in 2015 after which he completed a med-peds chief resident year in 2016. During his chief year, he began the aforementioned med-peds consult service to assist physicians in managing patients who straddle the divide between adult and pediatric medicine. In addition to running the med-peds consult service and acting as associate director of the med-peds program, Dr. Stehouwer also attends on both general medicine and pediatric wards individually.
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Dr. Brantley is a recently retired emergency medicine physician following a 32 year career.
Dr. Brantley completed his medical degree at Louisiana State University, School of Medicine in 1979; and a pediatrics residency at Louisiana State University Medical Center in 1982, after which he entered private practice as a solo-practitioner of pediatrics. However, while fulfilling a U. S. Army (Reserve) commitment he became interested in emergency medicine and eventually joined the American College of Emergency Physicians in 1985. Then, after becoming the medical director of the emergency department in his hometown of Rustin, Louisiana, he joined a multispecialty group practice in 1990 focusing full-time on emergency medicine.
Retiring from clinical practice in 2010, Dr. Brantley transitioned to a career in teaching, a lifelong goal of his, and followed a path that would earn him a Master of Science in Applied Anatomy from Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine in 2012. He now serves as an Assistant Professor of Pathology in the Division of Anatomic Pathology Education, with a secondary appointment to the Department of Anatomy. He is also the Course Director of Neurological Anatomy, Applied Neuroanatomy, and Imaging Anatomy.
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Dr. Armitage is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, as well as Program Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Armitage completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas in 1981; his medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1986; his internship, residency, chief resident year in Internal Medicine and then an infectious Diseases fellowship all at University Hospitals of Cleveland all by 1991, eventually joining the faculty at Case Western in 1992.
Dr. Armitage’s primary professional focus has been on postgraduate medical education. Dr. Armitage currently serves as the Past President of the Council of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, and in 2002, received the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award bestowed by the ACGME in recognition of the fact that that program directors face many challenges in administering a residency program and that those directors who find innovative ways to teach residents alongside the demands of caring for their own patients should be celebrated.
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Dr. Mann is an Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH
, and although retired from clinical practice since 2007, remains board certified in neurology.
Dr. Mann attended the University of Pennsylvania; obtained his medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine in 1968; and then completed his neurology residency in 1972 after splitting time between Bowman Gray School of Medicine Baptist Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine-Barnes Hospital.
Following the completion of his medical training, Dr. Mann served for as an army neurologist in Japan until 1974, after which he moved to Cleveland to start his private practice which he would continue until 2007, as well as to assume many other educational and administrative roles at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western.
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Dr. Steele is the Chairman of Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic (although at the time of recording this interview, he was the Division Chief of Colon & Rectal Surgery at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center) and Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Steele completed his undergraduate degree at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1994; completed his medical degree at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in 1998; completed a general surgery residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington in 2003; then completed a colon and rectal surgery fellowship in 2005. Following completion of his fellowship, Dr. Steele became the Chief of Colorectal Surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center through until 2015, a decade of service which saw him deployed as a staff surgeon to Iraq and Afghanistan four times and for which he received the Bronze Star among many other military awards. Then in late 2016, after a short tenure at UH Cleveland Medical Center, Dr. Steele accepted the position of Chairman of Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic where he remains today. Of note, Dr. Steele is currently working toward his Executive MBA at Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, which is right down the street from the hospital.
Dr. Steele is actively involved in the colorectal community. He serves on several editorial boards including that of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, and is also the American College of Surgeons’ web porter for the colorectal community. His literary contributions include over 200 articles, reviews, chapters, and Clinical Practice Guidelines, as well as five complete Colorectal Surgery textbooks.
Lastly, Dr. Steele is also the co-founder of the podcast, Behind the Knife (at BehindTheKnife.org) which discusses topics related to all things surgery and which boasts 20,000 downloads each month.
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Part 1 - About the specialty [7:23]
Part 2 - How the specialty was the right choice [33:14]
Part 3 - Long-term career planning [53:57]
Dr. Sweet is a neurosurgeon in the Division of Functional & Stereostactic neurosurgery at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, as well as an assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Sweet completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan in 2001; her medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2005; her neurosurgery residency at Georgetown University Hospital in 2012; and then a fellowship in stereotactic and function neurosurgery UH Case Medical Center in 2013, where she remains today as faculty.
Dr. Sweet is currently involved in an NIH funded research project exploring the use of Deep Brain Stimulation in bipolar disorder, as well as the principal investigator of a clinical trial exploring spinal stimulation, in addition to many other projects exploring the implantation of electrodes into the brain to aid in limb movement.
Dr. Sweet is also the author of more than 20-peer reviewed publications, as well as the author of at least 5 book chapters.
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Dr. Hardacre is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH, as well as the Surgical Director of the Digestive Health Institute and Division Head of Pancreatic Surgery at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center.
Dr. Hardacre earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. He completed his residency in general surgery in 2002 and then a fellowship in gastrointestinal surgery in 2003 both at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Hardacre is an active researcher and principal investigator of a national study examining a novel immunotherapy used in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, as well as an investigator in many others studies. Dr. Hardacre has published more than 30 papers in leading professional journals, is the author of five book chapters in a variety of surgical textbooks, and serves as a reviewer of many of the surgical journals in his field.
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Fresh out of a chief resident year in internal medicine, Dr. Hambley is a critical care medicine fellow at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Hambley received his undergraduate degree from the University of Norte Dame in 2007, and his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2012, where he also completed a Master’s of Public Health. He completed his residency as well as a chief resident year in Internal Medicine at University Hospitals in 2016, after which he began his fellowship in critical care medicine.
Dr. Hambley is also the recipient of the Arnold P Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching award for Outstanding Resident Role Model.
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