2024-25 cohort

Stanford Faculty Development Series

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Stanford Faculty Development Series for Assistant Professors

The Stanford Faculty Development Series is a facilitator-training program that offers career development opportunities for individual faculty participants, and simultaneously provides a mechanism for institutional improvement.

It consists of seven sessions that each include a didactic module, video review and a role play exercises. Sessions are held on a monthly basis.

The series is taught by Clinical Professor of Medicine Alina Popa, MD who is one of 221 certified clinical teaching seminar facilitators around the world.

The seminars are designed to:

  • Enhance participants' versatility as teachers
  • Enhance their ability to analyze clinical teaching using an educational framework
  • Provide a forum for collegial exchange

2024-25 Cohort

Jose Alfaro, MD — Surgery
Ali Alkatifi, MD — Internal Medicine  
Saba Faranaz-Kabir, MD — Pediatrics
Komal Kapoor, MD — Joy Xiang, PhD
Tejal Khandhar, DO — Pediatrics
Jenna LeCompte-Hinely, PhD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health
Kristyn Mannoia, MD — Surgery
Xiomara Rocha-Cadman, MD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences 
Denise Woods, PhD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health
Joy Xiang, PhD — Biomedical Sciences       


Seminar Schedule and Curriculum

The seminars will be held on a monthly basis via Zoom. Sessions begin at 11 a.m. and last 90 minutes. We reserve a full two-hour period to account for questions and extended discussion. Details and connection information will be sent to participants via email. Questions? Please email aa@medsch.ucr.edu.

  • Session 1 - Learning Climate - Friday, September 6, 2024
  • Session 2 - Control of Session - Friday, October 4, 2024 
  • Session 3 - Communication of Goals - Monday, November 25, 2024
  • Session 4 - Promotion of Understanding & Retention - Friday, January 24, 2025
  • Session 5 - Evaluation - Friday, February 7, 2025
  • Session 6 - Feedback - Friday, March 7, 2025
  • Session 7 - Promotion of Self-Directed Learning - Friday, April 25, 2025

The seminars consist of didactic presentations, group discussions, role-play exercises, video vignette review, and personal and institutional goal setting. Participants are encouraged to develop a set of recommendations for improving their institution's environment for clinical teaching. If you would like more information about this series, please email aa@medsch.ucr.edu.


Past Program Participants

2023-24

Jean-Pyo Lee, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Milton Hamblin, PhD— Biomedical Sciences
Scott Kubomoto, MD — Internal Medicine
Andrew Hwang, MD — Internal Medicine
Ambika Pandita, MD — Internal Medicine
Janet Cruz, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Helpees Guirguis, MD — Endocrinology
Jimmy Mao, MD — Endocrinology
Mikolaj Sulikowski, MD — Endocrinology

2022-23

Annahita (Anna) Sarcon, MD — Internal Medicine
Kshitij Chatterjee, MD — Internal Medicine
Toshia Yamaguchi, MD — Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Monica Gordon, MD — Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Saurabh Kumar, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Esther Caroline McGowan, MD — Pediatrics
Basima Razak, MD — Pediatrics
Beatrice Leong, MD — Surgery
Evelyn Vazquez, PhD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health

2021-22

Andrew Nguyen, MD — Surgery
Hind Al-Azawi, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Eyrn Parks, PhD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences
Haresh Gandhi, MD — Internal Medicine
Natalie Zlebnik, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Paul Albini, MD — Surgery
Qi Chen, MD — Biomedical Sciences
Stephanie Handler, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology

2020-21

Benjamin Tabibian, DO — Internal Medicine
Bhavesh Trikamji, MD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences
Brenda Ross, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
George Saffouri, MD — Internal Medicine
John Nevin, MD — Pediatrics
Samia Faiz, MD — Internal Medicine
Sherry Zhang, MD — Internal Medicine
Sunil Patel, MD — Pediatrics
Valentina Amaral, MD — Internal Medicine
Zana Shirwan, MD — Family Medicine

2019-20

Brian Petrie, MD — Family Medicine
Casey Gries, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Deanah Jibril, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Erica Heinrich, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Jean Russell, MD — Pediatrics
Sadikah Behbehani, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sara Forouhar, MD — Pediatrics

2018-19

Adwoa Osei, MD — Pediatrics
Andrew Subica, PhD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health
Ann Cheney, PhD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health
Dalia Balsamo, MD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences
Henry T. Nguyen, MD — Surgery
John Agapian, MD — Surgery
Laura Nader, MD — Family Medicine

2017-18

Afshin Zandpour, MD — Family Medicine
Deborah Streletz, MD — Family Medicine
Gregory Guldner, MD — Family Medicine
Ken Ballou, MD — Family Medicine
Lynnetta Skoretz, MD — Internal Medicine
Marc Debay, MD — Family Medicine
Samar Nahas, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Sika Zheng, MD — Biomedical Sciences
Takesha Cooper, MD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences
Tara Nordgren, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Walter Klein, MD — Internal Medicine

2016-17

Ali Motabar, MD — Internal Medicine
Anita Hadpawat-Lee, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ashaunta Anderson, MD — Pediatrics
Christine Duong, MD — Internal Medicine
Kimberly Tustison, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Meera Nair, PhD — Biomedical Sciences
Mosen Itswani, MD — Internal Medicine
Muhammad Arif, MD — Family Medicine
Nicholas DiPatrizio, MD — Biomedical Sciences
Rosemary Tyrrell, EdD — Social Medicine, Population, & Public Health
Tina Paul, MD — Obstetrics and Gynecology
Whitney Griffith, MD — Psychiatry and Neurosciences