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Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

The purpose of the Clinician Scholar Educator (CSE) Award is to enhance education in musculoskeletal diseases for future doctors and rheumatology health professionals. Recipients of the award have demonstrated that they want to develop a career in education and are devoted to providing effective and efficient training. Learn about the history of the CSE award.

 

Active CSE RECIPIENTS


FY2022 RECIPIENTS

Lisa Zickuhr, MD

Jason R. Kolfenbach, MD
University of Colorado

This project will help develop a formal educational program encompassing the areas of virtual/video clinical visits, e-consults, and tele-education. The educational program is intended to improve trainee knowledge and skills in these areas (including proper utilization of these modalities to maintain high-quality care), instruct educators in the assessment of these skills, and better prepare our specialty for healthcare delivery in the coming decade.


Lisa Zickuhr, MD

Lisa Zickuhr, MD
Washington University in St. Louis

Telehealth and its subspecialty telerheumatology require unique communication and physical exam skills compared to face-to-face encounters; however, the virtual medicine community has not yet delineated the specific techniques needed to practice telerheumatology successfully. As a result, an evidence-based curriculum that teaches providers the best practices for telerheumatology with rigorous assessment methods does not exist. This project will use qualitative methods to identify the content and methods most important for the practice of telerheumatology and will design, implement, and evaluate a curriculum that teaches providers how to practice it.


FY2021 RECIPIENTS

Marcy Bolster, MD

Marcy B. Bolster, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Formal telehealth education is largely absent from the training environment and is specifically not yet included in the updated Rheumatology Core Curriculum Outline. As we train rheumatology fellows to develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to capably and competently provide care across the spectrum of the rheumatic diseases, we must also prepare them to be effective and competent practitioners in rheumatology telemedicine. This project proposes the integration of specific and comprehensive telehealth training into rheumatology fellowship training.


David L. Leverenz

David L. Leverenz, MD
Duke University

The goal of this project is to utilize social constructivist learning theory and the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to develop a community of rheumatology trainees from multiple institutions engaged in collaborative discussion, reflection, and application of core rheumatology concepts. This will be accomplished through the creation of RheumMadness, an online tournament of rheumatology topics modeled after NephMadness, an existing collaborative activity in the nephrology community that has engaged approximately 1,000 nephrology practitioners from over 30 countries.


Angela B. Robinson, MD, MPH

Angela B. Robinson, MD, MPH
Clebeland Clinic Foundation

We hypothesize that an online musculoskeletal complaint simulation game can be used to teach high value care and proper musculoskeletal evaluation to medical students and pediatric residents and hopefully increase correct diagnosis of pediatric musculoskeletal and potentially rheumatic complaints. This project aligns with IOM recommendations in the development of tools to teach high value care to reduce per capita cost of care.


FY2020 RECIPIENTS

Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD

Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

This project aims to improve the ability of rheumatology fellows to learn rapidly and efficiently and to develop mastery of basic science and immunology topics essential to the practice of rheumatology. These skills will become increasingly important to physicians in a rapidly-changing environment and will enhance their ability to generate new knowledge and improve the care they deliver to future patients.


Philip Seo, MD, MHS

Philip Seo, MD, MHS
John Hopkins University

This project will increase patient access to care by improving rheumatology trainees’ understanding of the diagnosis and management of the systemic vasculitides, thereby making it easier for them to receive expert care. By teaching rheumatology trainees about the nuances and the limits of the current standard of care for the systemic vasculitides, trainees will be in a better position to develop future treatments and cures.


 

Past CSE RECIPIENTs


2019 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Jane S. Kang
Columbia University
Project Title: An Interactive, Case Based, Online Ethics Curriculum for Rheumatology Fellows: Issues in Industry Interactions and Industry Funded Trials


Jay Mehta, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Project Title: Constructing a Career in Pediatric Rheumatology: Research Informing Practice


2018 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Irene Blanco, MD, MS
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Project Title: Rheum4Science Web-based Curriculum


Bethany A. Marston, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Project Title: Rheum4Science Web-based Curriculum


2017 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipient

Arundathi  Jayatilleke, MD
Drexel University College of Medicine
Project Title: Game-based Learning in Rheumatology


2016 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Uzma J. Haque, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Project Title: Web-based Rheumatology Curriculum for Medicine Residents

Beth L. Jonas, MD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Project Title: An Innovative Pre-Clinical Curriculum for Rheumatology


2015 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Maria Dall'Era, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Project Title: Virtual Patient Simulation for Rheumatology Education

Eli M. Miloslavsky, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Project Title: Improving the Resident-Fellow Teaching Interaction through the Fellow As Clinical Teacher (FACT) Curriculum


2014 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Karen L. Law, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Project Title: Decision-Based Learning to Highlight Rheumatic Disease

Bernadette C. Siaton, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Project Title: Development of a Web-based Rheumatology Curriculum


2013 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Megan L. Curran, MD
Children's Memorial Hospital
Project Title: E-Support for Pediatric Residency Rheumatology Teaching

Susan F. Kroop, MD
Vanderbilt University
Project Title: “Rheumatology 101: Ambulatory Based Curriculum Development”


2012 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Juliet Aizer, MD, MPH
Hospital for Special Surgery
Project Title: Development of Curricula in Metabolic Bone Disease

Michal J. Cidon, MD
Stanford University
Project Title: Web-Based Learning Portfolios in Pediatric Rheumatology

Lisa G. Criscione-Schreiber, MD
Duke University
Project Title: Development of ROSCE stations with Follow-up Modules

Rodney Tehrani, MD
Loyola University Medical Center
Project Title: A Dynamic Competency-Based Learning Modules


2011 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Eugene Kissin, MD
Boston University
Project Title: A Competency Based Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Curriculum

Seetha Monrad, MD
University of Michigan Medical Center
Project Title: Methodology for Teaching Medical Students Rheumatology

David Sherry, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Project Title: Developing OSCEs for Pediatric Rheumatology


2010 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Jessica Berman, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery
Project Title: Focusing on Basics: Regional Musculoskeletal Modules

Christopher E. Collins, MD, FACR
Georgetown University Hospital Washington Hospital Center
Project Title: Web-based Interactive Rheumatology Experience (WIRE)

Deana M. Lazaro, MD
SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Program
Project Title: Development of a Multimodal Rheumatology Elective: A Controlled Study


2009 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

James D. Katz, MD, FACP
George Washington University Medical Center
Project Title: Introducing the Testimonial-commentator Format to the Musculoskeletal Curriculum of Medical Students

James M. Ross, MD
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Project Title: Development of a Curriculum to Utilize Medical Resident Clinic for Rheumatology Education

Karina Marianne D. Torralba, MD
University of Southern California
Project Title: Team-learning Strategies in Rheumatology: Fostering Accountability, Reflective Learning and Critical Thinking

Amy Woodward, MD, MPH
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Project Title: A Comprehensive, Interactive Pediatric Rheumatology Curriculum


2008 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Abby G. Abelson, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Project Title: Web-based Problem-based Rheumatology Curriculum

Yukiko Kimura, MD
Hackensack Univ. Med. Center
Project Title: A Web-based Educational Tool to Teach a Standardized Musculoskeletal Examination in Children

Sharon Kolasinski, MD
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Camden)
Project Title: Rheumatology Education: Focusing the Options for Medical Students


2007 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

W. Winn Chatham, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Project Title: Integrated Patient-based Rheumatic Disease Module

Helen M. Emery, MD
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Project Title: Enhancing Musculoskeletal Exam Skills and Pediatric Rheumatology Knowledge

Paulette C. Hahn, MD
University of Florida College of Medicine
Project Title: The Art of Clinical Reasoning in Rheumatology: Curriculum Development for Internal Medicine Residents

Carol M. Ziminski, MD John Hopkins University
Project Title: A Rheumatology Education Program that Couples Preceptor/Apprenticeship with
Electronic/Web-Based Teaching


2006 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Seth M. Berney, MD
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Project Title: Innovative Rheumatology Teaching Methods

Jamal A. Mikdashi, MD, MPH
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Project Title: The Impact of Teaching Geriatric Rheumatology to Internal Medicine Residents on the Quality of Care of Musculoskeletal Conditions

W. Neal Roberts, Jr., MD
Virginia Commonwealth University
Project Title: A Quantitative, Generational Cohort-Based Approach to Rheumatology Recruitment


2005 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Robert A. Kalish, MD
Tufts University
Project Title: Quest for Rheumatologic Diagnosis

Don R. Martin, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Project Title: Enhanced Rheumatology Curriculum for Medical Residents at the Johns Hopkins Hospital

Charles H. Spencer, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Project Title: A Web-Based Educational Program for Medical Students and Pediatric Residents on Pediatric Rheumatology

Patience White, MD
Arthritis Foundation
Project Title: Facilitating Rheumatology Fellows Ability


2004 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Michael Battistone, MD
University of Utah
Project Title: Developing Medical Students as Clinician Scholar Educators: A Patient-centered, Student-focused Mentoring Program

Allan Gelber, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Project Title: Tutorial-enhanced Educational Program in Clinical Rheumatology

Anne Minenko, MD
University of Minnesota
Project Title: Is Educational Culture Linked to Resident Sub-specialty Choice?

Nancy Olsen, MD
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Project Title: Rheumatology at Meharry Medical College and UT Southwestern


2003 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Barbara Adams, MD
University of Michigan Health Center
Project Title: Developing a Curriculum in Sociocultural Medicine to Teach Pediatric Rheumatology

Robert Ike, MD
University of Michigan Health System
Project Title: Rheumatology as a Contact Sport

James Jarvis, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Project Title: Mentoring Native-American Students in Rheumatology and Rheumatology Research

Michael Pillinger, MD
NYU School of Medicine, Hospital for Joint Diseases
Project Title: A Program for Teaching

Marianne L. Shaw, MD
Affiliated with Altoona Regional Health System - Altoona Hospital
Project Title: Internal Medicine Residents in Immunology and Rheumatology

Joan Von Feldt, MD, MSEd
University of Pennsylvania
Project Title: Rheumatology Development of a Comprehensive Curriculum for Medical Students and Internal Medicine Residents in Immunology and Rheumatology


2002 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Janine Evans, MD
Yale University
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Musculoskeletal Disorders Clinical Elective

Raymond Flores, MD
University of Maryland

Melanie Harrison, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University

Arthur Kavanaugh, MD
University of California, San Diego

Kenneth S. O’Rourke, MD
Wake Forest University
Project Title: Active Learning Strategies for Delivery of Rheumatology Content: Development and integration within a web-based medical student curriculum

Sterling G. West, MD
University of Colorado-Denver Medical School
Project Title: Rheumatology: Small Feedings for the Mind


2001 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

John Flynn, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Project Title: Rheumatology Curriculum for Medical Students

Leslie E. Kahl, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Arthritis Teaching Clinic

Kristine M. Lohr, MD
GF Strong Rehab Centre
Project Title: Multidisciplinary Arthritis Teaching Clinic

Chester V. Oddis, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Project Title: Teaching, Mentoring, Role-Modeling... The Pittsburgh Experience


2000 Clinician Scholar Educator Award Recipients

Louis W. Heck, MD
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Project Title: A Proposal to Enhance the Rheumatology Educational Experience for Students at the UAB School of Medicine

Leonard D. Stein, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Project Title: Enhancing Medical Education with Internet-Based Rheumatology Education Units: Training Pediatric Residents, Medicine/Pediatric Residents and Medical Students for the 21st Century

Therese M. Wolpaw, MD
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Project Title: Exemplary Models of Learning in the Rheumatology Outpatient Setting

Murray H. Passo, MD
Medical University of South Carolina

Robert Sundel, MD
Children’s Hospital Boston
Project Title: Curriculum for the Teaching of Musculoskeletal Physical Diagnosis (MSPD)

 

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