 | Brian Agne
Business Systems Analyst, MED-Dean's Office
b-agne@northwestern.edu Brian works with OME staff and faculty to articulate business needs and to document requirements that enable application developers from Feinberg’s Management Information Systems (MIS) group to design and build software tools to manage student data and support student learning. In this role he manages projects, conducts needs and process analyses, writes a variety of project documentation, creates and delivers training materials, and provides user support to help resolve issues. |
 | Jen Banys
Visiting Students Program Coordinator
j-banys@northwestern.edu Jen coordinates all aspects of the Visiting Students Program for medical students from other universities seeking a 4 or 8 week clerkship at Northwestern or Children's Memorial Hospitals. You can find application materials, requirements, and frequently asked questions on the Visiting Student website. For questions and application inquiries: visitingstudents@northwestern.edu |
 | John Butter
Associate Professor, MED-General Internal
j-butter@northwestern.edu Dr. Butter is in charge of special projects in the Clinical Education Center and co-directs the M2 Clinical Skills course. His work focuses on helping Northwestern students develop outstanding communication, physical examination and diagnostic skills so that they will be superb clinicians. He is a general internist at NMFF and works with students and residents in his outpatient clinic and on the inpatient medical service. He is also Associate Program Director in the Department of Medicine. |
| Larry Cochard, PhD
Anatomy Lab and Histology Lab Director
lcochard@northwestern.edu Dr. Cochard is director of the anatomy and histology laboratories and is a course co-director and a unit director in the Structure-Function (S-F) course consisting of the M1 basic science curriculum. He teaches anatomy, histology, and embryology throughout the S-F course. Dr. Cochard is a resource for any issues and questions related to anatomy, embryology, histology, M1/M2 course policy, logistics and curricular content in general. |
 | Linda Daniels
Coordinator for Student Support Services
l-daniels2@northwestern.edu Linda serves as the medical school liaison to student accounts, health services, health insurance, and the health information management service departments. She also identifies and provides housing resources; scholarship, fellowship, and research grant opportunities and oversees the student disability insurance group policy plan. In addition to these responsibilities, Linda assists the dean of student programs with preparing letters of support for students who participate in extra-academic programs and manages the CTA UPass program for medical students. |
 | Richard C Gilbert
Part Time Standardized Patient Trainer
rgilbert@northwestern.edu As a Standardized Patient Trainer, Rick works with the Director of Standardized Patient Programs to implement programs utilizing standardized patients in the Clinical Education Center. Standardized patients (SPs) are individuals, many of whom are actors trained to realistically and consistently simulate avariety of patient scenarios with certain health care problems. The SP trainer instructs and coaches the SPs to portray the patient scenario, how to give verbal and written feedback on students’ interpersonal skills and how to document accurately and reliably students’ clinical skills performance. |
 | Cynthia Gonzalez
Assistant Director of Financial Aid
cgonzalez@northwestern.edu Cynthia is available to discuss any issues regarding financial aid and student loan repayment. It is her goal to provide our students with the information necessary to make educated decisions concerning financial aid. Her primary focus is the students of FSM therefore she is located in the Office of Medical Education. You can contact Cynthia at cgonzalez@northwestern to schedule an appointment. |
| Marianne Green, MD
Associate Dean for Medical Education and Competency Achievement
Director of the Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME) Dr. Green works closely with students in regards to career advising and academic achievement. She is leading Feinberg's Competency Education Initiative. Dean Green is a practicing internist at NMFF and teaches both students and residents in her clinic and on the medicine wards. |
 | Allison Hammer
M1 and M2 Patient, Physician and Society (clinical portion), M3 Advanced Physical Diagnosis and M4 Teaching Selective Coordinator
a-hammer@northwestern.edu Allison supports Dr. Robert Kushner with the clinical skills curriculum for the M1 and M2 students. She also coordinates the M4 Teaching Selective requirement. |
 | Heather Heiman, MD
Assistant Professor
h-heiman@northwestern.edu Dr. Heiman is a medical co-director of the Clinical Education Center. She also directs the Remediation Task Force for the school of Medicine. She helps medical students learn history-taking and physical exam skills, develops clinical skills assessments, and mentors fourth-year medical students teaching in the CEC. She is a primary care physician and works with medical students and residents in her outpatient internal medicine clinic. |
 | Diane Hill
Administrative Assistant
d-hill4@northwestern.edu Diane provides administrative support to the Associate Dean for Student Programs and Career Development. She assists fourth year medical students and handles all data related to students’ residency application process (letters of recommendation, transcripts, MSPEs). In addition, she assists with presentations, planning and implementation of special programs (Graduation, Founders' Day, White Coat Ceremony, etc). |
 | Jennifer Howard
Honors Program in Medical Education (HPME) Coordinator
jmhoward@northwestern.edu Jennifer coordinates the admissions process for high school seniors applying to the program. She tracks students during the undergraduate phase of the program. She communicates with prospective applicants, their parents and counselors. She coordinates functions for the HPME students on the Evanston campus. |
 | Berna Jacobson
Office of Medical Education Senior Coordinator
b-jacobson2@northwestern.edu Berna oversees and supports the centralized curriculum including assisting the curriculum coordinators in supporting courses, the recruitment of new mentors, and acts as a resource for the societies. Additionally, she staffs several educational committees including the Curriculum Committee and Clerkship Directors meeting. She is available as a resource for the educational programs for both faculty and student questions. |
 | Marsha Kaye
Director of SP Programs
m-kaye@northwestern.edu As Director of SP Programs, Marsha oversees the administration of all clinical education, assessment and research activities utilizing Standardized Patients (SPs) in the Clinical Education Center. These activities help students learn and master clinical competencies in areas of communication, history taking, physical exam and clinical reasoning skills. These activities occur throughout all four years of medical school and support and advance the academic goals of NUFSOM. |
 | Jennifer Langland
Coordinator for Student Activities
j-langland@northwestern.edu Jennifer coordinates many of the special events at Feinberg including Orientation Week, Family Day, Founders' Day, the Match Day celebration and graduation. Jennifer is the primary contact for all student organizations and serves as the liaison between the Student Senate and the administration. In addition to these duties, Jennifer constructs a portion of the MSPE (Dean's Letter). |
 | William McGaghie, PhD
Jacob R. Suker, MD, Professor of Medical Education
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Director of Evaluation, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)
wcmc@northwestern.edu Dr. McGaghie's primary responsibilities include service as a mentor for junior faculty members’ medical education research projects; seeking external funding for clinical and educational research; teaching in the problem-based learning curriculum; service on Medical School and University committees and scholarship; expressed as writing, reviewing journal manuscripts and grant applications, consulting with medical schools and professional agencies, and service on professional and scientific boards. |
| Stephanie Miller
Special Projects Coordinator / Interim Registrar
s-miller8@northwestern.edu Stephanie works closely with Drs. Thomas and Green to identify, address and coordinate educational iniatives and projects. She supports educational committees and departmental programs. She has access to Dr. Thomas and Dr. Green's calendars and would be happy to arrange meetings. |
 | Genevieve Napier
Director, Office of Continuing Medical Education
g-napier@northwestern.edu Genevieve works closely with the faculty in developing educational design and delivery of content for the medical school's continuing medical education (CME) programs. She is the liaison to Dr. John X. Thomas, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and the CME Review Committee in accrediting programs for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. |
 | Erich Nelson
Anatomy Lab Coordinator
ehn@northwestern.edu Erich supports Dr. Larry Cochard with the M1 anatomy lab curriculum, assists with the Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Program and Prosthetics-Orthotics anatomy programs, along with summer anatomy residency courses and lab workshops. |
 | John Nygro
Standardized Patient Trainer
j-nygro@northwestern.edu As a Standardized Patient Trainer, John works with the Director of Standardized Patient Programs to implement programs utilizing standardized patients in the Clinical Education Center. Standardized patients (SPs) are individuals, many of whom are actors trained to realistically and consistently simulate avariety of patient scenarios with certain health care problems. The SP trainer instructs and coaches the SPs to portray the patient scenario, how to give verbal and written feedback on students’ interpersonal skills and how to document accurately and reliably students’ clinical skills performance. |
 | Katy Quinn
Project Specialist
kathryn-quinn@northwestern.edu Katy serves as a full service meeting planner for the medical school’s CME programs. She works closely with the school's faculty and Genevieve Napier in implementing CME program planning and managing program evaluation process. |
 | Mary Rachuy
Academic Records Asst 3
m-rachuy@northwestern.edu See Mary for inquiries regarding student transcript, copy of diploma, verification, state licensure forms, and National Boards applications. |
 | Sandy Sanguino
Associate Dean of Student Programs and Career Development
ssanguino@northwestern.edu Dr. Sanguino is responsible for medical student programs and activities, career counseling, and residency advising. She is a pediatrician at Children’s Memorial Hospital and works with medical students and residents in her clinic and in the hospital. |
 | Tara Scavelli
Project Specialist, Office of Continuing Medical Education
t-scavelli@northwestern.edu
Tara serves as a full service meeting planner for the medical school's CME programs. She works closely with the school's faculty and Genevieve Napier in implementing CME program planning and managing program evaluation process. |
 | Suzanne Schwartz
Administrative Director
seschwartz@northwestern.edu Suzanne oversees financial, administrative and human resource activity. This includes working with Medical Education Deans, Faculty and Staff regarding financial matters related to curricular development and implementation, general office operations and serving as a resource regarding a variety of issues and processes. |
 | Ana Sferruzza
Standardized Patient Trainer
a-sferruzza@northwestern.edu As a Standardized Patient Trainer, Ana works with the Director of Standardized Patient Programs to implement programs utilizing standardized patients in the Clinical Education Center. Standardized patients (SPs) are individuals, many of whom are actors trained to realistically and consistently simulate avariety of patient scenarios with certain health care problems. The SP trainerinstructs and coaches the SPs to portray the patient scenario, how to give verbal and written feedback on students’ interpersonal skills and how to document accurately and reliably students’ clinical skills performance. |
| Sue Anne Tae
M3 & M4 Interdisciplinary of Medicine (IDM), Patient, Physician and Society II (Physician and Society portion) and Research Programs Coordinator
s-tae@northwestern.edu Sue Anne supports Dr. Douglas Reifler with IDM and PPS IV. She supports Robert Kushner with Patient Physician and Society for M2 students. She also supports Dr. Richard Green with the Research Thesis Program and the Medical Student Summer Reserach Program. |
| John X. Thomas, Jr., PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
jxt@northwestern.edu Dr.Thomas oversees all aspects of the undergraduate medical education. A physiologist by training, he gives many of the cardiovascular and general physiology lectures in the CVRR unit of Structure-Function course. |
 | Toshi Uchida, MD
Director, Clinical Skills Education
tuchida@nmff.org Dr. Uchida is Director of Clinical Skills Education at Feinberg. She oversees the curriculum that teaches medical students the clinical skills required to become practicing physicians, including patient-physician communication, medical history taking, physical examination and clinical reasoning across the M1-M4 years. She is a practicing general internist and primary care physician and works with students and residents in both outpatient and inpatient settings. |
 | Erin Unterbrink
Scientific Basis of Medicine (SBM)and Medical Decision Making III Coordinator
e-unterbrink@northwestern.edu Erin supports Dr. Larry Cochard and Dr. Tom Corbridge in the M2 morning curriculum. She supports Drs. Eric Terman and Rob Golub in the MDM III course. |
 | Jessica Voth
Problem Based Learning (PBL) and Patient, Physician and Society I (physician and society portion) Coordinator
j-voth@northwestern.edu
Jessica supports Dr. Patricia Garcia with the PBL courses. She also supports Dr. Robert Kushner with the Physician and Society course for the M1 students. |
 | Lisa Wittig
Structure-Function (S-F), Introduction to Clinical Clerkships (ICC) and Medical Decision Making I and II Coordinator
wittig@northwestern.edu Lisa supports Drs. James Baker, Larry Cochard and Marian Dagosto with the M1 morning curriculum. She supports Dr. Amy Kontrick with the Introduction to Clinical Clerskips course (end of M2 year). Lisa supports Drs. Eric Terman and Rob Golub with the MDM courses. |
 | Amanda Zick
Curriculum Renewal Coordinator
a-zick@northwestern.edu Amanda Zick is the Curriculum Renewal Coordinator. She is responsible for managing, communicating and tracking curriculum renewal task force assignments regarding the development, implementation, and maintenance of the undergraduate medical school curriculum. She will work with all faculty, students, and staff to facilitate this renewal effort. |
