Member Engagement

Alliance Ambassador Program

Alliance Ambassador Program

Alliance Ambassadors serve as a friendly face and voice to help highlight AAIM membership, events, and activities at their institutions.

If you are energetic and have a combined passion for academic internal medicine and AAIM, then volunteer to be an Alliance Ambassador. With the help of AAIM staff and other members in their department, Ambassadors will:

  • dedicate about one hour each month to serve as a champion and cheerleader for AAIM within their institutions,
  • be provided with resources that will help to ensure updates are made to their institution’s membership roster and help welcome new members from their institutions,
  • be equipped with tools that will help them reach out to their colleagues, get them engaged, and keep them informed.

Ambassador Recognition

As an Alliance Ambassador, you will be highlighted on our website, and recognized at conferences and meetings with a special ribbon, and you will have access to a dedicated online community to share tips and best practices. Your department leader will also be made aware of your volunteer participation as an Ambassador, which helps keep useful resources at the fingertips of your department’s faculty and staff.

To volunteer to be an Alliance Ambassador, please complete the online registration form below. If you have questions about the Alliance Ambassador Program, please email AAIM Member Services at memberservices@im.org or call (703) 341-4540.

AAIM Alliance Ambassadors

Aftab Ahmad, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP, FACHE: Program Director, Orange Park Medical Center
Simon Alrihani, C-TAGME: GME Specialist, St. John Hospital and Medical Center
Shawnette Alston, MD: Associate Program Director, St. Mary's Hospital (Waterbury)
Alpesh N. Amin, MD, MBA, MACP, SFHM, FACC: Chair, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Mekia E Amos, MBA: Gastroenterology Administrator, Baylor College of Medicine
Judy Aquino: Residency Coordinator, St. Vincent's Medical Center
Coeurlida Ashby, MD: Faculty, Manatee Memorial Hospital
Talia D. Austin, MSM: Director of Member Services, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
Dinesh Bande, MD, FACP: Chair, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Raquel Belforti, MD: Faculty, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Victoria Bengualid, MD: Program Director, St. Barnabas Hospital
Deepa Bhatnagar, MD: Faculty, Tulane University School of Medicine
Darci Blanchard: Program Coordinator, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Marissa A. Blum, MD, MS: GIM Residency Program Director, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Stefanie R. Brown, MD, FACP, FAAP: Program Director, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Uyen-Thi T. Cao, MD: Clerkship Director, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
Lannie J. Cation, MD, FACP: Program Director, St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center
Abdullah Chahin, MD: Associate Program Director, Kent Hospital/Brown University
Shawn A. Chillag, MD: Chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Charleston Area Medical Center/West Virginia University (Charleston Division)
David A. Cohen, MD, FACE, ECNU: Faculty - Vice Chair, Education, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Jeffrey A. Colburn, MD: Core Faculty, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Dominique L. Cosco, MD: Associate Program Director, Emory University School of Medicine
Catherine Theresa Cuellar: Fellowship Coordinator, University of California, Davis School of Medicine
Nemer Dabage-Forzoli, MD: Program Director, HCA West Florida GME Consortium/Blake Medical Center
Bhavin Dalal, MD: Associate Professor of Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Frances Davis: Medical Education Program Coordinator, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Stephanie L. Davis: Program Coordinator, University of Maryland Prince George's Hospital Center
Carolyn M. Dawson: Department Manager, University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine
Safiya Deen: Internal Medicine Program Administrator, Cleveland Clinic (Florida)
Maria C. DeOliveira, M.Ed: Director, Education Administration, Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital
Catherine Derber, MD: Associate Professor & Associate Clerkship Director, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Tara Desko, MD: Senior Section Administrator, Tulane University School of Medicine
Ross Driscoll, MD: Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, MD, School of Medicine
Laurie Dubois, C-TAGME: Section Administrator for Medical Residency, Boston University School of Medicine
Binay Eapen, MD, FACP: Director of Medical Student Education, Mount Carmel Health System
Vamsi K. Emani, MD, FACP: Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Arletta K. Espinoza: Program Administrator, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Monica Fawthrop: Division Administrator, University of Washington School of Medicine
Renee J. Flores, MD: Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jennifer G. Foster, MD, MBA, FACP: Medicine Clerkship Director, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University / Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Claudia Fotzeu, MD: Faculty, Morehouse School of Medicine
Ethan D. Fried, MD, MACP: Residency Program Director; Associate Chair for Education, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital
Thomas O. Genese, MD, FACP: Program Director, United Health Services Hospitals
Hemant Goyal, MD: Assistant Program Director, Mercer University School of Medicine
Michelle Griffin, C-TAGME - Senior Residency Coordinator - Internal Med / Cardiology, Orlando Health
Rebecca A. Griffith, MD: Medical Student Clerkship Director, Atlantic Health (Morristown)
Heather Grove: Residency Administrator, East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine
Judi Hansjon: Fellowship Program Coordinator, Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Emily Haury, MD, MHPE, FAAP, FACP: DORO Clerkship Director, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Jennifer Headrick, MD, ABIM: Associate Program Director, Ambulatory Medicine, WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
Ross W. Hilliard, MD, FACP: Associate Program Director, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Inez R. Hudlow: Program Coordinator, Florida State University College of Medicine (Tallahassee)
Tristan J. Huie, MD: Interim Fellowship Program Director; Director of Medical Education, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Abby Hyde: Senior Residency Coordinator, University of Kansas School of Medicine
Raj Jagarlamudi, MD: Program Director, St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Harish Jasti, MD: Associate Professor of Medicine and Co-Director for Ambulatory Care-Geriatrics Clerkship, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Viju John, MD: Director of the Core Clerkship and Clerkship Director, Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
Linda R. Johnston: Fellowship Coordinator, Baylor College of Medicine
Rachel W. Jones: Program Coordinator, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia
Alan T. Kaell, MD: Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine/Mather Hospital
Olga Karasik, MD: Associate Program Director, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Robin Karst: Medical Fellowship Program Coordinator, Medical College of Wisconsin
Jennifer R. Kogan, MD: Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Amalia M. Landa-Galindez, MD, FACP: Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Susan Lane, MD, FACP: Program Director and Vice Chair for Education, Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Daniel Larbi, MD: Program Director, Howard University College of Medicine
Lia S. Logio, MD: June F. Klinghoffer Distinguished Professor and Chair of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine
Angel Lopez-Candales, MD: Professor, Cardiovascular Diseases Program Directot & Division Director, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Maureen D. Lyons, MD: Ambulatory Medicine Clerkship Co-Director, Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Regina Makdissi, MD: Associate Program Director, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
Lorna Matos: Program Administrator, University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville
Kelly McGarry, MD: Associate Program Director, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Gwendolyn McMichael: Administrator, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
Allen Mead: Director, Medicine Health Care Service, Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine at University of Vermont
Bethany Millar, C-TAGME: Primary Care Coordinator, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Kristi Moore, MD: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center
Kevin Morse: Website and Social Media Manager, Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
Ronda Mourad, MD: Associate Clerkship Director, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Toby Murzone: Division Administrator, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Southwestern Medical School
Vinod E. Nambudiri, MD, MBA: Associate Program Director, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center
Santhosshi Narayanan, MD, FACP: Associate Program Director, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Robert J. Nardino, MD: Program Director, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Jillian Marie Nolte: Program Coordinator, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Sandra Patricia Ordonez, C-TAGME: Program Manager, Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital
Suchita Pancholi, MD: Clinical Assistant Professor - Assistant Program, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Robert I. Pargament, MD: Program Director, York Hospital
Mark E. Pasanen, MD: Program Director, Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine at University of Vermont
Neil Allen Pasco, MD: Family Health Center at NYU Langone, Laurae Pearson
Director of Administration: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Chris Pintado, MPH: Division Administrator, University of Florida College of Medicine
Alina Stanca Popa, MD, FHM: Associate Program Director, Riverside Community Hospital/University of California Riverside School of Medicine
Sheila Printup: Program Coordinator, WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
Ali R. Rahimi, MD, MPH, FACC: Professor of Medicine, Sunrise Health GME Consortium
Ambili Ramachandran, MD: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
Rachel Ramirez, MD: Associate Program Director, Abington Memorial Hospital
Supratik Rayamajhi, MD, FACP: APDIM Program Director, CDIM Physician, MED623 Clerkship Director, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Ateeq U. Rehman, MD, FACP: Internal Medicine Program Director, Marshfield Clinic
Jeanette Richardson: Lead Residency Coordinator and Program Administrator, HackensackUMC Mountainside
Jennifer Rios: Program Coordinator, Piedmont Athens Regional
Mohammed Samee, MD, RN, FACP: Program Director, Advocate Health Care (Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center)
Tiffany Schwasinger-Schmidt, MD, PhD: Clerkship Co-Director, University of Kansas (Wichita), University of Louisville School of Medicine
Nancy G. Shepherd, MS Ed: Administrator of Educational Affairs, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Christine Shinakov: Division Administrator, University of Washington School of Medicine
Katie Sidler: Residency Program Coordinator, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Jagdeep Singh, MD: Associate Program Director, University of Maryland Prince George's Hospital Center
Alycia S. Smith: Administrative Coordinator, Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Elisa M. Sottile, MD: Associate Program Director, University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville
Kelly Spielmann, MS, C-TAGME: Administrative Manager, Residency/Fellowship Program, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell
Tracy M. Stasinopoulos: Residency Program Coordinator, Medical College of Wisconsin
Starr Steinhilber, MD: Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Lisa M. Stewart: Program Manager, University of Alabama Hospital
Danelle Sullivan: Medical Student and Residency Program Coordinator, Hennepin County Medical Center
Nicole A. Swallow, MD, FACP: Program Director, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Joseph F. Szot, MD: IM Residency Program Director, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Winston Tan, MD: Consultant, Mayo College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville)
Kimberly Tartaglia, MD: Assistant Professor - Clinical, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Marilyn Temkin, MD: Core Faculty, Stony Brook Medicine/Mather Hospital
Taisiya Tumarinson, DO, MBA: Faculty, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Queens Hospital Center)
Martha Veazey: Fellowship Program Coordinator, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Benjamin S. Vipler, MD: Internal Medicine Staff Physician, Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth)
Katherine Walsh, MD: Clinical Assistant Professor, Ohio State University College of Medicine
Richard M. Wardrop, III, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACP: Med-Peds Program Director, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Suzanne Watts: Residency Coordinator, Baylor University Medical Center
Winter Williams, MD: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Laura Chady Workman, MD: Medicine-Pediatrics Program Director, University of Louisville School of Medicine
Jonathan Wynbrandt, MD: IM Program Director, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Shari K. Wynn, MBA: Administrative Business Manager, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Laura J. Zakowski, MD: Clerkship Director, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Dominick Zampino, DO, DO: Program Director, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Lorena Zepeda-Wade: Interim Administrator, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Medicine
Daniella Zipkin, MD: Associate Program Director, Duke University School of Medicine

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