Curriculum Committee

The Curriculum Committee is comprised of faculty and staff from various AAMC and AACOM member institutions and other partner organizations who specialize in one or more of the following curriculum areas:

• Accreditation
• Data, reports, and visualization
• Evaluation, continuous quality improvement (CQI), and benchmarking
• Instruction and assessment
• Mapping and management
• Research

To advance our goals and enhance the field of medical education, our focus is on the following areas:

• Virtual Community Champions: A team of people who wish to engage in conversation, network building, and resource sharing through the AAMC online community.
• Curriculum Mapping and Management: Group that focuses on identifying the needs of the community and targeting projects to best meet the common mapping and management needs of schools.
• Curriculum Survey: This group of members provides guidance and feedback on the survey’s future content, format, use of data, desired reports, and scholarship potential.

Current Curriculum Committee Members

Jennifer G. Christner, MD
Dean, School of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
 
Lori DeShetler, PhD
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation
The University of Toledo
 
Carolyn Dufault, PhD
Assistant Dean for Educational Technology and Innovation
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
 
Jeanne Farnan, MD, MHPE
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
 
Samara Ginzburg, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Education
Associate Professor of Medicine and Science Education
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
 
Nancy Hueppchen, MD, MSc
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education
Associate Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
 
Paul Y. Ko, MD, MEd
Associate Dean, Curricular Development and Oversight
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
 
Katie R. Maietta, MPPM
Director, Office of Medical Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
 
Cinda J. Stone, MEd
Director, Pre-Clerkship and Curricular Management
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
 
Leslie Wimsatt, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Assessment, Quality & Development
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines University
 
Julie Youm, PhD
Associate Dean, Education Compliance and Quality
Director, Educational Technology
UCI School of Medicine

Maria Scardasis, MA, BS
Program Manager 
McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Tracy Pritchard, PhD
Director of Medical Education 
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Michelle Schickling, MA, BS
Program Coordinator, Sr 
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Stephanie Freed, MS
Phase 3 Program Manager (Clinical Education Specialist), Medical Student Education 
Indiana University School of Medicine

Aneida Skeens, MS
Medical Education Director 
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine

Kate Forkner, MA
Senior Education Specialist 
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

Shubha Dathatri, PhD, EdM, MA
Director of Curricular Evaluation and CQI 
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Noah Pollock, MS
Director of Curriculum Data Management 
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Sara Kosiba, PhD
Director, Curriculum Data 
Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine

Samar Hegazy, MD, MS, PhD
Teaching Assistant Professor 
Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Amanda Albright, MS
Instructional Design and Technology Manager 
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Nancy Hayes, PhD
Director of Clinical Foundations 
Florida State University College of Medicine

Max Anderson, PhD
Dir of Instructional Design and Learning Innovation, Office of Educational Affairs 
University of Illinois College of Medicine

Gauri Agarwal, MD, FACP
Associate Dean for Curriculum, Associate Professor of Medicine 
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Kelsey Martin, MD
Assistant Professor 
Yale School of Medicine

AAMC Staff

Angela Blood, PhD, MPH, MBA
Director, Curricular Resources

Kaitlyn Leaf, MAT
Program Specialist

Asmita Singh, MS
Senior Curriculum Data Specialist

John Nash
Director, Business Operations

If you have any questions, please contact curriculum@aamc.org.