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 D. Blood, PhD, MPH, MBA
Director II, Curriculum Advancement & Research
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.