Steering Committee - GEA

Chair

Carol Elam, EdD 
Associate Dean for Admissions and Institutional Advancement 
University of Kentucky College of Medicine 
Email: carol.elam@uky.edu  

Chair-Elect

Nagaraj Gabbur, MD
Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Email: ngabbur@northwell.edu  

Past Chair 

Joseph Jaeger, Ph.D. 
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Monmouth Medical Center
Email: Joseph.Jaeger@rwjbh.org                       

Northeast Region Chair 

Janine R. Shapiro, MD
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Medical Director for Continuing Medical Education
Professor of Anesthesiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Email: janine_shapiro@urmc.rochester.edu

Central Region Chair 

Elizabeth M. Baker, MD, MHPE
Senior Associate Dean of Education
Rush Medical College of Rush University
Medical Center
 Email: elizabeth_a_baker@rush.edu

Southern Region Chair 

John Luk, MD
Assistant Dean of Interprofessional Integration
University of Texas Austin Dell Medical School 
Email: john.luk@austin.utexas.edu 

Western Region Chair 

Paul Gordon, MD
Professor, Family and Community Medicine
University of Arizona – Tucson
Email: pgordon@email.arizona.edu

OSR Liaison to GEA 

TBD 

ORR Liaison to GEA 

TBD 

Medical Education Scholarship, Research and Evaluation (MESRE), Section Leader 

Beth Bierer, PhD
Director, Assessment, and Evaluation
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Email: biererb@ccf.org

Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) Section Interim Leader 

Lisa Coplit, MD
Associate Dean for Assessment and Faculty Development
Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
Email: lisa.coplit@quinnipiac.edu

Graduate Medical Education (GME) Section Leader 

Cecile Foshee, Ph.D. 
Director of Graduate Medical Education Curriculum
Cleveland Clinic
Email: foshee@ccf.org

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Section Leader 

Allison Rentfro, PhD
Director, Center for Continuing Medical Education
Yale School of Medicine
Email: allison.rentfro@yale.edu