Undergraduate Medical Education Staff
The Undergraduate Medical Education office administers the undergraduate medical education program, coordinates the content and sequence of courses, and promotes innovative learning, teaching and evaluation of techniques.
The office maintains a file of all courses outlines, lecture schedules, handouts and other course materials and educational databases which are available for use by faculty and students.
Staff
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
Leann Lesperance, MD, PhD
LesperaL@upstate.edu
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
Sriram Narsipur, MD
narsipur@upstate.edu
Assistant Dean for Foundational Science
Thomas Poole, PhD
PooleT@upstate.edu
Assistant Dean for the Clinical Sciences
Matthew Mason, MD
MasonM@upstate.edu
Director for Innovation in Medical Education
Chief Resident for Medical Education
Phase 1 Co-Director
Rebecca Greenblatt, PhD
GreenblR@upstate.edu
Phase 1 Co-Director
Rachel Hopkins, MD
HopkinRa@upstate.edu
Director for Phase 2 Program
Director for Phase 1 Program
Theresa Stowell, MAT
315-464-8247
StowellT@upstate.edu
Program Managers
Steven Doles, PhD
Phase 1 Systems Courses
315-464-9682
DolesS@upstate.edu
Steve manages the systems based unit courses within the Phase 1 Program.
He also coordinates the Clinical Neuroscience (CNS) course.
Amber Gray
Phase 1 Clinical Skills
315-464-5191
GrayAm@upstate.edu
Amber manages the clinical skills courses within the Phase 1 program.
She coordinates the Foundations of Reasoning in Medicine (FRM) and Longitudinal Clinical Preceptorship (LCP) courses.
Christine Podolak, MS
PodolakC@upstate.edu
Christine manages the Phase 1 Health Systems Science (HSS) intensive courses and the Community Engaged Learning (CEL) program.
UME Coordinator
315-464-3826
TuttleDu@upstate.edu
Dustin coordinates course/clerkship and faculty evaluations, administration of clerkship examinations, the UME newsletter.
Phase 1 Testing Coordinator
Stephanie Langer-Liblick, MLIS
langerls@upstate.edu
Stephanie coordinates Phase 1 weekly quizzes and examinations and manages the TBL platform, InteDashboard. She also maintains the UME website.
Curriculum Coordinators
Lizel Stover, DACM
315-464-5192
StoverL@upstate.edu
Lizel coordinates MS2 Courses: HON, ENR, NSY2.
She also supports the Phase 1 Subcommittee and the Phase 1 Student Progress Committee.
Emma Callahan-Brittain, MPA
315-464-2641
callahae@upstate.edu
Emma coordinates MS1 Courses: FSC, MSK, CVS; MS2 Courses: FSK.
She also maintains the Phase 1 Academic Schedule.
Brianna Supensky
315-464-5159
supenskb@upstate.edu
Brianna coordinates MS1 Courses: CAPD and GSI; MS2 Courses: CVR2 and GSI2.
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