Program, Division & Department Organization

Fellowship Program

Lauren Fontana, DO, TID Fellowship Program Director

fonta125@umn.edu

Phone: 612-626-9633

Amy Strohman, TID Program Coordinator

ID-Ed@umn.edu  

Teaching Faculty

Mahsa Abassi, DO

Archanna Bhaskaran, MBBS

Tyler Bold, MD PhD

Winston  Cavert, MD

Aditya Chandorkar, MBBS

Lauren Fontana, DO

Elizabeth Gulleen, MD

Sashi Nair, MBBS

Karam Obeid, MD

Jo-Anne Young, MD

M Health Fairview Clinic

Amy Kaiser, Service Line and Clinic Manager

amy.kaiser@fairview.org   

University of Minnesota Physicians Coding

Jacqueline (Jackie) Daigle, CPC, Senior Coding Manager

jdaigle@umphysicians.umn.edu 

Cell: 651-329-9037

Sponsoring and Participating Institutions

Sponsoring Institution: 

University of Minnesota [269501]

DIO Name: Susan M Culican, MD, PhD (culican@umn.edu)

Participating Institutions:

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview 

and

University of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center 

Brad Benson, MD, Chief Academic Officer

c/o Mira Jurich, MA (mira.jurich@fairview.org) 

IDIM Division

Susan Kline, MD MPH, Division Chair

kline003@umn.edu 

Office: 612-626-3662

Michelle Lopez, MS, CPC, Division Administrator

lopezm@umn.edu 

Office: 612-301-2142

Melissa Walton, Program and Project Specialist (all-knowing)

mwalton@umn.edu 

Office: 612-625-4652

Department of Medicine Education Office

James Nixon, MD MHPE, Vice Chair of Education

nixon007@umn.edu 

Office: 612-301-3285 

Emily Langerak, Education Manager

lange274@umn.edu  

Office: 612-626-6103

Elizabeth Gorka, Associate Education Manager (Fellowship Programs)

egoldsmi@umn.edu 

Office: 612-626-2451

Department of Medicine Administration

Elizabeth Seaquest, MD, Nesbitt Chair and Head

sequ001@umn.edu 

Office: 612-624-9176

Kathleen Dockter, Department Administrator

kathleen@umn.edu 

Office: 612-625-7401