Professional Development

Obesity Medicine Board Certification - pending 2022

I have completed requirements to sit for the Obesity Medicine boards in November 2022. I am hard at work preparing and learning as much as possible so that I can help patients navigate this medically and socially complex diagnosis, and ultimately reduce and prevent worsening of chronic illness. I view obesity medicine as a natural extension from my work in primary care, preventative health, and chronic disease management. I am very excited to embark on this clinical path as another chapter in my medical career unfolds.

Leadership VA 2021

I completed VA's premier national leadership development program, Leadership VA (LVA), in September 2021. LVA selects applicants to solve the toughest problems enterprise wide. The program spans 6 months and involves 4 week-long training sessions, completion of an executive-sponsored longitudinal project with a designated project team, and reading and writing assignments. Through this program we are exposed to the enterprise initiatives, discuss and develop leadership skills, apply human centered design principles, discuss change management skills and meet with executive leaders from VA Central Office, VA Office of Enterprise Integration, National Cemetery Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, and Veterans Health Administration. My project team used human centered design to assess the value of expanding eligibility to a VA education benefit, the Personalized Career Planning and Guidance Program.

University of Washington Chief Resident

I served as the Chief Resident at the University of Washington based at the General Internal Medicine Clinic at Roosevelt in Seattle, Washington, during the 2016-2017 academic year. This role allowed me the pleasure of working on enhancing my teaching skills through both didactic and clinical responsibilities. I also gained new administrative and leadership skills the liaison between the residents and the clinic in which they practice as primary care providers. My personal goal for the year was to work to enhance the learning environment at our clinic to make it the best resident teaching clinic. To this end I spent countless hours working to create more cohesion among our clinical teams and resident-mentor groups. I also set the ground work for several quality improvement projects through which I hope will continue to engage resident providers in their outpatient primary care clinic. I believe participation in these projects is important for creating a sense of pride and ownership of our clinic and our patient care.

Clinician Educator Pathway

As a resident at the University of Washington, I applied and was selected to be in the Clinician Educator Pathway. Through this pathway, I participated in various teaching activities including College Mornings with first and second year medical students and precepting forth year medical students in the Student Evening Clinic.

In addition, I participated in a month long pathway block through which I learned teaching philosophy, teaching methodology, how to develop a teaching session and curriculum, and medical education scholarship. Many of our sessions focused on practicing teaching skills with other pathway residents and getting feedback on our performance. Practice sessions included prepping and priming learners in an outpatient setting, giving learner feedback, presenting a chalk talk, bedside teaching of heart murmurs using a Harvey mannequin, and supervising central line placement in the simulation lab.

Quality Improvement

I have a Certificate in Quality and Safety from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School.

Student-Run Free Clinic Teaching Elective

As fourth year medical student at Case Western Reserve University I was a senior clinician for first and second year medical and nursing students at the Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland. I participated in a one month clinical teaching workshop series through which I attended sessions focused on learning clinical teaching techniques and was paired with a more junior learner for multiple free clinic sessions to implement these strategies.