Dell Medical School

2021 Clinical Learning Environment Awardees

Dell Med evaluation of clinical teachers by 6 or more medical students on 2 items:

  • Created a positive environment for learning
  • Served as an effective role model for empathy and compassion

69 of 653 clinical teachers evaluated in 2020-21 received ratings of 5 or 4.9 out of 5 on both items


Faculty (listed in alphabetical order)


  1. Ammar Ahmed, Internal Medicine
  2. Qaisar Alshebani, Internal Medicine
  3. Michael Breen, Women’s Health
  4. Kimberly Carter, Women’s Health
  5. Arthur Cheng, Pediatrics
  6. Zachary Chipman, Women’s Health
  7. Andrew Coyne, Surgery
  8. Christine Craig, Women’s Health
  9. Elizabeth Douglass, Internal Medicine
  10. Brannon Duncan, Surgery
  11. Erica Garcia-Pittman, Psychiatry
  12. Kobina Ghartey, Women’s Health
  13. Jennifer Hughes, Pediatrics
  14. Chandrini Jayasundera, Internal Medicine
  15. Clarissa Johnston, Internal Medicine
  16. Jeffrey Kahn, Surgery
  17. Brett Keeling, Diagnostic Medicine
  18. Julie Machen, Internal Medicine
  19. Ethan Meltzer, Neurology
  20. Sarah Mills, Internal Medicine
  21. George Miner, Pediatrics
  22. Deepa Mittal, Internal Medicine
  23. Christopher Moreland, Internal Medicine
  24. Alejandro Moreno, Medical Education
  25. Kirsten Nieto, Internal Medicine
  26. Nicholas Nunez, Surgery
  27. Nicholas Ortiz, Psychiatry
  28. Snehal Patel, Internal Medicine
  29. Read Pierce, Internal Medicine
  30. Jananie Ramesh, Internal Medicine
  31. Sherine Salib, Internal Medicine
  32. Eric Shute, Psychiatry
  33. Suneet Singh, Surgery
  34. Christopher Stearns, Internal Medicine
  35. Steve Steffensen, Neurology
  36. Nicholas Steinour, Surgery
  37. Steve Taylor, Internal Medicine
  38. Pedro Teixeira, Surgery
  39. Blair Walker, Psychiatry
  40. Jennifer Ward, Psychiatry
  41. Brooke Watanabe, Surgery
  42. Stuart Wolf, Surgery
  43. Jeff Wood, Diagnostic Medicine

Residents (listed in alphabetical order)

  1. Alexandra Abbate, Women’s Health
  2. Mustafa Abdul-Moheeth, Internal Medicine
  3. Javier Benitez, Surgery
  4. Michael Castellarin, Graduated
  5. Mariam Ceesay, Women’s Health
  6. Bertin Denova, Emergency Medicine
  7. Lauren Denson, Emergency Medicine
  8. Viraj Desai, Internal Medicine
  9. Emily Dewar, Pediatrics
  10. Gina Duong, Pediatrics
  11. Woody Green, Emergency Medicine
  12. Angela Guerra, Emergency Medicine
  13. Lauren Hilmes, Emergency Medicine
  14. James Hubley, Internal Medicine
  15. Alexander Mazal, Surgery
  16. Melissa Miller, Emergency Medicine
  17. Alexandra Moore, Psychiatry
  18. Brandon Parker, Internal Medicine
  19. Matt Perez, Surgery
  20. Suely Roman Lopez, Graduated
  21. Chase Romere, Orthopedic Surgery
  22. Simin Roward, Surgery
  23. Josh Shaffer, Women’s Health
  24. Kelsey Williamson, Women’s Health
  25. Ramy Zaza, Neurology
  26. Yuhang Zhou, Internal Medicine