Departmental Well-Being Advocates

Basic Science Departments Name & Title (click on each name for more information)

Biological Chemistry Ray Trievel, PhD (Associate Professor)

Biomedical Engineering David Nordsletten, DPhil (Associate Professor)

Cell and Developmental Biology Mara Duncan, PhD (Associate Chair, Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, & Community)

Tamara Havermahl (Research Area Specialist)

Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics Margit Burmeister, PhD (Professor) [Spotlight Profile]

Human Genetics JoAnn Sekiguchi, PhD (Associate Chair for Climate)

Learning Health Sciences Janice Firn, PhD, MSW, HEC-C (Clinical Assistant Professor)

Microbiology and Immunology Vincent B. Young, MD, PhD (Professor)

Molecular and Integrative Physiology Dan Michele, PhD (Professor, Chair, Interim Well-Being Advocate)

Pharmacology Yoichi Osawa, PhD (Associate Chair, Innovation & Wellness)

Clinical Departments Name & Title

Anesthesiology Lauryn Rochlen, MD, (Associate Chair for Faculty Affairs)

Cardiac Surgery Michael Deeb, MD (Professor)

Dermatology Kristin Bernstein, MHA  (Chief Department Administrator, Interim Well-Being Advocate)

Emergency Medicine Michele Carney, MD  (Associate Professor) [Spotlight profile]

Family Medicine Katy Gold, MD, MSW, MS (Associate Professor)

Internal Medicine Sarah Gualano, MD (Associate Chair, Equity, Inclusion and Well-Being)
Erin Price, MPH (Program Manager)

Internal Medicine: Hospital Medicine Anita Amin, MD (Assistant Professor) [Spotlight profile]
Ruby Marr, MD (Instructor)

Internal Medicine: GI/Hepatology            Megan Riehl, PsyD (Director of Wellbeing) 

Neurology Anita Shelgikar, MD, MHPE (Wellness & Workplace Improvement Director)

Neurosurgery Kevin Chen, MD  (Clinical Assistant Professor)

Todd Hollon, MD (Assistant Professor)

Obstetrics & Gynecology Helen Morgan, MD (Associate Chair for Faculty Development and Faculty Life)

Ophthalmology Amy Zhang, MD (Assistant Professor)

Orthopedic Surgery Alex Gornitzky, MD (Assistant Professor)

Otolaryngology Michael Brenner, MD, FACS (Associate Professor) [Spotlight profile]
Jayson Greenberg, MD (Assistant Professor) [Spotlight profile]

Pathology Maria Westerhoff, MD (Professor, Assistant Chair for Wellness & Culture)

Pediatrics Brigid Gregg, MD (Director of Wellness and Culture)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Reina Nakamura, DO (Clinical Assistant Professor)

Psychiatry Deirdre Conroy, PhD (Wellness Officer) [Spotlight profile]

Radiation Oncology Kelly Paradis, PhD (Associate Chair for Equity and Wellness)

Marc Kessler, PhD (Allen S. Lichter MD Professor of Radiation Oncology)

Radiology Kate Klein, MD (Associate Chair for Department Life & Culture)

Surgery Chris Sonnenday, MD (Associate Professor)

Gurjit Sandhu, PhD (Wellness Office Faculty Associate)

Julie Evans (Staff Member, Wellness Programming and Research Associate)

Urology Kris Chrouser, MD, MPH (Chair, Wellness Committee)

Veterans Health Administration Lindsey  Bloor, PhD (Clinical Assistant Professor) [Spotlight Profile]

Institutional Offices Name & Title

Office of Health Equity and Inclusion David Brown, MD (Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion)

Nathan Hanke (Professional Development & Inclusion Manager)

Human Resources                                                                               Denise Williams, PhD, SPHR, SHRM-SCP (Organizational Effectiveness Consultant)

Learner Well-Being Advocates

Department   Name & Title

Graduate Medical Education Sarah Mohiuddin, MD (Clinical Assistant Professor)

Medical Students Ally Grossman (MD Candidate)

Courtney Burns (MD Candidate)

Graduate Students TBD 

Post-doctoral Fellows TBD