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Foundational Curriculum Committees

This list is provided to support communication regarding the School of Medicine Curriculum. Table is updated periodically. Updated 4/15/2021

Please send any updates to Maria Paz Torres at Maria.TorresGutierrez@umasmed.edu

Courses Listed by Curriculum Year

Curriculum Year	Course	Course Abreviation	First Name	Last Name	Role
FOM1	Building Working Cells & Tissues	BWCT	Mary	O'Brien	Co-Leader
			Roger	Craig	Block/Section Leader
			William	Royer	Co-Leader
			Keiko	Dion	Course Administrator
	Cancer Concepts	CC	Ediz	Cosar	Interim Co-Leader
			Janaki	Moni	Co-Leader
			Maryann	Bishop-Jodoin	Course Administrator
	Determinants of Health 1	DOH1	Karen	Rayla	Course Administrator
			Suzanne	Cashman	Co-Leader
			Mara	Epstein	Block/Section Leader
			Susan	Hogan	Co-Leader
	Development Structure & Function	DSF	Christopher	Cerniglia	Co-Leader
			Michael	Sweeney	Course Administrator
			Manas	Das	Co-Leader
			Lela	Giannaris	Co-Leader
	Doctoring & Clinical Skills 1	DCS1	David	Hatem	Co-Leader
			Susan	Hogan	Block/Section Leader
			Peggy	Wu	Block/Section Leader
			Carly	Eressy	Course Administrator
	Foundations of Health & Disease	FHD	Christopher	Marshall	Co-Leader
			Jennifer	Clark	Interim Co-Leader
			Deborah	Elliott	Course Administrator
	Host Defense & Blood	HDB	Deborah	Elliott	Course Administrator
			Samuel	Behar	Co-Leader
			Zeina	Al-Mansour	Co-Leader
			Nahida	Islam	Interim Course Director
	Infections	INF	Christopher	Sassetti	Co-Leader
			Sonia	Nunes	Course Administrator
			Read	Pukkila-Worley	Co-Leader
			Timothy	Kowalik	Block/Section Leader
	Integrated Case Exercises 1	ICE1	Jennifer	Carey	Co-Leader
			Maxine	Schmeidler	Course Administrator
			Michael	Fahey	Co-Leader
	Principles of Human Genetics	POHG	Deborah	Elliott	Course Administrator
			Lisa	Hall	Co-Leader
			Neena	Gupta	Course Director
	Principles of Pharmacology	POP	Mark	Dershwitz	Co-Leader
	Principles of Pharmacology	POP	Jill	Zitzewitz	Co-Leader
	Transition to Medical School	TRANS MS	David	Hatem	Co-Leader
	Transition to Medical School	TRANS MS	Michele	DeSeve	Course Administrator
FOM2	Determinants of Health 2	DOH2	Jennifer	Masoud	Course Administrator
	Determinants of Health 2	DOH2	Suzanne	Cashman	Co-Leader
	Doctoring & Clinical Skills 2	DCS2	Christine	MacGinnis	Block/Section Leader
			David	Hatem	Co-Leader
			Peggy	Wu	Block/Section Leader
			Carly	Eressy	Course Administrator
	Integrated Case Exercises 2	ICE2	Jennifer	Carey	Co-Leader
			Maxine	Schmeidler	Course Administrator
			Michael	Fahey	Co-Leader
	Organ System Diseases	OSD	Ali	Akalin	Block Leader
			Christopher	Coyne	Block Leader
			David	Clive	Course Director
			Dina	Kandil	Course Co-Leader
			Howard	Sachs	Review Series Leader
			Jennifer	Yates	Block Leader
			Mark	Wilson	Block Leader
			Matthew	McGuiness	Block Leader
			Patrick	O'Donnell	Block Leader
			Susan	Zweizig	Block Leader
			Thomas	Smith	Course Co-Leader
			Vijay	Vanguri	Block Leader
			Wahid	Wassef	Block Leader
			William	Selove	Block Leader
			Leah	Belazarian	Block Leader
			Deborah	Elliott	Course Administrator
			Gerlando	LoTempio	Course Administrator
			George	Tjionas	Block Leader
			Jonathan	Cheah	Block Leader
			Jason	Kurland	Block Leader
			Maged	Soliman	Block Leader
	Patients	PATS	Howard	Sachs	Leader
	Patients	PATS	Michele	Santucci	Course Administrator
	Principles of Pharmacology	POP	Sonia	Nunes	Course Administrator
			Mark	Dershwitz	Co-Leader
			Jill	Zitzewitz	Co-Leader
	The Brain: Nervous System and Behavior	BRAIN	Deborah	Elliott	Course Administrator
			Mai-Lan	Rogoff	Co-Leader
			Michael	Sweeney	Course Administrator
			Susan	Billings-Gagliardi	Co-Leader
			Thomas	Smith	Co-Leader
			Kate	Daniello	Co-Leader
	Transition to Core Clinical Experience	TRANS CCE	Nasim	Gorji	Co-Leader
			David	Hatem	Co-Leader
			Karen	Morrissey	Course Administrator

Core Clinical Experience and Advanced Studies

Curriculum Year	Course	Course Abreviation	First Name	Last Name	Role
CCE	Clerkship in Family Medicine	FM CL	Karen	Rayla	Administrator
			Mary	Lindholm	Director
			Diane	McKee	Chair
	Clerkship in Internal Medicine	IM CL	Mary	Hawthorne	Director
			Robert	Finberg	Chair
			Nancy	Slahan	Assistant Director
			Rebecca	Sulyma	Administrator
	Clerkship in Neurology	NEURO CL	Marcey	Osgood	Director
			Lois	Holmes	Administrator
			Robert	Brown	Chair
	Clerkship in Ob/Gyn	OBG CL	Anne	Garrison	Director
			Julia	Johnson	Chair
			Madeline	Johns (Nunez)	Administrator
	Clerkship in Pediatrics	PEDI CL	Elizabeth	Wiener	Co-Director
			Erin	McMaster	Director
			Maxine	Schmeidler	Administrator
			Lawrence	Rhein	Chair
	Clerkship in Psychiatry	PSY CL	Anya	Bernstein	Co-Director
			Cindy	Snell	Administrator
			Yael	Dvir	Director
			Kimberly	Yonkers	Chair
	Clerkship in Surgery	SURG CL	Demetrius	Litwin	Chair
			James	Carroll	Director
			James	Lindberg	Associate Director
			Marilyn	Lavergne	Administrator
	Flexible Clinical Experiences	FCE	Colleen	Burnham	Program Manager
			Samir	Malkani	Leader
			Kevin	Hinchey	Baystate Course Liaison
			Justin	Ayala	Course Administrator -Baystate
			Jenna	Gerrish	Course Administrator
	Interstitial Course	ISC	Andrea	Poisson-Irani	Co-Leader
			Pawel	Chojnowski	Administrator
			Ricardo	Poza	Co-Leader
	Care of Adults (Medicine & Neurology)	COA	Sanjay	Ram	Basic Science Section Leader
	Care of Families (Pediatrics, Family Medicine & Psychiatry)	COF	Carolina	Ionete	Basic Science Section Leader
	Transition to Adavance Studies	TRANS AS	David	Hatem	Co-Leader
			Nasim	Gorji	Co-Leader
			Sonia	Nunes	Course Admistrator
AS	Advanced Biomedical & Translational Sciences	ABTS	Eric	Mick	Leader
	Advanced Biomedical & Translational Sciences	ABTS	Jessica	Kilham	Co-Leader
	Emergency Clinical Problem Solver	ECPS	Jennifer	Carey	Leader
	Emergency Clinical Problem Solver	ECPS	Jean	Baril	Administrator
	Acting Internship in Acute Care Surgery	ASURG SUBI	Demetrius	Litwin	Chair
			James	Carroll	Director
			Marilyn	Lavergne	Administrator
	Acting Internship in Family Medicine & Community Health	FM SUBI	Felix	Chang	Director - Health Alliance
			Karen	Rayla	Administrator Memorial
			Diane	McKee	Chair
			Neha	Wacks	Director
	Acting Internship In Internal Medicine	IM SUBI	Majid	Yazdani	Director
			Robert	Finberg	Chair
			Rebecca	Sulyma	Administrator
	Acting Internship in Pediatrics	PEDI SUBI	Maxine	Schmeidler	Administrator
			Tim	Gibson	Director
			Lawrence	Rhein	Chair
	Electives		Karen	Morrissey	Administrator
	Electives		Susan	Hogan	Program Director
	Transition to Internship	TRANS IS	David	Hatem	Co-Leader
	Transition to Internship	TRANS IS	Gerlando	LoTempio	Course Admistrator
All	Capstone Scholarship & Discovery	CSD	Carolina	Ionete	Co-Leader
			Christina	Hermos Gerrish	Co-Leader
			Colleen	Burnham	Program Manager
			Rachel	Gerstein	Co-Leader
			Sarah	McAdoo	PURCH Co-Leader
			Joseph	Sabato	Co-Leader
			Lawrence	Rhein	Co-Leader
			Jill	Zitzewitz	Co-Leader
	Clinical Translational Research Pathway	CTRP	Anne	Michelson	Administrator
			Catarina	Kiefe	Co-Leader
			Silvia	Corvera	Co-Leader
	Global Health Pathway	GHP	Anindita	Deb	Leader
	Global Health Pathway	GHP	Pawel	Chojnowski	Administrative Assistant
	Learning Communities	LC	David	Hatem	Co-Leader
			Michael	Ennis	Co-Leader
			Sonia	Nunes	Administrator
	Rural Health Scholars	RHS	Heather-Lyn	Haley	Co-Leader
	Rural Health Scholars	RHS	Suzanne	Cashman	Co-Leader