Faculty and Staff | Clinical Skills and Education Center

Tamara Shankel MD
Senior Associate Dean, Medical Student Education
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Medicine/Medical Education
Foundations of Clinical Medicine Co-Course Director

Dr. Dustin Smith

Dustin Smith MD, FACEP
Medical Director, Clinical Skills Education Center
Medical Director, Medical Simulation Center
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs I Department of Emergency Medicine
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Dr. Casey Graves
Casey Graves, MD, FACEP
Course Director: Clinical Skills Development (MS1/MS2), School of Medicine
Associate Clerkship Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Rebekah Bartos Specht MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor, Medicine/Medical Education

Kathy Herzberger MS, RN, BSN
Instructor, Medicine/Medical Education

M. Barley

Maureen Barley
Standardized Patient Manager

Marisa Dalida
Administrative Assistant

Stephanie Valdez
Administrative Secretary

Clinical Skills Education Specialists

Faculty physicians have dedicated paid teaching time in the CSEC. The faculty physicians are responsible for teaching small-group clinical skills labs, evaluating and remediating clinical skills, developing and implementing OSCEs, training and monitoring standardized patients, and developing and facilitating simulation-based labs.

Vi Dinh MD