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

Tamara Shankel MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Medicine/Medical Education
Course director Cardiovascular/Pulmonary and Renal Blocks
Course director Clinical Skills Development I and Clinical Skills Development II
Thread director for the Pharmacology 

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

Vi Dinh MD
Professor, Emergency Medicine, Medicine

Matt Fong MD

Matt Fong MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Leanna Lee MD

Leanna Lee MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Maria Belen Lohr MD

Maria Belen Lohr MD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine

Axa Martell MD

Axa Martell MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine

martinez

Scarlet I. Martinez, MD, MS
Instructor, Medical Education

Derek McCalla, MD Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Derek McCalla, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Khiet Ngo DO

Khiet Ngo DO
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Joshua Wendt MD Assistant Professor, Family Medicine

Joshua Wendt, MD
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine