Office of Medical Education (OME)
Our Mission:
The Office of Medical Education (OME) provides management and oversight of the MD curriculum, including courses, clerkships, medical student scholarship, assessment, programs, and evaluation.
OME team divisions:
- MD Curriculum
- Committee on Curriculum & Academic Policy (CCAP)
- Evaluation and Instructional Development
- Educators-4-CARE (E4C)
- Cardinal Free Clinics (CFC)
- SHIELD Program
- Medical Student Research & Scholarship
- OME Educational Partnerships and Faculty Affairs
Announcements and Updates:
AAMC Graduation Questionnaire (GQ) - The GQ has been approved by the American Institutes for Research Institutional Review Board and endorsed by student leaders of the AAMC Organization of Student Representatives, the American Medical Association Medical Student Section, the American Medical Student Association, and the American College of Physicians, Council of Student Members. If you have any questions regarding accessing the GQ, please contact the AAMC directly at GQ@aamc.org.
Who We Are (OME Contacts)
Faculty Leadership
Daniel Bernstein, MD
- Associate Dean for Curriculum and Scholarship
- (650)723-7913 danb@stanford.edu
- Responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing the undergraduate medical curriculum and student research and scholarship; Supports faculty development activities and ensures high quality teaching; Chairs the Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy (CCAP)
Rebecca Kate Miller-Kuhlmann, MD
- Assistant Dean, Pre-Clerkship Education
- (650) 723-6469 millerrk@stanford.edu
- Oversees the pre-clerkship curriculum
- Chairs the Pre-Clerkship Course Directors' committee
Tracy Rydel, MD
- Assistant Dean, Clerkship Education
- (650)723-9621 tarydel@stanford.edu
- Oversees the clerkship curriculum
- Chairs the Required Clerkship Directors' committee
Lars Osterberg, MD
- Co-Director, Teaching and Mentoring Academy
- (650)723-1536 larso@stanford.edu
Laurence Baker, PhD
- Director, Medical Student Research and Scholarship
- (650)723-4098 laurence.baker@stanford.edu
- Oversees the Scholarly Concentration and Medical Scholars programs
- Chairs the Scholarly Concentration Directors' committee
Preetha Basaviah, MD
- Assistant Dean for Academic Advising
- Co-Director, Educators 4 Care (E4C)
- (650)724-9621 pree@stanford.edu
John Kugler, MD
- Co-Director, Educators 4 Care (E4C)
- (650)723-4000 jkugler@stanford.edu
Administrative Oversight
Cynthia A. Irvine, M.Ed.
- Associate Dean, Office of Medical Education
- (650)723-1330 cirvine@stanford.edu
- Oversees staff, financial and operational management for the MD curriculum
- Oversees compliance with LCME standards for the educational program
Brian Herman, MPA
- Administrative Director, OME Educational Partnerships and Faculty Affairs
- (650)725-4677 bherman8@stanford.edu
- Oversees educational partnerships with clinical training sites
- Manages the Medical Education Appointments and Promotions (A&P) Committee
- Serves on the MD program CQI Leadership Team
Clinical Outreach and Education
Belinda Hernandez, MSW, Ed.D
- Director, Cardinal Free Clinics
- (650)723-6675 bhernan@stanford.edu
- Provides operations administration for the Cardinal Free Clinics
- Supports student learning related to clinic operations and management
Gabriela Perez-Frias
- Cardinal Free Clinics Program Manager
- (650) gperezfr@stanford.edu
- Provides administrative and operational support to faculty, staff, and students working and volunteering at the Cardinal Free Clinics
- Assists in the coordination of curriculum and programs related to the educational experiences of Stanford students volunteering with the CFC program
- Coordinates logistics for outreach activities, meetings, and events
Kelsea Jackson, PhD
- Program Manager, Clinical Clerkship in Community Health of the Underserved (MED 319E)
- (650) 725-3588 kelsea@stanford.edu
- Manages stakeholder and community development and engagement, instruction, and course content for syllabus and Canvas.
- Supports MD/MS Masters Program in Health Equity as team liaison and Office of Medical Education (OME) with additional programmic needs.
MD Curriculum
Bahij Austin
- Assistant Dean for Curricular Affairs
- (650)725-2973 bahij@stanford.edu
- Oversees policies and procedures related to the required curriculum; manages the Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy
- Administrative oversight of curriculum re-design and implementation
- Administrative Director for the Educators-4-CARE program
Sara Bishop
- Education Manager, Practice of Medicine (POM) Year 2
- (650)723-5119 smbishop@stanford.edu
- Manages the second year Practice of Medicine course (POM)
Madika Bryant, MA
- Administrative Director, Practice of Medicine (POM)
- Education Manager, POM Year 1
- (650)723-5410 mbryant6@stanford.edu
- Provides administrative oversight of the Practice of Medicine (POM) course
- Education manager for the first year POM course
Lisa Cedeño, MS
- Clinical Skills Development Manager
- lisarodas@stanford.edu
- Provides administrative oversight for the Early Clinical Engagement (ECE) Course, the Student Guidance Program (SGP) and the Educators-4-CARE (E4C) Program.
Mary Devega
- Associate Director of Clerkship Education
- (650)725-4677 mdevega@stanford.edu
- Provides administrative management of the clerkship curriculum, including existing and proposed clerkships and programs
- Manages the Required Clerkship Directors' Committee and serves as Chair for the Required Clerkship Coordinators' Committee
Donald Matsuda, MD
- Associate Director, Pre-Clerkship Education
- (650)723-1337 dmatsuda@stanford.edu
- Provides administrative management of the pre-clerkship curriculum
- Manages the Pre-Clerkship Course Directors committee
- Manages the centralized Teaching Assistant selection process
Samara Meir-Levi
- Assistant Manager Physician Scientist Training Program/Berg Scholars/Split Curriculum
- samaraml@stanford.edu
- Supports students in the Physician Scientist Training Program, Berg Scholars Program and the Split Curriculum.
Melanie O’Brien, PhD
- Science of Medicine (SOM) Course Manager
- (650)498-4860 melanie6@stanford.edu
- Manages SOM course content for Canvas and course syllabus
- Provides support for all SOM lectures, labs, and exams
- First point of contact for all issues related to SOM
Mohamed Sow, MD
- Assistant Director, Curriculum Management
- Analyst, Evaluation and Instructional Development
- (650)723-5925 msow@stanford.edu
- Provides administrative support across the curriculum, including curriculum working groups evaluations, instructional development and other educational initiatives
Ryan Downey, MS, PhD
- Education and Assessment Specialist, Practice of Medicine (POM)
- (650) radowney@stanford.edu
- Managing Practice of Medicine course performance evaluations
- Developing and advising Practice of Medicine course assessments and curriculum development
Medical Student Promotion
Jared Shields
- Associate Director for Medical Student Advancement
- (650)724-6837 jshields@stanford.edu
- Reviews the development and performance of each student on an ongoing basis in the areas of the fulfillment of academic, technical, and professional standards
- Serves as point of contact for the Committee on Performance, Professionalism and Promotion (CP3)
Medical Student Research and Scholarship
Natalie Marino, MA
- MedScholars Program Administrator, Medical Student Research and Scholarship
- (650)723-0355 nmarino1@stanford.edu
- Provides administrative support for the Stanford Medical Scholars programs
Celina Ng, M.Ed.
- Associate Director, Medical Student Research and Scholarship
- (650)723-7817 celinang@stanford.edu
- Manages the Scholarly Concentration Program and Stanford Medical Scholars programs
- Manages the Scholarly Concentration Directors' committee
Evaluation and Instructional Development
Kiranjit Brar, MS
- Director, Evaluation and Assessment
- kiranjit@stanford.edu
- Oversees research, evaluation, and assesssment for the MD curriculum, including innovations and new initiatives
- Manages staff and resources associated with implementing medical education research and evaluation plans
- Chairs the Clerkship Evaluation Committee (CEC)
Audra Gallant
- Associate Director of Evaluation
- audrag1@stanford.edu
- Oversees required MD Program curriculum evaluations, surveys, assessments, and analytics
- Manages evaluation management system (One45)
Dakari Finister
- Evaluation Research Analyst
- dakarif@stanford.edu
- Analyzes evaluation, assessment, and survey data for pre-clerkship and clerkship curriculum
- Supports the evaluation management system for the MD program curriculum