Meet Our Team
Faculty Directors
Adina Luba Kalet, MD, MPH
Director, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Institute for the Transformation of Medical Education Stephen and Shelagh Roell Endowed Chair
M. Chris Decker, MD
Director, Culture & Systems Pillar, Kern Institute
Cassie Ferguson, MD
Director, Student Pillar, Kern Institute
Jose Franco, MD
Director, Cross Pillar, Kern Institute
Alexandra Harrington, MD, MT (ASCP)
Director, Faculty Pillar, Kern Institute
Marty Muntz, MD
Director, Curriculum Pillar, Kern Institute
Institute Staff
Venus Coates, MBA
Department Administrator, Kern Institute
Cassidy Berns
Program Coordinator III, Student Pillar, Kern Institute
Vivian Dondlinger
Program Coordinator III, Faculty Pillar, Kern Institute
Hason Muhammad
Administrative Associate, Kern Institute
Julia Schmitt
Program Manager & Senior Communications Consultant, Kern Institute
Kaicey von Stockhausen
Program Coordinator III, Curriculum Pillar, Kern Institute
Joan Weiss
Program Coordinator III, Cross Pillar, Kern Institute
Faculty Contributors
Tavinder K. Ark, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ilya Avdeev, PhD
Adjunct Professor; Member, Culture & Systems Pillar, Kern Institute
Bruce H. Campbell, MD
Member, Faculty Pillar, Kern Institute
Erica Chou, MD
Member, Curriculum Pillar, Kern Institute
Christopher S. Davis, MD, MPH
Member, Faculty and Cross Pillars, Kern Institute
Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD
Member, Culture & Systems Pillar, Kern Institute
Elizabeth Ellinas, MD
Member, Faculty and Cross Pillars, Kern Institute
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA
Member, Curriculum Pillar, Kern Institute
Jeff D. Fritz, PhD
Member, Curriculum Pillar, Kern Institute
Mary Ann Gilligan, MD, MPH
Member, Faculty and Curriculum Pillars, Kern Institute
Kathryn Havens, MD
Member, Culture & Systems Pillar, Kern Institute
Fabrice Jotterand, PhD
Member, Cross Pillar, Kern Institute
Kristina Kaljo, PhD
Member, Faculty and Cross Pillars, Kern Institute
Mark W. Lodes, MD
Member, Culture & Systems Pillar, Kern Institute
Michael Lund, MD
Member, Student Pillar, Kern Institute
Jane Machi, MD
Member, Student Pillar, Kern Institute
Karen J. Marcdante, MD
Member, Faculty Pillar, Kern Institute
Jayshil Patel, MD
Member, Curriculum Pillar, Kern Institute
Wendy Peltier, MD
Member, Faculty Pillar, Kern Institute
Kurt Pfeifer, MD
Member, Student and Curriculum Pillars, Kern Institute
Sandra L. Pfister, PhD
Member, Faculty Pillar, Kern Institute
Alicia M. Pilarski, DO
Member, Culture & Systems Pillar, Kern Institute
Malika L. Siker, MD
Member, Student Pillar, Kern Institute
Ryan Spellecy, PhD
Member, Cross Pillar, Kern Institute
Chris Stawski, PhD
Member, Student and Culture & Systems Pillars, Kern Institute
