Required Block/Course Directors & Coordinators

First-Second Year Block Directors and Coordinators

Preclinical block and coordinator contact information is available on each block/course syllabus.

 

Third Year Clerkship Directors and Coordinators

Main Campus

Department Director Coordinator RM/FL Department Chair
Internal Medicine (MED305) Anne Lesburg, MD
swikstrom [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (alesburg[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2187
Dana Brent
dbrent [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (dbrent[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2187
ACC 2-105 Karen A. Fagan, MD
kfagan [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (kfagan[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
Longitudinal Primary Care (MED302) Gavin Truong, MD
gtruong [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (gtruong[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2222
Keyana Askew
kaskew [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (kaskew[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-677-6277
ACC 2-105 Karen A. Fagan, MD
kfagan [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (kfagan[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
OB/GYN (OB&G303) Farnaz Farhi, MD
ffarhi [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (ffarhi[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2510
Nykiah Betts
nbetts [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (nbetts[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2510
ACC 6A-420 Nancy Gaba, MD
ngaba [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (ngaba[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
Pediatrics (PED303) Jeremy Kern, MD
cdewolfe [at] childrensnational [dot] org (jkern[at]childrensnational[dot]org)
202-476-6339
Olivia Winant
okwinant [at] childrensnational [dot] org (okwinant[at]childrensnational[dot]org) 
202-476-4357
Children's National
3.5W - 600
Nathan Kuppermann, MD, MPH
nkuppermann [at] childrensnational [dot] org (nkuppermann[at]childrensnational[dot]org)
Primary Care (MED301) Mia Marcus, MD
mmarcus [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (mmarcus[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2196
Keyana Askew
kaskew [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (kaskew[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-677-6277
ACC 2-105 Karen A. Fagan, MD
kfagan [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (kfagan[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
Psychiatry (PCHI302) Amir Afkhami, MD
csamenow [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (aafkhami[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2889
Jonathan Huntley
johuntley [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (johuntley[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2871
ACC 9-405 Jeffrey Akman, MD
jakman [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (jakman[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
Surgery (SURG303) Salim Lala, MD
salala [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (salala[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-3210
Angel Dixon adixon [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (adixon[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-3273
ACC 6B-412 Anton Sidawy,  MD
ansidawy [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (ansidawy[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)

Regional Medical Campus

Department Site Director Site Coordinator(s)
Internal Medicine (MED305-BA) Ravitej Khunkhun, MD
rkhunkhu [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (rkhunkhu[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
Amber M. Williams
amanuel2 [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (amanuel2[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
410-601-7637
Longitudinal Primary Care (MED302-BA) Randi Braman, DO 
rbraman [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (rbraman[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
Amber M. Williams
amanuel2 [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (amanuel2[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
410-601-7637
OB/GYN (OB&G303-BA) Melissa Foy, DO 
mfoy [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (mfoy[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
Amber M. Williams
amanuel2 [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (amanuel2[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
410-601-7637 
Pediatrics (PED303-BA) Chinwe Mahaley, MD 
cmahaley [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (cmahaley[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
Amber M. Williams
amanuel2 [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (amanuel2[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
410-601-7637 
Primary Care (MED301-BA) Randi Braman, DO 
rbraman [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (rbraman[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
Amber M. Williams
amanuel2 [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (amanuel2[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
410-601-7637 
Psychiatry (PCHI302-BA) Rishi Gautam, MD 
rgautam [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (rgautam[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
Shenel Nurse
snurse [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (snurse[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
410-601-7825
Surgery (SURG303-BA) Bonnylin Van Winkle, MD
bovanwin [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (bovanwin[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)
Brittani Gaskins
bgaskins [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (bgaskins[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)

Required Fourth Year Clerkship Directors and Coordinators

Department Director Coordinator RM/FL Department Chair
Anesthesiology

Main Campus Director: 
Geetha Shanmugam, MD
gshanmugam [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (gshanmugam[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-823-4240

RMC Site Director:
Jonah Abraham, MD
jabraham2 [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (jabraham2[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)

Main Campus Coordinator: Neyota M. Washington
nwashington [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (nwashington[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-715-4753

RMC Site Coordinator:
Shenel Nurse
snurse [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (snurse[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)

GWUH G105 Jeffrey Berger, MD
jberger [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (jberger[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
Emergency Medicine

Main Campus Director:
Amy Caggiula, MD
acaggiula [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (acaggiula[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2920

RMC Site Director:
Radley Short, MD
rshort [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (rshort[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)

Main Campus Coordinator:
Julia Plant
jplant [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (jplant[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-741-2996

RMC Site Coordinator:
Shenel Nurse
snurse [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (snurse[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)

2120 L St NW Suite 450 Robert F. Shesser, MD
rshesser [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (rshesser[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Sam Zhao, MD
szhao [at] childrensnational [dot] org (szhao[at]childrensnational[dot]org)
202-476-4177
Hilda Rojas
hrojas [at] childrensnational [dot] org (hrojas[at]childrensnational[dot]org)
202-476-4177
Children's National  
Neurology Main Campus Director:
Alexandra Eid, MD
aeid [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (aeid[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)

RMC Site Director:
E. Harlan Michelle, MD 
emichell [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (emichell[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org)

Main Campus Coordinator:
Nakesha Ballard
nballard [at] mfa [dot] gwu [dot] edu (nballard[at]mfa[dot]gwu[dot]edu)
202-677-6281

RMC Site Coordinator:
Shenel Nurse
snurse [at] lifebridgehealth [dot] org (snurse[at]lifebridgehealth[dot]org) 

MFA Mohamad Koubeissi, MD
mkoubeissi [at] gwu [dot] edu (mkoubeissi[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Transition to Residency Andrea Anderson, MD
aanderson3125 [at] gwu [dot] edu (aanderson3125[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Allison McAlister amcalister [at] gwu [dot] edu (amcalister[at]gwu[dot]edu)