April 17, 2026
This year, six faculty members across Harvard Medical School (HMS) have been selected for the 2026-2027 Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education. The Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education is a nationally recognized faculty development program – one of the first of its kind – in its 29th year that provides intensive training and protected time for HMS faculty to advance careers in academic medicine as educational leaders. The Fellowship is named for Mitchell T. Rabkin, MD, CEO emeritus of Beth Israel Hospital. This year, we are excited to have a Kay Senior Fellow join our class.
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The fellowship is co-led by Celeste Royce, MD and Anita Vanka, MD. Dr. Royce is the Clerkship Director and Director of Undergraduate Medical Education for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Course Director for the BRIDGES course at Harvard Medical School. She is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Vanka, in addition to being Co-Director of the Rabkin Fellowship, is Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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The Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at BIDMC is thrilled to announce the 2026-2027 Rabkin Fellows in Medical Education:
Shana (Lexie) Berwick, MD, MS
Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Department of Medical Oncology
Maria Borrelli, DO
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MBBS, MPH (Kay Senior Fellow)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Zachary Schoepflin, MD, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Chi-Fong Wang, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yelu Zhang, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
Further information about the program may be found HERE
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PAST FELLOWS
1998-1999
Preetha Basaviah, MD
Amy Ship, MD
1999-2000
Anne Fabiny, MD
Susan Farrell, MD, EdM
Sara Fazio, MD
Susan Frankl, MD
2000-2001
Kimberly Lee, MD, MS, IBCLC
Richard Schwartzstein, MD
Christopher Smith, MD
William Taylor, MD
2001-2002
Thomas Caughey, MD
Beth Lown, MD
Radhika Ramanan, MD, MPH
Kitt Shaffer, MD, PhD
Anjala Vaishampayan Tess, MD
Julius Jong Yang, MD, PhD
2002-2003
Sheila Barnett, MD
David Calkins, MD, MPP
Leonor Fernandez, MD
Laurie Fishman, MD
Craig Gordon, MD
Patricia Greenstein, MD
Grace Huang, MD
B. Price Kerfoot, MD, EdM
2003-2004
Phillip Boiselle, MD
Thomas DiSalvo, MD, MPH, MBA
David Feinstein, MD
David Roberts, MD
Joyce Sackey, MD
George Topulos, MD
2004-2005
Lori Berkowtiz, MD
Jatin Dave, MD, MPH
Diane Fingold, MD
Daniel Jones, MD, MS, FACS
David Ting, MD
Jennifer Beach Cluett, MD
2005-2006
Sigall K. Bell, MD
Charles Day, MD, MBA
Michael Parker, MD
May Pian-Smith, MD
Sherry Scovell, MD
Tamara Vesel, MD
2006-2007
Susan Burgin, MD
Todd Eisenberg, MD
Laura Hu, MD
Patricia O'Sullivan, MD
Diane Sliwka, MD
Charles Vollmer, MD
2007-2008
Colleen Crumlish, MD
Richard Haspel, MD, PhD
Roger Russell, MD
Sugantha Sundar, MD, BS
Carrie Tibbles, MD
Amy Weinstein, MD, MPH
2008-2009
Angela Botts Catic, MD
Marc Cohen, MD
John Danziger, MD
Marc Dinkin, MD
Tina Lusignolo, MD
Ruth Ann Vleugels, MD
2009-2010
Dara Brodsky, MD
Sidhu Gangadharan, MD
Vicki Jackson, MD, MPH
John Mitchell, MD
Christiana Russ, MD
Wendy Stead, MD
2010-2011
Peter Clardy, MD
Lauren Fisher, DO
Katherine Johnston, MD, MA, MSc
T. David O'Halloran, MB, BCh, BAO
Diane Stafford, MD
Corrie Yablon, MD
2011-2012
Mary Buss, MD, MPH
Jonathan Crocker, MD
Carolyn Kloek, MD
Jeremy Richards, MD, MA
Anita Vanka, MD
Alok Gupta, MD
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2012-2013
Caryn Dutton, MD, MS
Elizabeth Farrell, MD
David Fessler, MD, MPH
Stewart Lecker, MD, PhD
Michele Walters, MD
Mark Wyers, MD
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2013-2014
Ariel Frey-Vogel, MD, MAT
Jakob McSparron, MD
Laura Rock, MD
Su-Jean Seo, MD, PhD
Edward Ullman, MD
Rebecca Vieira, MD, RDMS
2014-2015
Anthony Breu, MD
David Cohen, MD
Jonathan Hausmann, MD
Tara Kent, MD
Ole-Petter Hamnvik, MB, BCh, BAO
Eli Miloslavsky, MD
2015-2016
Asha Anandaiah, MD
Glenn Gaviola, MD
Mary Jane Houlihan, MD
Alan Malabanan, MD
Heather Vestal, MD
Ariel Winn, MD
2016-2017
Beth Harper, MD
Daniel Ricotta, MD
Joshua Solano, MD
Monica Mendiola, MD
Molly Hayes, MD
Mital Patel, MD
2017-2018
Leslie Bilello, MD
Jason Freed, MD
Cynthia Hayne, MD PhD
Kathryn Hibbert, MD
Elisabeth Riviello, MD
Elizabeth Pingree, MD
2018-2019
Matthew Abrams, MD
Amy Evenson, MD
Carolyn Marcus, MD
Siripanth Nippita, MD
Rebecca Saff, MD, PhD
Brett Young, MD
2019-2020
Virginia Brady, MD
Jason Matos, MD
Trudy Pang, MD, MMSc
Marcus Ruopp, MD
Martina Stippler, MD
Patricia Stoeck, MD
2020-2021
Huma Farid, MD
Ariane (CoCo) Fraiche, MD
Zahir Kanjee, MD, MPH
Kristina Liu, MD, MHS
Marcella Luercio, MD
Mihir Parikh, MD
2022-2023
Marta Herschkopf, MD
Ruslan Korets, MD
Shimontini Mitra, MD
Ryan Nelson, MD
Alison Trainor, MD
2023-2024
Katherine Brag, MD
Brooke Lubinski, MD
Vilas Patwardhan, MD
Aidan Sharkey, MD
Ged Wieschhoff, MD
2024-25
David Furfaro, MD
Aditya Mohanty, MD
Jill O’Hara, MD, MPH
Michelle Silver, MD
Melissa Spiel, DO
Shenam Ticku, BDS, MPH
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2025-26
Michael Ferrera, MD
Jacob Koshy, MD, MPH
Ingrid Liff, MD
Tommy Martin, MD
Sarah Ohnigian, MD
Partha Sinha, MD, PhD
Daniel Wong, MD, MHS
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Selected Seminar Topics
Historical Issues in Medical Education
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To discuss the history and major movements within American medical education over the past century
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To consider current challenges facing us today
Adult Learning Theory and its Application to Clinical Teaching
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To discuss the major assumptions underlying adult learning theories
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To reflect on how each of us learns best
Fundamentals of Medical Education Research I & II
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To provide an overview of education research principles and concepts
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To explore quantitative and qualitative research methods that may be used to evaluate outcomes in medical education
Best Clinical Teaching Practices
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To delineate best practices of clinical teaching
Curriculum Development in Medical Education
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To use a case-based discussion to review the six steps of curriculum development
Effective Questionnaire/Survey Design
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Introduction to the IRB process for Medical Education Research
Frameworks for Trainee Assessment
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To become familiar with and apply common frameworks used to assess trainees’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes
Providing Effective Feedback
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To distinguish between formative and summative assessment
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To identify sources of evaluative information
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To recognize elements of effective feedback