The Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) pathway is a two-year program designed for trainees to further develop clinical skills in informatics and health information technologies with the guidance of the Wake Forest School of Medicine Informatics and Analytics mentorship team, and support from Advocate Health’s research infrastructure.

Pathway Curriculum

These skills can open up opportunities for:

  • Research
  • Improving healthcare quality and safety
  • Making Electronic Health Record workflows more efficient

Through a competitive application process, trainees are selected for the pathway.

Chloe Caudell, MD and Heather Clark, MD, PhD presenting CSI-related work at the Lung Health Annual Symposium, June 8, 2026.

 Chloe Caudell, MD and Heather Clark, MD, PhD presenting CSI-related work at the Lung Health Annual Symposium, June 8, 2026.

Ajay Dharod, MD; Christian Pulliam, DO; Tyler George, MD; and Bradley Rowland, MD at the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Internal Medicine Research Symposium, May 13, 2026.

 Ajay Dharod, MD; Christian Pulliam, DO; Tyler George, MD; and Bradley Rowland, MD at the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Internal Medicine Research Symposium, May 13, 2026.
 
 

In their training, Clinical Scholars in Informatics residents will:

  • Obtain EPIC Physician Builder certification with privileges to modify the Electronic Health Record in collaboration with Information Technology Services (ITS). This includes travel to EPIC headquarters as well as building a marketable skillset that can be valuable for future fellowship and faculty positions
  • Receive commendation and a certificate of completion during the yearly Internal Medicine Awards Day
  • Have an opportunity to shape a future career in informatics
  • Receive a stipend to be used for data extraction, statistical analysis, travel for presentations/conferences or informatics-related educational materials. This stipend is in addition to trainee travel funding
  • Participate in informatics journal club

Clinical Scholars in Informatics residents are expected to:

  • Design and implement an informatics-related project (can be in general medicine or a subspecialty area) by the end of their second year
  • Evaluate the impact of the project within the health system and submit abstract for presentation at national or local level conferences and research symposia
  • Draft and submit a completed manuscript of the project and evaluation of impact in a relevant journal
An infographic that displays information about the CSI Scholars in Information Curriculum. 

The Clinical Scholars in Informatics pathway now includes residents from Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Atrium Health Charlotte, and Advocate Health Midwest, creating a cross-regional learning collaborative focused on clinical informatics, quality improvement, analytics, and digital innovation.

2025 - 2028 Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) Residents

2024-2027 Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) Residents - (left to right): John Hunting, MD, Bradley Rowland, MD, Danny Stamos, MD, John Paul Carlson, MD, Robert Alavi, MD, Chloe Caudell, MD, Christian Pulliam, DO, Tyler George, MD, James Miller, MD, Ajay Dharod, MD 

(left to right): John Hunting, MD, Bradley Rowland, MD, Danny Stamos, MD, John Paul Carlson, MD, Robert Alavi, MD, Chloe Caudell, MD, Christian Pulliam, DO, Tyler George, MD, James Miller, MD, Ajay Dharod, MD

CSI Core Mentorship Team

All trainees receive support from the CSI program leadership and Informatics team including:

  • Ajay Dharod, MD, FACP (Clinical Informatics)
  • Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospital Medicine)
  • Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistics)
  • Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistics)

Additional project-specific faculty mentors are listed below.

Chloe Caudell, MD
Mentor Team:  Heather Clark, MD, PhD (Pulmonology);
Project Title: "Improving the screening, diagnosis, and management of Pulmonary Hypertension in patients with COPD or ILD"

John Paul Carlson, MD
Mentor Team: Matthew Painter, MD (Acute Care Surgery);
Project Title: "Evaluating the Utility of the PIC Score in Rib Fracture Management: A Single-Center Quality Improvement Study"

Tyler George, MD & Christian Pulliam, DO
Mentor Team: Dustin Norton, MD (Pulmonology);
Project Title: "Implementation of a decision support tool to improve guideline-based inhaler use among patients presenting to the emergency department with Asthma or COPD exacerbation"

Rachel Moffett, MD
Mentor Team: Andrew DeLamos, MD (Hepatology);
Project Title: “A Retrospective Analysis Comparing FIB-4 and SAFE Scores as Screening Modalities for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease"

Robert Alavi, MD
Mentor Team: Roy Strowd, MD, MEd, MS (Neurology); Sudhir Vishwas Datar, MD (Neurology);
Project Title: "Evaluating and improving the prehabilitation workflow process prior to radiation therapy"

Sebastian Hernandez, MD
Mentor Team: Prashant Bhave, MD (Cardiology)
Project Title: “Deprescribing Aspirin in Patients Receiving Systemic Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation” 

George Skenteris, MD
Mentor Team: Ravi S. Shah, MD (Gastroenterology)
Project Title: “An Informatics-Based Clinical Decision Support System to Optimize Management of Postoperative Crohn's Disease”

Jessica Sefen, MB, BC,h BAO (MD)
Mentor Team: Michael Baltasi, PhD (Research Analytics and Systems Computing)
Project Title: “Data-Informed Implementation of Ambient Scribe Training in Family Medicine Residency”

Omkar Tamhankar, MD, MS
Mentor Team: John Manning, MD (Emergency Medicine), Christyn Magill , MD (Emergency Medicine), Michael Gibbs, MD, (Emergency Medicine)
Project Title: “Does a Novel Pre-Intubation Assessment, Performed by Residents in the Emergency Department, Reliably Predict Technical Challenges Identified on Video Review by Emergency Medicine Faculty?” 

Christopher Jue, DO
Mentor Team: Jessica McCutcheon, MD (Hospitalist)
Project Title: “Beyond the Cure: Improving Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance Following Hepatitis C Treatment” 

 

CSI-Related, Peer-Reviewed Presentations, Posters, Manuscripts and Other Funding