2020-2022 Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) Residents
(left to right): Anand Dwivedi, MD; Joel Joseph, MD; Nikhil Patel, MD; Travis Skipina, MD
Graduated Scholars
Andrew Benefield, MD (2017-2019)
Project Title: "Improving Social Determinants of Health through the Delivery of Community Resources"
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics), Nancy Denizard-Thompson, MD (Internal Medicine)
Where is he now? Hematology/Oncology Fellow at Wake Forest School of Medicine with a focus in Cancer Informatics
Sean Hernandez, MD (2017-2019)
Project Title: "The Impact of an Automated Alert System to Primary Oncologists on Inpatient Goals-of-Care Conversations and End-of-Life Care"
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics), Heidi Klepin, MD (Hematology/Oncology)
Where is he now? General Internal Medicine Informatics faculty, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Caleb Melancon, MD (2018-2020)
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Sean Rudnick, MD (Gastroenterology)
Project Title: "Design and Development of Clinical Decision Support Tools for Chronic Gastroenterological Disease Management"
Where is he now? Assistant Director of Hospital Medicine, Slidell Memorial Hospital, Lousiana
Stephen Allen Petty, MD (2018-2020)
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Carl Grey, MD (Palliative Care Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine)
Project Title: “Implementing Predictive Modeling to Increase Advance Care Planning Completion in Outpatient IM Resident Clinics”
Where is he now? Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
Anand Dwivedi, MD (2019-2021)
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Deepak Palakshappa, MD (Internal Medicine); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics)
Project Title: “Addressing Coverage Gaps in Uninsured and Underinsured Outpatient Department Clinic Patients through Expanding ACA Awareness”
Where is he now? Gastroenterology Fellow, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Joel Joseph, MD (2019-2021)
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Michael Olivier, MD (Precision Medicine); Sean Hernandez, MD (Informatics); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics)
Project Title: “Use of Whole Genome Sequencing in Familial Colorectal Cancers”
Where is he now? Gastroenterology Fellow, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Katie Garling, DO (2019-2021)
Mentor Team: Alysha Taxter, MD (Informatics); Jeanna Auriemma, MD (General Pediatrics); Eric Kirkendall, MBI, MD (Informatics); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics); Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics)
Project Title: “Automating Social Determinant of Health Documentation to Improve Patient Tracking and Clinic Reimbursement”
Where is she now? Assistant Instructor, Pediatrics - General, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Nikhil Patel, MD (2020-2022)
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Brandon Stacey, MD (Cardiovascular Medicine); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics)
Project Title: "Design and Implementation of Clinical Decision Support Tool for Management of Device Therapy in Congestive Heart Failure"
Where is he now? Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Travis Skipina, MD (2020-2022)
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Erin Barnes, MD (Infectious Disease); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics)
Project Title: "Accurate identification of intravenous drug users at a tertiary teaching hospital: a harm reduction and cost-savings effort"
Where is he now? Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
