2020-2023 Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) Residents
(left to right): Matt Ellis, MD; Brad Rowland, MD; Travis Skipina, MD; Nikhil Patel, MD; and Sarah Stern, 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 and Oncology faculty, Baptist Memorial Hospital, Mississippi
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? Hospitalist/Clinical Informaticist, Orlando Health, FL and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, North Carolina
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? Director Hospital Medicine, Apogee Physicians, Louisiana
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? Urgent Care faculty, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughter, Virginia
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
Matthew Ellis, MD (2021-2023)
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Nancy Denizard-Thompson, MD (Internal Medicine); Nyree Thorne, MD (Gastroenterology); Sean Hernandez, MD (Informatics); RichaBundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics); Lauren Witek, MS(Biostatistician)
Project Title: "Implementing High-Value Care: Reducing Cost through Improving ProviderAwareness of Laboratory Test Expenses"
Where is he now? Assistant Chief of Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Bradley Rowland, MD (2021-2023)
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Donna Williams, MD (Internal Medicine); RichaBundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics); Lauren Witek, MS(Biostatistician)
Project Title: Validating and Operationalizing Cognitive Computing to Reduce Unplanned Readmissions"
Where is he now? Hospitalist faculty, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, North Carolina
Sarah Stern, MD (2021-2023)
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Christopher Kelly, MD (Internal Medicine); Matthew Gorris, MD (Endocrinology); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA(Informatics); Lauren Witek, MS (Biostatistician)
Project Title: "Improving Insulin Safety in Hospitalized Patients through EMR-Based ClinicalDecision Support"
Where is she now? Assistant Chief of Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine
