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Education Scholar Fellowship

Donna Windish, MD, MPH

ESF Program Director

Welcome to the webpage for the Center for Medical Education’s Education Scholar Fellowship (ESF). The ESF is a year-long faculty development program designed to train medical school faculty in educational strategies, curriculum/program development, and educational scholarship. Throughout the program, each participant will develop a scholarly project while being mentored by faculty trained in educational strategies and scholarship. For more information about the current fellows, mentors, and logistics, please review the ESF webpages.

Fellowship Logistics

  • All Yale faculty holding the rank of instructor, clinical instructor or higher are eligible to apply.
  • The fellowship runs from mid-July to mid-May. Participants meet each Monday, from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m.
  • The first session will be in-person on the YSM campus. The remaining sessions will be held via Zoom.
  • There is no tuition cost and CME credits are provided.

Goals for each fellow

  • Develop a deeper knowledge of and enhanced skills in educational scholarship
  • Apply the educational literature to an original project designed to enhance your department’s or the school’s education programs, such as teaching, curriculum design, or evaluation.
  • Design a poster of the education project and present at Medical Education Day at Yale, held annually on the first Thursday in June. (There is also a Graduation ceremony at Med Ed Day.)
  • Work with a mentor to enhance career development as a scholarly clinician-educator.
  • Explore methods to design a curriculum and construct effective learner evaluations and program assessments.
  • Explore principles of learning as they apply to a variety of teaching strategies.
  • Practice effective teaching and presentation skills including observation and giving feedback,

Application logistics

  • Applications are accepted annually.
  • The deadline for applications is mid-January.
  • The Center for Medical Education ESF Selection Committee reviews each application. Acceptance decisions are emailed by the end of February. Consideration is given to the priority of the applicant's project to the department and medical school.
  • 20 faculty members will be accepted each year.

Apply

  • The application is completed via Qualtrics in one sitting and cannot be saved once started. You may scroll through the application before submitting.
  • We recommend that you prepare all the information and documents prior to starting the application. Once you have everything ready, the application should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Here is a list of the information you need to complete your application:

  • Letter signed by your department chair or, in larger departments, a letter from the section chief is appropriate in lieu of the department chair. This letter must state that the applicant has time released to attend all ESF sessions and Med Ed Day, as well as time to work on their scholarship project. (Word or PDF document, no longer than one page).
  • Title of your proposed education research or scholarship project.
  • Description of your proposed education research or scholarship (Word or PDF document, no longer than one page).
  • Yale CV1 & CV2 (Word or PDF document).
  • Personal statement about how the ESF will aid your future academic, educational, and/or research goals and interests. (Word or PDF document, no longer than one page)


2025-2026 Fellows

  • Elie Abdelnour, MD

    Assistant Professor

    Research Project: Enhancing Inpatient Psychiatry Education Through Case-Based Learning and Digital Resources
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  • Joseph Canterino, MD, MHS

    Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases); Medical Director for Ambulatory Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine; Donaldson Firm Chief, Internal Medicine; Curriculum Director: Medical Informatics in Infectious Diseases Training Track, Infectious Diseases

    Research Project: Creation and Evaluation of an Infectious Diseases (ID) Curriculum for Medical Residents and Students on an Inpatient ID Service.
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  • Stefanie Cappucci, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurology; Associate Program Director, Adult Neurology Residency , Neurology; Associate Program Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship, Neurology

    Research Project: Implementing a Case-Based Neurologic Emergencies Curriculum: A Pilot Study
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  • Mei Xue Dong, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology)

    Research Project: Curriculum renovation to improve awareness, knowledge and practice in cardiovascular risk management in patients with rheumatic diseases for internal medicine residents
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  • Emily Gao

    Instructor

    Research Project: Developing a Home-Based Primary Care Curriculum to Optimize Transitions of Care
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  • Adrienne Hicks, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

    Research Project: Educating Clinicians About Racial Bias When Managing Pain in African-American Women
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  • Madonna Lee, MD, FACS

    Assistant Professor of Surgery (Cardiac); Associate Program Director - Integrated (I-6) Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, Surgery

    Research Project: Multidisciplinary Case-Based Approach to Learning Comprehensive Care for Congenital Heart Disease
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  • Amir Mansour, MD

    Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

    Research Project: Enhancing Prehospital Excellence: A Simulation-Based Training Curriculum for New Haven EMS
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  • Patricia Rose, MMSc, PA-C

    Assistant Professor Adjunct (Yale PA Online Program)

    Research Project: Implementation of Virtual Clinical Procedures Education for Physician Associate Students – Do These Sessions Improve Confidence, Ability to Perform Skills Correctly, and/or Likelihood to Perform Procedures on Rotations?
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  • Jacqueline Savage, MD, FACP

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine); Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Traditional Residency Program

    Research Project: Emergency Management for the Internist: Longitudinal Preparation for Disaster Readiness
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  • Julie Wolf, PhD

    Associate Professor of Child Psychology; Associate Director, Developmental Disabilities Clinic, Child Study Center

    Research Project: Faculty Mentorship at the Yale Child Study Center: A Needs Assessment
    Read More
  • XueWei Zhang, MD, MPH

    Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

    Research Project: Establishing ultrasound performance of peripheral nerve blocks and written test of regional anesthesia as methods of evaluating regional anesthesia competency in anesthiesology residency
    Read More
  • Adeel Zubair, MD

    Assistant Professor of Neurology

    Research Project: Assessment of PA student utilization of AI in neurology course
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2026-2027 Fellows

  • Betty Hsiao, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology); Director, Fellowship Training Program, Rheumatology

    Research Project: Incorporating Live Patient Experiences into "First Year Medical Students" Rheumatology Curriculum
    Read More
  • Shannon Kay, MD

    Assistant Professor; Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, Internal Medicine; Interim Pre-Clerkship Pulmonary Course Director, Internal Medicine

    Research Project: Enhancing Outpatient Pulmonology Education Through a “One Pager” Curriculum
    Read More
  • Vincent Mase, MD, BS

    Associate Professor of Surgery (Thoracic)

    Research Project: A Systematic Approach to Evaluation and Remediation in Surgical Graduate Medical Education
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  • Jennifer Braemar Ogilvie, MD, FACS

    Associate Professor of Surgery (Oncology, Endocrine); Chief, Endocrine Surgery

    Research Project: "Ascend": A Qualitative Study to Develop an Evidence-Based Career Acceleration Program for Near and Newly Promoted Associate Professors in Academic Surgery
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  • Adrienne Socci, MD

    Associate Professor, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

    Research Project: Implementing a Longitudinal Junior Resident Curriculum Including Learning Style Assessment and Knowledge Resource Orientation
    Read More
  • Yvonne Wang, MD

    Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

    Research Project: Use of a “Surgical Passport” to Standardize and Enhance the Teaching of Ophthalmic Surgery
    Read More
  • Katelyn Wong, MD

    Assistant Professor

    Research Project: Assessing Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Education During Pediatric Residency
    Read More
  • Anna Zimmerman, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)

    Research Project: Assessing the Yale Primary Care Communication Skills Curriculum
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Incoming Fellow

Jasmine Hwang, MD, MS: Incoming Fellow, Endocrine Surgery

Research Project: Standing Strong: The Impact of Surgical Ergonomics Education on the Well-Being of Surgical Trainees and Surgeons

ESF Faculty Instructors 2024-25

ESF Faculty Mentors 2025-26

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