About

• Clerkship Director, Pediatrics core clerkship
• Co-coordinator, ENT portion of Clinical Science IV
• Director, Neonatal portion of Clinical Medicine II

Additional Training

• Iowa Health System Physician Leadership Academy, Des Moines, IA – August 2011-July 2012
  Completed selective year-long series of educational sessions and projects designed to enhance business leadership skills

Service and Leadership

Des Moines University

• COM Academic Progress Committee, 2022-current
• COM Admissions Committee, 2017-2021
• Chair, COM Admissions Committee, 2019-21
• D.O. student advisor
• Ad hoc advising for aspiring pediatricians
• Applicant submission review (AACOMAS applications and Kira assessments)

Community

• Iowa Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, board member, 2012-present
• Iowa Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, chapter president, 2022-24
• IDPH Infectious Disease Advisory Council, 11/2020-2/2021
• Yale University Alumni Schools Committee (alumni interviews), 1993-present; director 2020-present
• Polk County Early Childhood Iowa, board member, 2017-present

Teaching

• COM lectures: pediatric components of various organ system courses for second year DO students
• Sim Lab: NeoLab1 (newborn resuscitation), sessions for the entire second year class in groups of 3; Neo Lab 2 (newborn nursery exam and documentation), 6 sessions per academic year
• Lectures in DPT, PA and MSA programs as requested
• Clinical Teaching: one on one, as scheduled in my clinical practice