Dr. Bolyard joined CMEF as Program Director in September, 2013. She received her MD in 1994 as a graduate of NEOMED and completed her Fellowship in Academic Medicine in May 2010. Before her start as CMEF Program Director, she served as Assistant Program Director from 2001-2007, and has been Aultman’s Transitional Residency Program Director from 2004 to present.

Her interests include resident and student mentoring as well as curriculum development and learning theory. She is a strong advocate for resident personal and professional development.

Dr. Narayanan is a graduate of Chennai Medical College in India where she was an Internist and certified Pathologist. She graduated from CMEF Internal Medicine program as a Co-Chief Resident in 2009 , and completed her Fellowship in Academic Medicine at NEOMED in 2010. She became the Internal Medicine Clerkship Site Director in 2011 and is the Director for our Resident Clinical Outpatient Practices. She has a passion for high value patient-centered care.

Dr. Ziegler graduated from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1973. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Akron City Hospital and a pulmonary fellowship at Indiana University Medical Center. Following 3 years of private practice, he joined the faculty in January of 1982. His appointments at NEOMED include Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine. He is Chairman of the Education and Research Committee at Mercy Medical Center.

Dr. Chakka is a graduate of the Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad. She trained in Internal Medicine at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn NY. Subsequently, she completed a Fellowship in Geriatrics at Indiana University in Indianapolis. Dr. Chakka is committed to teaching and mentoring residents, as well as guiding the residents on quality improvement and research. She joined our faculty in July of 2012.

Dr. Rajkumar joined the CMEF faculty as Asst. PD this past July after completing her residency in Canton and serving as Chief Resident. She is a graduate of Kilpauk Medical College in Chennai, India, and had experience as an Assistant Professor of Pathology prior to training in Canton. She oversees our didactic curriculum in CMEF and has special interest in evidence-based clinical decision making and teaching.

Dr. Rowley is a 1986 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at Akron City Hospital/Summa Health Systems in 1989. Subsequently, he served as Chief Medicine Resident at Akron City until 1990. He has practiced in the Stark County area since then. He is board certified in internal medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. In 2002, he was commissioned as a medical officer in the U.S. Army Reserve and thereafter served several times on active duty. Dr. Rowley serves on the clinical faculty of both Ohio State and NEOMED and joined AIM as a teaching hospitalist in November 2013.

Dr. Beard is a graduate of the Ohio State University Medical School and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. His clinical practice has primarily focused on inpatient medicine as a hospitalist. He also has an extensive background in hospital administration with an emphasis in quality and patient safety. He earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2010. Dr. Beard enjoys teaching and participating in quality improvement.

Dr. Beard is a graduate of NEOMED and completed her Internal Medicine residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus. Initially practicing as a private internist, she subsequently served as faculty in the Riverside IM residency and as director of its simulation program. Her interests include improving patient safety and quality, as well as teaching medical students and residents in the inpatient setting.

Dr. Rajan has educated residents at the Mercy Resident Continuity Practice since graduating from our CMEF residency program in 2008. She serves as the Mercy RCP Educational Site Director, and is working toward developing our outpatient practice into a Patient -Centered Medical Home.

Dr. Pauskar has educated residents at the Aultman Resident Continuity Practice since graduating from our CMEF residency program in 2006.

Drs. Ahmed, Hussain, and Krishnamoorthy lead the residents as our PGY-3 Chief Resident Team. Each year, through a process of application, leaders are selected to serve in this crucial administrative role, which includes resident recruitment, process improvement, problem resolution, scheduling, and resident liaison to program faculty & staff.

Dr. Awais Ahmed

Dr. Saad Hussain

Dr. Mahalakshmi Krishnamoorthy

Cathy has more than 34 years of experience with the CMEF Internal Medicine Program and has served for 32 years as program administrator. She is knowledgeable in all aspects of the residency and a strong advocate for residents!

Matt Violet

Debra Williams Aliecia Sims

PGY-1 Year 5.5 blocks MTS 2.5 blocks MICU 1 block ER 2 blocks Night Float 1 block Selective

PGY-2 & PGY-3 7 blocks MTS 3 blocks MICU 1 block Cardiology MTS 2 blocks Ambulatory

Medicine 1 block Geriatrics 2 blocks Night Float 9 blocks Elective 1 block Consult

Medicine/Selective

PGY-1 PGY-2 PGY-3 5.5 Blocks General Inpatient Medicine

5 Blocks Inpatient General Medicine

2 Blocks Inpatient General Medicine

2.5 Blocks MICU 2 Blocks MICU 1 Block MICU 1 Block Emergency Medicine

1 Block Ambulatory Medicine

1 Block Ambulatory Medicine

2 Blocks Night Float 1 Block Night Float 1 Block Night Float 1 Block Selective 1 Block Selective 1 Block Selective

2 Blocks Sub-Specialty Experience**

5 Blocks Sub-Specialty Experience** 1 Block Geriatrics & Palliative Care

* Each block is 4 weeks on average ** Required Sub-Specialty Rotations include Infectious Disease, Endocrinology, Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology, Neurology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology

First-Year Resident $51,370.00

Second-Year Resident $53,380.00

Third-Year Resident $54,161.00

Vacation (three weeks per year)

Conference time (one week per year)

Maternity/adoption leave

Sick leave Bereavement Pay Aultman Fitness Center

(free) Health club

membership ($120/year reimbursement)

ACP Membership Resident Training

Certificate Fee Free parking Meal allowance Examination leave

(U.S.M.L.E.) $2,000 interest-free

hardship loan 3 Lab coats per year Childcare facility

available

Basic and major medical insurance Dental assistance insurance Vision care reimbursement Professional liability insurance Life insurance ($10,000) Short-term disability coverage

First-Year Resident

$600

Second-Year Resident $1,000

Third-Year Resident $2,000

2014

9/11 Passed

82% 85% Three-Year Average

National Meeting of the American College of Physicians - April 11, 2014 “Giant Mycotic Aneurysm of the Right Coronary Artery” –

Chandra Dasari, MD, Amareshwar Podugu, MD, Asha Chakka, MD, Steven Malosky, MD

“A Case of MIDCAB Misery” – Mahalakshmi Krishnamoorthy, MD, Alycia Findlay, MD, Steven Malosky, MD, Jennifer Bolyard, MD

“Friendship, Fine Poetry, and JPS-HHT Syndrome are Very Rare” – Sricharitha Krishnamoorthy, MD, Nabil Fahmy, MD, Jennifer Bolyard, MD

“Normal Serum Lipase, Is it Acute Pancreatitis?” – Bisharah Rizvi, MD, Asha Chakka, MD

“Diabetes and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type I: Unusual Suspects Potentiating Each Other” – Shamiq Zackria, MD, Meena Rajan, MD

American Thoracic Society International Conference, SanDiego, CA, May 16 – 21, 2014 “Not A Laughing Matter: Nuedexta and CHF” – Chandra

Dasari, MD, Amareshwar Podugu, MD, Patricia Rubin, MD, Rama Narayanan, MD

Clostridium subterminale Presenting as Tension Hydropneumothorax” – Nosheen Ishaque, MD, Saad Hussain, MD, Khulood Rizvi, MD, Amareshwar Podugu, MD, George Kefalas, MD

“A Case of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia (AIP) Presenting as Crazy Paving Pattern on High Resolution CT Scan” – Amareshwar Podugu, MD, Chandra Dasari, MD, Nihad Boutros, MD

“Fulminant Case of Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis…Where Unusual was the Usual Course” – Ali Zulqarnain, MD, Awais, Ahmed, MD, Asha Chakka, MD, Pramod Bhargava, MD

CHEST 2014 National Meeting, Austin, TX, October 25 – 30, 2014 “A Rare Case of Fatal Thyroid Storm )TS) Resulting

in DIC and Multi-Organ Failure” – Amareshwar Podugu, MD, Khulood Rizvi, MD, Mohamad Adam, MD, Nihad Boutros, MD

Society for General Internal Medicine, SanDiego, CA, April 23-26, 2014 “Giant Splenic Artetry Aneurysm Presenting As

Lower GI Bleeding” – Chandra Dasari, MD, Amareshwar Podugu, MD, Rama Narayanan, MD, Stephen Sanofsky, MD

2014 American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October 17-22, 2014 “Metastatic Carcinoid: An Atypical Presentation”-

Shamiq Zackria, MD, Ezechukwu Umeh, MD, Awais Ahmed, MD, Asha Chakka, MD, Sameh Kamel, MD

“Herpes Simplex Virus Hepatitis: A Rare Case in an Immunocompetent Male” – Ezechukwu Umeh, MD, Shamiq Zackria, Awais Ahmed, MD, Rama Narayanan, MD, Basal Al-Lahham, MD

“Hepatic Cysts With An Unusual Twist: Smooth Muscle Tumor by Epstein-Barr Virus” – Sricharitha Krishnamoorthy, MD, Arup Maitra, MD, Jennifer Bolyard, MD, Zuoliang Xiao, MD

ACP Ohio Chapter: October 16-17, 2014 11 accepted abstracts/ 9 poster presentations

Aultman Hospital Research Day: June 4, 2014 2 oral presentations 16 poster presentations

NEOMED Research Day: May 15, 2014 1 oral presentation 9 poster presentations

CHEST Conference-October 26-31, 2013 “Dexmedetomidine (DEX) as a Mono-therapy in Treating Delirium Tremens

(DTS)” – Firas Abdulmajeed, MD; Michael Carpenter; Nihad Boutros, MD “Hemoptysis: An unusual presentation for the pseudo-aneurysm of aortic

arch” – Mohamad Adam, MD; Amareshwar Podugu, MD; Nihad Boutros, MD “Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (KFD): A rare cause of fever and lymphadenopathy

following influenza vaccination”(oral presentation) – Amareshwar Podugu, MD & Margaret Kobe, MD

International Academy of Cardiology - July 26-29, 2013 "Hypertensive Crisis in Winters" - Ali Zulqarnain, MD; Awais Ahmed, MD;

Ezechukwu Umeh, MD; David Beard, MD "Successful Use of Impella 2.5 Device in Cardiac Arrest due to Left Main

Stenosis" (oral presentation) - Ali Zulqarnain, MD & Nagapradeep Nagajothi, MD

ACR Annual Meeting – October 25–30, 2013 "Cyclophosphamide and Rituximab Combination Treatment For Severe

Systemic Lupus erythematosus is Effective and Well Tolerated" – Sarfaraz A. Hasni, MD; Bisharah Rizvi, MD

American College of Cardiology March 24-27, 2012 -Dr. Kannan – 1 poster American Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin March 25, 2012

-Dr. Kannan – 1 oral presentation American Thoracic Society International Conference

May 18-23, 2012 -Dr. Poongkunran – 1 poster

Digestive Disease Weekly May 19-22, 2012

-Dr. Enweluzo– 1 poster

ACP Ohio Chapter: October 10-11, 2013 6 poster presentations

Aultman Hospital Research Day –, 2013 10 poster presentations 2 oral presentations

ACP Ohio Chapter: October 25-26, 2012 2 poster presentations

NEOMED Research Day – May 17, 2012 7 poster presentations 2 oral presentations

Dr. Fatima Bashir – Academic Hospitalist in Corpus Christi, TX

Dr. Shagufta Jabeen – Hospitalist in Waterloo, IA

Dr. Firas Kaddouh – Neurology Residency in Worcester, MA

Dr. Chandra Dasari – Hospitalist in Coshocton, OH

Dr. Sagar Joshi – Hospitalist in Akron, OH

Dr. Nancy Kamel – Outpatient Medicine in Virginia Beach, VA

Dr. Yara Khouri – Outpatient Medicine in Akron, OH

Dr. Sricharitha Krishnamoorthy – Practice in California

Dr. Sunil Kumar, Hospitalist in Appleton, WI

Dr. Amareshwar Podugu – Gastroenterology Fellow at Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL

Dr. Aarthi Rajkumar – Assistant Program Director for CMEF

Dr. Ali Zulqarnain – Academic Cardiovascular Hospitalist in Winston-Salem, NC

2014 Gastroenterology Cleveland Clinic Florida,

Weston, FL

Neurology University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA

2013

Nephrology Albert Einstein Jacobi Medical Center, New York, NY

Nephrology University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

2012

Pulmonary/Critical Care University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH

Nephrology Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA

Anesthesia Residency University of Florida Medical Center, Gainesville, FL

2011

Critical Care University of Pittsburgh

Rheumatology Indiana University Perdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI)

2010

Cardiology Illinois Masonic Advocate in Chicago, IL

Aultman Hospital

Founded in 1892, Aultman has a century-long tradition of care and service to the five-county region it serves.

682 beds (including 20 ICU beds, 56 CCU beds) Service area includes Stark, Tuscarawas,

Carroll, Holmes, and Wayne counties. Aultman is also a referral center for 10 surrounding counties.

580 physicians on active staff, 96 percent of whom are Board Certified.

In recent years, Aultman Hospital has been identified as one of the 100 Top Hospitals™ in the country by Solucient.

Mercy Medical Center

Mercy Medical Center is a 476-bed hospital serving Stark, Carroll, Wayne, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties and parts of Southeastern Ohio.

It has 620 members on its Medical Staff and employs 2,500 people.

Mercy operates seven outpatient health centers in Carroll County, Jackson Township, Lake Township, Louisville, North Canton, Plain Township and Tuscarawas County.

Mercy Heart Center was the nation’s first

accredited chest pain center and was named twice to the US News and World Report Best 50 Heart Centers.

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