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Diversity Advisory Committee

The Diversity Advisory Committee is comprised of individuals from the basic and clinical departments at the School of Medicine, School of Medicine's affiliates, and various university offices who provide expertise related to diversity issues. The Diversity Advisory Committee was established as part of the School of Medicine's Diversity Strategic Action Plan, which was presented to both leadership and Faculty Council in early 2015. Meetings of the Diversity Advisory Committee are held quarterly. Current members include:

Paul Cheng
Medical student, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Jane Daroff, DCSW, LISW
Social Worker 2, University Counseling Services

Robert Daroff, MD
Interim Vice Dean for Education and Academic Affairs, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Medicine; Professor of Neurology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Doris A. Evans, MD
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Coordinator, Department of Neurology

Robert Haynie, MD, PhD
Dean, Robbins Society; Associate Dean, Student Affairs; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD
Edgar B. Jackson Endowed Chair for Clinical Excellence and Diversity, University Hospitals Case Medical Center; Head, Global Health Programs in OB/GYN; Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Shannon Lundeen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioethics, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Lina Mehta, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Medicine; Associate Professor of Radiology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Louis Novak, MD
Clinical Faculty, Department of Radiation Oncology; Lake Health/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center

G. Dean Patterson, Jr., MS
Associate Vice President, Dean of Students, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Suzanna Rivera, PhD, MSW
Vice President for Research; Assistant Professor, Bioethics, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Elisabeth (Liz) Roccoforte, MA
Director LGBT Center, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Nick Szoko
Medical Student, Cleveland Clinic Lemer College of Medicine, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Daryl Thornton, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Ruqaiijah Yearby, JD
Professor, School of Law, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Faculty Development Council

The Faculty Development Council consists of one representative faculty member from each of the School of Medicine's basic science departments and each clinical department at each of the School of Medicine's hospital affiliates.  Department chairs are invited to appoint one individual from their department to serve on the Council.  Council members serve as liaisons between the Office for Faculty Development and Diversity and the faculty members within their own departments.  They provide information about the needs of their faculty members to the Office for Faculty Development and Diversity and information about potential faculty development opportunities from that office to members of their departments for whom it may be especially relevant.  Meetings are held quarterly. Numerous initiatives have been implemented thanks to the input of Council members. Current members include:

Fadi W. Abdul-Karim, MD
Professor of Pathology, CCF

Kristian Baker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology and Microbiology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Hulya Bukulmez, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Cathleen Carlin, PhD
Professor, Molecular Biology and Microbiology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Joseph Carter, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center

Cathleen Cerny, MD
Senior Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Robert Cunningham III, MD
Professor of Pediatrics; Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Donna Driscoll, PhD
Professor of Molecular Medicine, CCF

Marjorie Greenfield, MD
Associate Professor of Reproductive Biology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Mitch Machtay, MD
Vincent K. Smith Chairman in Radiation Oncology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Amy McDonald, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Kenneth Rodriguez, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Rony Sayegh, MD
Clinical Instructor, Ophthalmology, University Hospitals of Cleveland

Ben Strowbridge, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology/Biophysics, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Rober Tarr, MD
Professor of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland

John (Chip) Tilton, MD
Assistant Professor, Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Joseph Tomashefski, MD
Department Chair, Pathology, MetroHealth Medical Center

R. Matthew Walsh, MD
Department Chair, General Surgery, CCF

Zhenghe (John) Wang, PhD
Associate Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Vivien Yee, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

If your chair has not yet appointed a faculty member to the Council and you are interested in participating and making a difference, please let your chair know!