Fellows of the Academy
Diane Altkorn, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Altkorn co-authored the textbook, Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence Based Guide. She is Senior Student Clerkship Director in the Department of Medicine and Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Evidence Based Medicine Curriculum. .
Adam Cifu, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Cifu is the Co-Director of the third year Medicine Clerkship and the course director of the fourth year selective, Critical Appraisal of Landmark Literature. He also co-authored the textbook, Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence Based Guide. Dr. Cifu received the Department of Medicine Award for Clinical Teaching of Medical Students in 2006.
William Harper, MD; Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Harper is the Medical Director of the Clinical Performance Center at the Pritzker School of Medicine and Course Co-Director for the Clinical Skills 1A and 1C first year courses. He is also the director of the Clinical Skills 2 – Physical Diagnosis course in the students’ second year. In recognition of his outstanding teaching skills, the Pritzker graduating classes of 2005 and 2006 named him to their class composite photo.
Karen Kim, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Kim is Co-Chair of the Pritzker School of Medicine’s Admissions Committee. She currently co-directs the Cultural Competency section of the Clinical Skills 2 course. From 2000-2004, she served as the Director of the Clinical Preceptorship for the Robert Wood Johnson Medical Minority Education Program. In 2004, Dr. Kim received the Public Health Advocacy Award from the Illinois Health Education Consortium. In 2006, Dr. Kim received the Best Teaching Faculty, Section of Gastroenterology Fellowship Award.
Shalini Reddy, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Reddy is the Assistant Dean of Student Programs and Co-Director of the Pritzker Advising Society system at the Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Reddy also serves as a Career Advisor for fourth year students and Chair of the Clinical Medical Student Advisory Committee for the Roadmap to Professionalism. Dr. Reddy received the CDIM Outstanding Educational Program Development Award from the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine in 2004. She is currently the Chair of the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine Program Planning Committee.
Mindy A. Schwartz, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Schwartz is course director for the first year course Nutrition in Health and Disease and fourth year elective in the History of Medicine. Dr. Schwartz has received the Outstanding Clinical Teacher Award four times from the Pritzker graduating students and five times from Senior Medical Residents. She currently serves as a Career Advisor for fourth year medical students and is the faculty advisor for the Pritzker School of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society.
Don Scott, MD; MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dr. Scott is the Co-Director of the Clinical Skills 1A and 1C first year course. He also serves as Co-Director of the Pritzker Advising Society Systems and is Chair of the Pre-Clinical Medical Student Advisory Committee for the Roadmap to Professionalism. In 2006, Dr. Scott received the Excellence in Medical Education and Clinical Care Award from the Department of Medicine Section of Internal Medicine.
Darrel Waggoner, MD; Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
Dr. Waggoner is Co-Chair of the Pritzker School of Medicine’s Admissions Committee, Course Director of Medical Genetics, and Course Director for the fourth year selective Application of Genetic Advancements to Disease Detection. Dr. Waggoner received the L.D.H. Wood Preclerkship Teaching Award in 2005 and was elected to the graduating class composite in 2003 and again in 2006.
James Woodruff, MD; Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Woodruff is the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Training program and Vice-Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine. He was named the Society of General Internal Medicine Midwest Region Clinician-Educator of the year in 2004.