2025 Med Ed Day Agenda

11th Annual Brody Medical Education Day

Thursday, May 1st, 2025

Time	Event
12:15 – 12:20	Welcome and Opening Remarks Allison Flowers, MAEd, Director, Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development Jason Higginson, MD, MA, FAAP, Executive Dean of the Brody School of Medicine
12:20 – 1:00	Keynote Presentation Speaker: Christina Peroutka, MD Follow the Green Lights – How Focusing on Positive Experiences can Shape your Career and Lead to Big Opportunities Introduction by: Brian Shewchuk, PhD, Associate Professor Dr. Christina Marie Peroutka, MD, is a board-certified physician in pediatrics, clinical, general and medical biochemical genetics who specializes in helping infants, children, and adults with genetic conditions. She has a particular interest and expertise in inborn errors of metabolism and newborn screening. Peroutka received her medical degree from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. She completed residency training in pediatrics and genetics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and a fellowship in medical biochemical genetics at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.
1:00 – 1:15	Break/Poster Viewing We encourage you to view posters and speak with the poster presenters.
1:15 – 2:00	Podium Session I Moderator: Emily B. Askew, PhD, Teaching Associate Professor
2:00 – 2:55	Shark Tank: Brody Bites Edition Moderator: Allison Flowers, MAEd, Director, OFALD
2:55 – 3:05	Break/Poster Viewing We encourage you to view posters and speak with the poster presenters.
3:05 – 3:40	Podium Session II
3:40 – 3:50	Break and Final Judging
3:50 – 4:15	Awards, Evaluation, and Closing Remarks Jill Sutton, MD, Clinical Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Education
4:15	Adjourn

Special thanks to those who submitted works included in today’s program and to the coauthors.

Chelley K. Alexander, MD (1)
Kimberly A. Alford, MD (2)
Emily Askew, PhD (2)
Jennifer M. Bennett, MD * (1)
Calvin J. Blocker, MD * (1)
Thomas D. Bopp, MD (1)
Phillip Boyer, MD, PhD (9)
Cassandra K. Bradby, MD (1)
Ryan A. Brady, MD (1)
Kori Brewer, PhD (2)
Seth Burhenn, MD (1)
Robert Carroll, PhD (1)
Cole P. Carter, DO * (1)
Tripp H. Causby, M2 (1)
Suzanne B. Daly, MD (1)
Michael Denning, M4, MBA, MPH (1)
Lisa M. Domico, PhD (1)
Mary K. Donovan, PhD (1)
Sheena M. Eagan, MPH, PhD * (1)
Emma D. Ebright, M2 (1)
David L. Eldridge, MD (3)
Lindsay M. Ellson, DO (1)
Clinton E. Faulk, MD (1)
Jenna Garris, MA (1)
Hunter J. Geneau, M2 * (2)
Dustin M. Gertsch, MD (1)
David Gilbert, MD (1)
Rebecca Gilbird, MPH (2)
Noah Green, M3 * (1)
Samantha Greenman, DO (1)
Kimberly Haga, MBA (1)
Carla Haikal, MD (1)
Kamryn Henderson, M1 * (3)
Hannah Herrick, M3 (1)
Tashaunda Hill (1)
Jacob R. Jackowski, MD (1)
Iyanna Y. Jackson, BFA (4)
Ashley M. Jensen (1)
Benjamin M. Johnson, M2 * (1)
Taylor Johnson, PhD (2)
Maria Kalogeromitros, M2 * (1)
Hilal Kanaan, MD (1)
Kelsey Kennedy, BFA (2)
Ashish Khanchandani, MD, MS (2)
Sam Lanier, BFA (1)
Michael C. Larkins, MD (1)
Hugh Lee, JD * (2)
Hailey Lewis, M1 (3)
Joya E. Libbus, M2 (1)
Morgan Maner, M3, MSc (1)
Kayla W. Manning (2)
Joanna Mathew * (3)
Leigh Patterson, MD, MAEd * (1)
Yanni Pavlikianidis (3)
Jackson Poulnott, M1 * (3)
William L. Price, MD (1)
Bryce A. Pugh, M2 (3)
Walter C. Robey III, MD (1)
Blaiz Rodman, M3 (1)
Allison Schiller, DO (1)
Kristina Simeonsson, MD, MPH (1)
Sierra Smalley, MD (1)
Arvind Subramaniam (Mallikarjunan), M3, MSc (3)
Emily M. Tate, M3 (1)
Esha Thakkar, PharmD, M2 (1)
Dmitry Tumin, PhD (1)
Godgive Umozurike, M3 *
Wendy Wang, M2
Lachlan Younce, M2 (1)

*Submitted the abstract for consideration
( ) Indicates the number of works in which the person was listed among the authors

Thank you to Medical Education Day Planning Committee Members: Kim Alford, MD, Emily Askew, MD, Coleman Hinson, EdS, MAEd, Allison Flowers, MAEd, Charnel Pugh Gordon, Jill Sutton, MD, Brian Shewchuk, PhD, Daniel Stevens, MS, and Krista Wilhelm, MS.