Residency Education

Brittany Williams General Surgery Residency Program Manager

Works closely with leadership to support the education mission and manage, implement and oversee the operations of the General Surgery Residency Program. Ensures compliance with all national and institutional regulations and guidelines as well as partner with program leadership to develop and implement strategic plans to advance specific program goals and objectives.

Brittany.Williams@osumc.edu
Amber Traugott, MD Associate Residency Program Director
Aslam Ejaz, MD Assistant Residency Program Director
Kelly Haisley, MD Assistant Residency Program Director
Emily Huang, MD, MAEd Assistant Residency Program Director
Xiaodong (Phoenix) Chen, PhD, MS Senior Director of Education Science and Research Associate Professor in Surgical Education and Research

Amber Traugott, MD Surgery Unit Director

Part 2 Lead.Serve.Inspire. (LSI) Curriculum - Understanding Patients with Reproductive and Surgical Needs (UPRSN).

Responsible for administration, curriculum development and implementation for the Surgery Clerkships for 200 medical students each year at OSU and 3 community hospitals in the Columbus area. Oversees student, faculty, and clerkship evaluation for the Unit. Collaborates with other leadership at the OSU College of Medicine and within the Part 2 Lead.Serve.Inspire Curriculum to fulfill institutional and curricular goals and objectives, and helps to ensure compliance of our educational program with accreditation standards.

Amber.Traugott@osumc.edu
Michael Meara, MD Asst. Director of Surgical Simulation, Asst. Director of Integration

Tasked with organization and advocacy for the department in relation to the CESAC, which has led to him organizing and designing the surgical skills sessions in their relation to our current two-year education model. He also serve as the assistant director of Integration for our third-year medical students in the Understanding Patients with Reproductive and Surgical Needs (UPRSN) ring of LSI Part 2

Michael.Meara@osumc.edu

Research

Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD Associate Dean for Physician Scientist Education and Training

Oversees the department’s resident trainee Research Training Program, which integrates professional development and mentored research training alongside clinical training. Dr. Bumgardner directs the degree-granting COM Master of Medical Science program and is the program director/principal investigator of the NIH-funded training grant T32AI106704 titled Advanced Research Training in Immunology for Surgical Trainees (ARTIST).

Ginny.Bumgardner@osumc.edu
Anna Patterson Program Manager, Research Education

Our Surgical Education Team

Our surgical education team is extremely accomplished and prepared to train surgical educators to be capable and effective.