Steven L. Cohn, MD, MACP, SFHM
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Dr. Steven L. Cohn is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is the former Director of the Medical Consultation Service at Jackson Memorial Hospital and Medical Director of the UHealth Preoperative Assessment Center (UPAC) and Medical Consultation Service at the University of Miami Hospital, having relocated to Miami after 30 years at the State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn where he is also Clinical Professor of Medicine Emeritus. He was the former Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Associate Medical Director for Performance Improvement at Downstate and the Director of the Preoperative Medical Consultation Clinic and Medical Consultation Service at Kings County Hospital Center, responsible for education and supervision of senior medical residents in both in-patient and ambulatory care settings and has evaluated over 30,000 patients preoperatively. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Monterrey, Dr. Cohn completed his residency in internal medicine at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians (ACP), a senior fellow of the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM), and a board member of the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI).

Dr. Cohn is a nationally recognized expert in perioperative medicine and a frequently requested speaker. He has given over 400 CME lectures ranging from grand rounds to presentations of research findings and coordination of educational workshops at numerous national meetings (ACP, SHM, SGIM, IARS). In 2017, he received the SHM Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Dr. Cohn is the author/editor of several books – Decision-making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls (McGraw Hill and ACP, 2021), Perioperative Medicine (Springer, 2011), and Perioperative Medicine - Just the Facts (McGraw Hill, 2006), and section editor for medical consultation in Comprehensive Hospital Medicine (Elsevier, 2007). He wrote the chapter on Preoperative Evaluation for the past three editions of Goldman/Cecil's Textbook of Medicine, the section on Perioperative Medicine in MKSAP XV, and co-authored multiple topics in UpToDate. He has also written numerous book chapters and articles that have appeared in peer-reviewed journals including the Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of Hospital Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Heart, and Anesthesiology. Dr. Cohn has been named in Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors in the New York Metro area annually from 1997-2011 and was also listed in New York Magazine's Best Doctors 2010 and 2011.

Samira Farouk, MD, MSCR, FASN
Associate Professor
Associate Program Director - Nephrology Fellowship
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Dr. Samira Farouk is a transplant nephrologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). She is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, Associate Program Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Program, and Social Media Director of the Division of Nephrology. Dr. Farouk is a graduate of Princeton University where she received her B.S.E in Chemical Engineering with a certificate in Spanish and Portuguese Language and Culture. She received her MD from Rutgers University – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where she graduated with a Distinction in Research. She completed her internship, residency, and nephrology and transplant fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and also served as chief fellow.

Dr. Farouk is involved in all levels of medical education and teaches medical students, residents, and fellows and has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards. She is interested in the development and study of innovative medical education tools and technologies, including free open access medical education (FOAMed) and social media. She is the co-founder of NephSIM winner of the 2018 American Society of Nephrology Innovations in Kidney Education contest, co-faulty lead of Renal Fellow Network, Executive Committee member of NephMadness and the Nephrology Social Media Collective, and founder of NephSIM Nephrons – a one-year virtual mentoring program for trainees interested in learning about nephrology. Dr. Farouk serves on the Editorial Board of journals including the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Kidney News, Clinical Transplantation, and the Journal of Nephrology and is a member of committees of the ASN and American Society of Transplantation.

Brian Shigenobu Furukawa, MD
Baylor, Scott and White - Temple
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Temple, TX

Dr. Brian S. Furukawa completed his residency in the Air Force at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. During his second deployment, he manned an ICU in the back of a C-17, which led him to apply for a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care. He completed his fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he focused in Interventional Pulmonology and nontuberculous mycobacterial lung infections. He went on to create a thriving Interventional Pulmonary program at a community hospital in Southern California as well as an NTM clinic where he received referrals from all over the region. He recently moved back to Texas, joining an old colleague to build up the Interventional Pulmonary program at Baylor, Scott and White in Temple, TX.

Kristen Kulasa, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Inpatient Glycemic Control
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA

Dr. Kristen Kulasa is Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the UC San Diego Medical Center in California. In her current role as the Director of Inpatient Glycemic Control, she oversees the Clinical Diabetes Nurse Educators and leads the Inpatient Glycemic Control Team for her hospital and as the Chief of Endocrinology she has been working on revamping diabetes care across the entire UCSD Health System as well as focusing on building an outpatient diabetes center. In these roles Dr. Kulasa has become recognized for her expertise and is seen as an innovative leader in glycemic control. Dr. Kulasa earned her medical degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at UC San Diego.

Alan Nova, DO
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Dell Medical School
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Dr. Alan Nova is a board-certified neurointensivist and an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. He completed neurology residency in Austin, where he was recognized with awards for both his teaching and clinical excellence. With a keen interest in understanding physiology and treating acutely ill neurologic patients, he pursued a fellowship in neurocritical care at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. His special interests include the treatment of elevated ICP, optimization of neurologic care in the ICU, and education of healthcare staff.

Jananie Ramesh, MD
Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine
Dell Seton Medical Center
University of Texas
Austin, TX

Dr. Jananie Ramesh is an assistant professor in internal medicine at Dell Medical School and a hospitalist at Dell Seton Medical Center. She completed her medical degree and internal medicine residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2020 and then completed the hospitalist fellowship in patient safety and quality improvement at Dell Med in 2021.

Dr. Ramesh’s clinical and research interests are in addiction medicine and substance use disorder in the inpatient setting. She is currently leading a grant-funded team to expand clinical services and resource access to patients with alcohol and tobacco use disorders. She is interested in exploring new ways to deliver evidence-based treatment to these patients and in reducing the stigma of addiction. Dr. Ramesh is also a member of the “B-team,” or Buprenorphine Team — a consultation team that provides patients with opioid use disorder access to treatment and follow-up. She is also a hub member of the Be Well Texas Community of Practice ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) didactic sessions, and she conducts educational sessions and lectures on substance use disorders in a variety of settings.

Dr. Ramesh also has an interest in quality improvement and has worked on several initiatives in addition to mentoring and leading other physicians and students in their quality improvement efforts.

Roger D. Seheult, MD
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Optum California, Redlands, CA
Associate Clinical Professor
UC Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda, CA

Dr. Roger D. Seheult is a Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Specialist in Redlands with Optum California. He has dual academic appointments as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Physician Assistant Sciences at the Loma Linda University Schools of Medicine and Allied Health Professions respectively. He is also an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. Dr. Seheult completed his Fellowship and Residency training at Loma Linda University and is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Seheult is the co-founder of MEDCram, an on-line medical education company.

Meghan Walsh, MD, MPH, FACP
Chief Academic Officer and Designated Institution Official
Hennepin HealthCare
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Meghan Walsh earned her medical degree in 2001 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1997. She completed her residency and Chief Residency in internal medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center in 2005. Dr. Walsh is the Chief Academic Officer at Hennepin Healthcare, the Associate Dean for Affiliate Hospitals, and an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. She has worked as a hospitalist for over 15 years.

She has championed wellbeing for physicians in training and helped to create the RISE program at Hennepin Healthcare. This program aims to provide wrap around wellbeing support for residents and fellows in training. She was awarded the National Parker J Palmer Courage to Lead Award in 2021 for this work. Her current energy is dedicated towards the creation of a Center of Excellence for Integrated Learning at HCMC, and she is actively engaged in the redesign of inter-professional training, patient education and employee development through blended learning.