![[Chair of the UArizona Chapter of the Academy of Medical Education Scholars, or AMES, Tara Carr, MD (far right), presents plaques to newly inducted members, Holly Bullock, MD, MPH (OB-GYN), Saman Nematollahi, MD (Infectious Diseases), Joy Bulger Beck, MD (GGP-General Internal Medicine), Jennifer Plitt, MD (GGP-Palliative Medicine), and Amy Mitchell, MD (OB-GYN). Missing from the photo are other new members, Maria Bishop, MD (Hematology-Oncology), Steven Dudick, MD (OB-GYN), and Aaron Mason, MD (Surgery).]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/wims_new_ames_members_4.23.24_600x325px.jpg "Chair of the UArizona Chapter of the Academy of Medical Education Scholars, or AMES, Tara Carr, MD (far right), presents plaques to newly inducted members, Holly Bullock, MD, MPH (OB-GYN), Saman Nematollahi, MD (Infectious Diseases), Joy Bulger Beck, MD (GGP-General Internal Medicine), Jennifer Plitt, MD (GGP-Palliative Medicine), and Amy Mitchell, MD (OB-GYN). Missing from the photo are other new members, Maria Bishop, MD (Hematology-Oncology), Steven Dudick, MD (OB-GYN), and Aaron Mason, MD (Surgery).")
The UArizona Chapter of the Academy of Medical Education Scholars, or AMES, at the College of Medicine – Tucson recently inducted new members and announced its 2023-2024 AMES Grant awardees, both of which include Department of Medicine faculty as well as residents.
On April 23 at an AMES After Hours event eight new members were inducted into the UArizona Chapter. They included: Maria Bishop, MD, BSN – Division of Hematology & Oncology, SAVAHCS (DOM); Joy Bulger Beck, MD, and Jennifer Plitt, MD – Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine (DOM); Holly Bullock, MD, MPH, Steven Dudick, MD, and Amy Mitchell, MD – Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Aaron Mason, MD – Department of Surgery; and Saman Nematollahi, MD – Division of Infectious Diseases (DOM).
![[Tara Carr, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/carr_tara-md_labcoat.784-no-logo_140x210px-96dpi_0.jpg "Tara Carr, MD"){kind=logo}
“As Chair of AMES this year, I have been delighted to facilitate not only the call for new members, but a variety of grant awards and scholarships,” said Tara Carr, MD, chair of the UArizona AMES chapter and an associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine and program director of the Allergy & Immunology Fellowship.
“We’ve given out grant funding to support medical education research. We’ve awarded travel funds for faculty, students and staff to present medical education research. And we’ve awarded grants to support development activities toward improving medical education. We’ve supported poster printing for students to present medical education research through the Med Ed Distinction Track, too,” she added. “AMES is a wonderful organization with talented, dedicated medical educators and I look forward to continuing these activities next year.”
Among those receiving AMES Medical Research Grants were:
![[Bhupinder Natt, MD, Katherine Robbins, MD, and Maxwell Hart, MD]](https://deptmedicine.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/drs.natt_robbins_hart-png_310x150px-96dpi.png "Bhupinder Natt, MD, Katherine Robbins, MD, and Maxwell Hart, MD")
Bhupinder Natt, MD, associate professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, and medical director, Medical ICU, Banner – University Medical Center South
Project: “Use of Real-Time Feedback device to improve the technique of Bag-Mask Ventilation”- Maxwell Hart, MD, resident, Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus, Department of Medicine
Project: “Utilization of Chat GPT for the Assessment of Medical Student-Written Histories of Present Illness” - Katherine Robbins, MD, resident, Advanced Dermatology Residency Program, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine
Project: “Dermoscopy Performance and Educational Phone Application”
Dr. Carr said the UArizona AMES chapter has given about $38,000 for the various awards it has presented this past academic year, which is a fairly similar amount from year to year, including medical research and travel awards.
Learn about other 2023-24 AMES research and travel grant awardees here.
The AMES UArizona Chapter has 60 members across the College of Medicine – Tucson, which includes the eight new members inducted this year.
Prior to the new cohort, other listed Department of Medicine members of AMES were:
- Amy Klein, MD (inducted 2022), Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine;
- Amy Sussman, MD (inducted 2019), Division of Nephrology;
- Indu Partha, MD – Current Vice Chair (inducted 2021), Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine;
- Jenny Plitt, MD (originally inducted through Department of Emergency Medicine in 2019), Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine;
- Kevin Moynahan, MD (inducted 2008), Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine;
- Krisstina Gowin, DO (inducted 2022), Division of Hematology & Oncology;
- Olivia Hung, MD, PhD (inducted 2020), Division of Cardiology;
- Puneet Shroff, MD (inducted 2022), Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine;
- Serena Scott, MD (inducted 2022), Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine;
- Tara Carr, MD – Current Chair (inducted 2020), Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine.
For additional information about AMES UArizona Chapter, or to apply for membership, please contact Dr. Carr, Dr. Partha or coordinator Eva Sanchez:
esanchez16@arizona.edu or (520) 626-7294.
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