Our Faculty

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Name: Denise Jackson
Email: jacksond@umn.edu
Fax: 612-624-3189
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 741, Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Dr. Adriana Dhawan is an internal medicine/pediatrics hospitalist, a graduate from the University of Minnesota. Originally from New Mexico, Minnesota's well-developed global health curriculum drew her to the Midwest, where she plans to practice with a focus on hospital-based medicine and international health.

Research Summary

Global Health Education; Clinical Medicine

Teaching Summary

Tanzania International Medicine Site Director; UMMC Inpatient Process of Care Clerkship Director

Clinical Summary

Hospital Medicine; Global Health

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Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Chief resident of internal medicine.

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Dr. Michael Kim joined the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Academic General Pediatrics as a hospitalist after completing his bachelor's degree, Medical School, and residency training at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, Dr. Kim did his residency at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Programs. From 2005-2006, Dr. Kim served as Chief Resident in Pediatrics. A member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Kim also has extensive international experience having completed a global health course in tropical medicine at the University of Minnesota, and an elective rotation in internal medicine and pediatrics at Chiang Mai University Hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Dr. Kim is a Pediatric hospitalist at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital and will work with Dr. Abe Jacob on improving inpatient care delivery and building the general pediatric inpatient service.

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Dr. Krohn is an internal medicine and pediatric hospitalist and Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. She completed medical school and residency here in internal medicine and pediatrics. She completed the Stanford University - NBC News Fellowship in Global Health and Media in 2013 and spent two years working with Health Frontiers in Laos, teaching in the country's internal medicine and pediatric residency programs. Dr. Krohn believes everyone should be equipped with the tools they need to understand their health and to make healthy choices. As the Director of Online Content for our Global Medicine Program, Dr. Krohn works to ensure that providers know how to care for people from diverse backgrounds including underrepresented minorities, immigrants, and refugees right here in Minnesota. As the "thread" lead for medical communications with lay audiences in our Becoming a Doctor course for third and fourth-year medical students, Dr. Krohn teaches students strategies to improve their ability to talk with anyone about their health.

Research Summary

Medical Education How people outside of the field of medicine learn about medicine Medical Journalism

Clinical Summary

Global Health; Hospital Medicine; Internal Medicine; Pediatrics; Refugee/Migration Health

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Name: Kelly Denno
Phone: 612-301-3285
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE
MMC 284
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Dr. Nixon is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He serves as the director of the Essentials of Clinical Medicine as well as the Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and completed his residency training at the University of Minnesota, where he was also Chief Resident. His interests include medical education, physical diagnosis and evidence based medicine.

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Evidence-based medicine; Internal medicine; Medical Education; Pediatrics; Physical diagnosis

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Name: Jaden Turner
Email: turne883@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE
MMC 741
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Andrew Olson, MD, FACP, FAAP, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he practices Hospital Medicine and Pediatrics. He serves as the Head of the Section of Hospital Medicine and Director of Hospital Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical Center.

Dr. Olson’s academic work focuses on understanding and improving clinical reasoning and decreasing diagnostic error as well as strategies to improve clinical reasoning performance through feedback in the clinical environment. He has led or participated in multiple national and international projects focused on improving diagnosis and health professions education.

Dr. Olson also serves as the Director of Medical Education Research and Innovation at the Medical Education Outcomes Center within the Medical School, focusing on linking educational with clinical and workforce outcomes in health professions education. He serves as the Chair of the Education Committee of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine.

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Name: Mena Vue
Email: vuexx154@umn.edu
Fax: 612-624-3189
Mail: Comm-Univ Health Care Center (CUHCC)
2001 Bloomington Avenue S
7851A (Campus Delivery Code)
Minneapolis, MN 55404

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Dr. Cuong Pham is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He completed his residency training at the University of Minnesota in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Currently he has a mix of clinic at the Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC), which serves the underserved citizens of Minneapolis, and inpatient wards at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. He has had varying cultural experiences working abroad in Vietnam and South Africa. He also enjoys caring for the growing diverse patient population of the Twin Cities.

Clinical Summary

Immigrant health

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Name: Mena Vue
Email: vuexx154@umn.edu
Fax: 612-624-3189
Mail: 420 Delaware ST SE
MMC 741
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Hope Pogemiller, MD, MPH, CTropMed ® is an internal medicine/pediatrics hospitalist, - Assistant Professor, - and Global Health Faculty in the University of Minnesota Department of Medicine. She served as a public health volunteer in Benin (West Africa) and has continued her interest in cross-cultural healthcare in Minneapolis and abroad. She worked with St. Damien's Pediatric Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the International Organization for Migration in Kampala, Uganda. Her work with refugees at the Center for International Health (as a resident) and with the IOM in Uganda led to the creation of an online medical interpreter training module for refugee settings. She worked with the Selian Hospital and Arusha Lutheran Medical Center in Arusha, Tanzania as a Global Health Chief Resident, and she served as an In-Country Clinical Lead for the trial, A Multicenter Randomized Safety and Efficacy Study of Putative Investigational Therapeutics in the Treatment of Patients with Known Ebola Infection, in Sierra Leone. Currently, she leads the inpatient portion of the BRIIDGE program (Bridge to Residency for Immigrant International Doctor Graduates through clinical Experience). With the Center of Excellence in Refugee Health, she is collaborating to update and expand CDC's screening guidelines for newly arrived refugees.

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Name: Jill Charles
Email: jcharles@umn.edu
Mail: 717 Delaware Street SE
Suite 166
Minneapolis, MN 55414

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Dr. Rogers is an Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics with an appointment in the Applied Clinical Research Program. She is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and is a graduate of the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. After finishing her residency training at the Harvard Brigham and Women's Hospital/Boston Children's Hospital program, she completed the Primary Care Research Fellowship at UCSF. Her interests include socioeconomic and ethnicity-based disparities and chronic disease risk, supporting patients in prevention and management of chronic diseases such as diabetes, health coaching and peer education, implementation science, and community-engaged research.

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Name: Jill Lane
Email: jdlane@umn.edu
Mail: 426 Church Street SE
Room 485C
MMC 501
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Brian Sick, MD is an Associate Professor and Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota where he completed a dual residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. He is originally from Rochester, New York where he completed both his bachelor's and medical degrees at the University of Rochester. His academic interests include interprofessional education, history of medicine, chronic care medicine and clinical quality improvement. His clinical interests include preventative medicine and primary care for the whole family.

Clinical Summary

Internal medicine; Pediatrics; Preventative medicine; Primary Care

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Name: Colleen Doyle
Email: doyl0050@umn.edu

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Dr. Aylward went to New York University School of Medicine and then completed his internal medicine and pediatric residency training at the University of Minnesota. He spent a year as chief resident at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System where he oversaw residents and ran teaching conferences. He currently is the Program Director for the Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency program. His academic interests include the practical application of technology to patient care, medical education, advocacy, and writing.

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• Treatment of opioid use disorder, medical education, advocacy, health equity, and racial justice
• Medical Education
• Community Health
• Quality and Process Improvement
• Medical Informatics

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Name: Colleen Doyle
Email: doyl0050@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 603, Minneapolis, MN 55455