Aims of the Faculty Advisor Program
- Build longitudinal relationships among students and faculty advisors
- Build peer communities that foster reflection and growth
- Facilitate students in meeting their academic and career development needs
- Facilitate students' personal and professional development through:
- Helping students face and overcome obstacles
- Identifying and practicing ways to thrive and build resilience
- Assisting students in navigating their own professional identity formation
- Continually build advisors' knowledge and skills to better meet student needs and share new knowledge in scholarly work
Faculty Advisors are not specialty-specific mentors but rather provide longitudinal advising to students regardless of specialty choice. Students are encouraged to also seek out specialty mentors as they develop their specialty choice.
Faculty Advisors and Program Leadership

Nersi Nikakhtar, MD
Faculty Advising Program Lead and Faculty Advisor for Zestar! House
Robin Michaels, PhD
Chair of Duluth Faculty Advisor Program, Associate Dean of Student Life & Academic Affairs218-726-8872
rmichael@d.umn.edu
Duluth

Robin Michaels, PhD
Chair of Duluth Faculty Advisor Program, Associate Dean of Student Life & Academic Affairs
Chair of Duluth Faculty Advisor Program, Associate Dean of Student Life & Academic Affairs
218-726-8872
rmichael@d.umn.edu





Twin Cities



Anne Becker, MD
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor for Zestar! House
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor for Zestar! House










David Satin, MD
Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor for Centennial House
Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor for Centennial House
612-626-8581
sati0003@umn.edu

Tseganesh Selameab, MD
Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor for Beacon House
Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor for Beacon House
612-873-4059
sela0007@umn.edu


Andrea Westby, MD
Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor for Centennial House
Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor for Centennial House
612-302-8275
westby@umn.edu


