Our Faculty
Our program has over 30 Med-Peds trained faculty who serve as clinic preceptors, inpatient attendings and mentors for our residents. Our faculty is heavily involved in the educational and clinical activities in both departments. As a result, our residents receive the best possible learning opportunities during their four years of training.
Mentoring you today
We take a very personal approach with all of our residents. From the time you interview, to the time you join our program, through the time you graduate, we aim to understand your needs and help you meet your personal goals. As an intern, you will be assigned a Med-Peds advisor who will help guide you through all four years of training. Regularly scheduled meetings provide you with valuable advice on conquering obstacles, finding balance in life and career planning. Residents are also provided opportunities to seek out additional mentoring from our medicine and pediatric faculty. Our attrition rate is one of the lowest in the country, and can be attributed to the mentoring and role modeling of our Med-Peds faculty and the overall strong support provided by the core departments.
 Dr. Michael Lukela is the Director of the Med-Peds program and a hospitalist in the Department of Internal Medicine. He graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed his residency training in the combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics program at the University of Michigan, where he also served as a chief resident in the Department of Pediatrics. His areas of clinical interest are patient safety and educational assessment. He is also the Director of the M2 Clinical Comprehensive Assessment at the Medical School. In his spare time, he enjoys playing with his sons Henry and Nicholas, competing in marathons and triathalons, making furniture and attempting to train his dogs. |
 Dr. Namita Sachdev is an an Associate Med-Peds Program Director and a graduate of the U-M Medical School. She completed her combined residency in Med-Peds at the U-M. After her residency, she served as chief resident for the Department of Pediatrics. Currently she is one of the faculty mentors at East Ann Arbor Health Center. Her areas of clinical interest are infectious diseases and preventive medicine. |
 Dr. James Azim graduated from the University of Michigan and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in our program. Currently, he is a hospitalist in the Department of Pediatrics. His clinical interests include the care of hospitalized patients, palliative care, resident and student education, and quality improvement. |
 Dr. Linda Balogh graduated from Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit and completed her internal medicine-pediatrics residency at the University of Michigan. Her clinical interests include care of families, women's health, and prevention. At home, she especially enjoys time spent with her husband and sons, Zachary and Joshua. Her hobbies include home improvement projects, gardening, running and traveling. |
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 Dr. Greta Branford is a faculty member at the Canton Health Center. She completed her Med-Peds training at the University of Cincinnati and was then the clinic director for the University of Utah's Med-Peds Clinic. She is interested in improving the quality of care for patients with diabetes, hypertension and other chronic medical conditions. She also enjoys taking care of adolescents and is involved in the community in sexual education programs for middle-schoolers. Dr. Branford enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, working on home projects, and being involved with her daughters' activities. |
 Dr. Aaron Daniel received his medical degree from University of Michigan Medical School. He completed a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Rochester in New York where he received the Med-Peds Quality award. He is board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics. His interests include sports medicine and children with special needs. He enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 sons. |
 Dr. Matthew Davis completed medical school and medicine-pediatrics training at Harvard and then completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars research fellowship and M.A. in public policy at the University of Chicago. Dr. Davis is an associate professor of pediatrics, internal medicine and public policy, and his research focuses on the role of health policy in the well-being of children and their families and communities. |
 Dr. Pamela Davis received her medical degree from University of Michigan Medical School and completed a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Michigan. She is board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics. She has special interests in adolescent and women's health. She is involved in several community health clinics for the uninsured. |
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 Dr. Hilary Haftel is the Associate Chair for Education and the Pediatric Program Director. She completed her medicine-pediatrics residency at Albany Medical College and a combined fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology at the U-M. She has a particular interest in rheumatologic disease in adolescents and young adults. Dr. Haftel's research interests focus on new methodology for delivery and assessment of learning and teaching and she completed a master's degree in Health Professions Education. She is also the Director of the Standardized Patient Program at U-M medical school. Dr. Haftel is an excellent teacher and has been consistently rated as one of the top teachers in the department. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, as well as participating in several local vocal music groups. |
 Dr. Mark Hakim completed his undergraduate training at the University
of Michigan and graduated from Chicago Medical School. He completed
his residency training in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at Wayne State
University, where he also served as a chief resident in Med-Peds and
Pediatrics. He practices Med-Peds at the Canton Health Center, where his
clinical interests include resident education, preventive health, and
quality improvement. He enjoys spending time with his wife, traveling, and
sports, as an avid lifelong Wolverine. |
 Dr. Annissa Hammoud graduated from the University of Michigan and completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at the University of Michigan in 2004. She is currently appointed within the Department of Internal Medicine. She maintains a fully outpatient practice, based at the University of Michigan Brighton Health Center. Her clinical interests include women’s health, preventative health initiatives, and care of both adults and children with chronic illnesses. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons. |
 Dr. Amy Hepper was born in Detroit and raised in the northeastern suburbs, and subsequently graduated with a Bachelor's in Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan. She continued her education at the University of Michigan by both attending medical school and completing a combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency. After residency, she became a hospitalist at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, MI where she spent time taking care of both adult and pediatric patients as well as being a clinical faculty member for Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She is excited to return to the University where she hopes to continue to focus on medical education, palliative medicine, family centered rounds, improved communication and use of protocols for common disease processes. Her hobbies include yoga, pilates, reading, gardening, skiing, hiking, and spending time with her husband, family and friends. |
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 Dr. Christopher Kim is a hospitalist in the departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. He completed medical school and his MBA training at the University of Chicago. He then completed his combined Med-Peds residency at the University of Michigan. His interests are in the business and administrative aspects of health care delivery. He enjoys spending his free time with his his wife and son Joshua, and playing golf at the fabulous University of Michigan golf courses. |
 Dr. Kristen Krieger serves as an attending physician at the East Ann Arbor Health Center. She received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed her combined residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center and served as chief resident in the Department of Pediatrics. Her clinical interest is in patients with immune system disorders, including lupus. |
 Dr. Thuy LeDesai is an attending at the East Ann Arbor Health Center Med-Peds clinic. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed her med-peds residency at the U-M. She is involved in teaching internal medicine-pediatric residents, speaks Vietnamese and enjoys spending time with her children. |
 Dr. Patricia McNally graduated from Michigan State Medical School and then completed residency in our program. Patty was awarded the Real-World Pediatrician Award and also Medicine Resident of the Year Award. She served as Chief Resident in Medicine and afterward began teaching both inpatient and outpatient medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. She is an Associate Program Director in Internal Medicine at St. Joe's. |
 Dr. Jennifer Meddings graduated from the U-M Medical School and completed a combined residency in Medicine-Pediatrics at the Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital (previously known as Columbus Children's Hospital), and a chief residency. She later obtained her Master's in Health and Health Care Research at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the impact of quality improvement programs (including pay-for-performance and patient safety initiatives) on the care of patients with chronic and complex illness. She is also on faculty for the Patient Safety Enhancement Program at the University of Michigan. Much of her recent work has focused on interventions to prevent hospital-acquired catheter-associated urinary tract infections, such as the use of reminder systems to prompt routine removal of unnecessary urinary catheters. Her clinical interests include helping adolescents and adults manage complex chronic illness, and prevention of healthcare-associated complications in complex patients requiring multiple medications, procedures and hospitalizations. Her hobbies include gardening, biking, spoiling her dog, and enjoying the artistic talents of others at concerts, art fairs and museums. She is also a dessert connoisseur. |
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 Dr. Kimberly O'Donnell is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. She is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and practices outpatient primary care at the East Ann Arbor Health Center. Her interests are in providing comprehensive, compassionate care to patients with complex health issues, and in providing care to multiple members of the family, at any age. She also spends time teaching medical students and medical residents. Her hobbies include hiking outdoors, watching crime dramas, and spending time with her husband, son, and 2 dogs. |
 Dr. Whitney Rassbach attended Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his Medicine-Pediatrics residency at the University of Michigan. He is currently a Clinical Lecturer in the department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, working as an outpatient primary care physician. In 2012, Dr. Rassbach received the Pediatric Scholarly Activity Day award for his research into the disparities in treatment among adults and children with eosinophilic esophagitis. He is currently applying for a fellowship in allergy/immunology. He enjoys road bicycling, backpacking/camping, and spending time with his wife and son. |
 Dr. David Rosen is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. He directs the Teenage and Young Adult Health Program within the Department of Pediatrics and is responsible for the Adolescent Health curriculum. He also serves as the Associate Director for Pediatric Education and has consistently been rated one of the top teachers in the Department. Dr. Rosen is an accomplished fine art photographer whose work is collected in museums and private collections in the United States and abroad. |
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 Dr. Jennifer Vredeveld graduated from The Medical College of Ohio and completed a combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency at the University of Michigan. She currently has a joint appointment in the departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, working as a hospitalist. Her clinical interests include hospital medicine, medical education, and quality improvement. Her hobbies include spending time with her children. |
Dr. Cathy Bonham graduated from Harvard University and received her Medical Degree from the University of Michigan. She completed a combined residency in Medicine-Pediatrics at the University of Michigan, and currently is a hospitalist in Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan. She is also pursuing her research interests in the care of elderly sepsis patients within the department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. In 2012, she will begin a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Chicago. Her hobbies include cooking, gardening and spending time with her husband and 2 dogs.
Dr. Corey Dean graduated from Michigan State College of Human Medicine, and then completed residency at the Baystate Med-Peds program in Massachusetts. After residency, Corey returned to Michigan to complete a Sports Medicine fellowship at Michigan State. He was twice awarded the Resident Teacher of the Year Award at Baystate and once Outpatient teacher of the year at St. Joseph Internal Medicine Residency Program. He currently divides his time between teaching and private practice in outpatient care, and teaches our residents in Primary Care Ambulatory and Sports Medicine at the Haab Health building as the site coordinator for the University of Michigan Medicine-Pediatrics residents. He is also the team physician for Ypsilanti-Lincoln High School, and enjoys teaching on-the-field medical care. He is married to his beautiful wife Neha and has three wonderful children Ella, Kieran and Leela.
Dr. Jason Kahn went to Swarthmore College in Philadelphia and then attended the University of Rochester School of Medicine. After completing his residency at the University of Michigan, Dr. Kahn served as chief resident in pediatrics. He is currently a faculty member at the Haab Health Centetr in Ypsilanti. He enjoys teaching, hiking, photography and reading. Specific clinical interests include preventive and community medicine. 
Dr. Patricia Keefer is a graduate of Northwestern University and attended the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. Following her residency training, she served one year as chief resident in Internal Medicine at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. Currently she practices as a pediatric palliative care provider and a hospitalist in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics. 
Dr. Rebecca Northway graduated from Albion College and received her Medical Degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She completed a combined residency in Medicine-Pediatrics at the University of Michigan and a Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship at St. John-Providence Health System in Novi, MI. She currently is a Clinical Instructor in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Canton Health Center. She is also one of the team physicians for USA Hockey. Her clinical interests are sports medicine, wilderness medicine, and medical education. Her hobbies include running, outdoor adventure activities, home remodeling, and spending time with her family, including her husband and her 2 dogs. 
Dr. John Schmidt graduated from the U-M Medical School and completed a combined residency in Medicine-Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. He currently has joint appointments as an Assistant Professor in the departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Michigan, working as a hospitalist. Dr. Schmidt serves as the Assistant Director of Pediatric Education and the Associate Director of the Pediatric Hospitalist program. He volunteers as the physician for the Michigan Marching Band. Dr. Schmidt has been recognized for his teaching ability, receiving the Senior Award (presented by the graduating medical school class) six times in the last seven years and Pediatric Residency Faculty Teaching Award. His clinical interests include sports medicine, medical education and hospital administration. His hobbies include scuba diving, snowboarding, watching movies, and spending time with his wife and daughter. 
Dr. Jennifer Stojan was part of the University of Michigan Inteflex Program. She graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed a combined residency in Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. She currently works as a hospitalist in both departments of Medicine and Pediatrics. 