No images? Click here May 2021 EducationBy Dr. Nick Ketchum Over one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and resident education has settled into virtual learning sessions. There have certainly been some things that have not been possible – hands-on sessions with large groups, for example – but residents, faculty and staff have been able to adapt to the virtual formats. There were some things that were able to be moved forward, however. The PM&R Residency Core Didactic Series was successfully transitioned from a 36-month rotating schedule to a 12-month rotating schedule. This will provide the opportunity for residents to have exposure to core PM&R topics on a yearly basis rather than being exposed only one time during their residency training. Additionally, it allowed for a reassessment of the lecture content, attempting to provide lectures that are more practice- and board-relevant. This is certainly an evolving process, but given the fact that all didactic series had the extra challenge of being virtual, we feel it was a success. Our Chief Residents, Drs. Charlotte Ball and Nick Donohue, have collected survey data from the residents about this change in didactic structure, the results of which will be discussed at an upcoming Faculty Education Meeting. Speaking of Chief Residents, we would like to give a huge thanks to Drs. Ball and Donohue for serving in the Chief Resident role over the past year. They came into service just as the COVID-19 pandemic reared its head. Drs. Ball and Donohue demonstrated great leadership, creativity, and ability to deal with adversity during this past year. Their term of serving in this role was completed on April 1, 2021. With this, we would like to welcome incoming Chief Residents for the 2021-22 academic year – Drs. Giuliana Rotunno and Sarah Wineman! Another change forthcoming is the transition of PM&R Residency Program Director. Dr. Nicholas Ketchum has served in this position since July 2015, and will be transitioning out of this position effective July 1, 2021. Dr. Karin Goodfriend will assume the role of PM&R Program Director. She has served as Associate Program Director since July 2017. Additionally, she recently completed the AAP’s Program for Academic Leadership Program and is a current participant in the Kern Institute for Transformation of Medical Education’s KINETIC3 program. She also previously completed the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Lubar School of Business Leadership Academy in 2018-19. We look forward to Dr. Goodfriend’s upcoming new role! Dr. Ketchum's stellar job with our residency program transcends beyond the graduating classes. We cannot thank you enough Dr. Ketchum! Class of 2016 Class of 2017 Class of 2018 Class of 2019 Class of 2020 By Dr. Carley Sauter Like so many things in 2020, medical student education has undergone a transformation in terms of converting our programs to a virtual or hybrid format. In-person rotations were brought to a halt, so we had the opportunity to develop some new and innovative programs to continue PM&R education for our students. For those students who were on rotation during the initial shutdown, we were able to convert their rotations into an interactive virtual small group format where we reviewed topics, cases, and innovations in PM&R. Since in-person and elective and away rotations were also put on hold through the summer and fall, we hosted a six-week virtual program that was open to students across the country. This program was structured to teach students about PM&R as a specialty, to highlight some of the great things happening at MCW in the clinical, research, and educational worlds, and to introduce students to our faculty and residents and learn more about residency at MCW. These programs would not have been possible without the participation of many dedicated faculty and residents who contributed their time and expertise to making these two programs a success. As we slowly return normal educational structures, we’ll plan to continue some of these programs in a hybrid format, incorporating the best of both worlds to enhance the education of our medical students who are interested in PM&R.
It is a great pleasure to welcome Anjum Sayyad, MD, MBA, FAAPMR, to our MCW PM&R Department. Dr. Sayyad received her B.S. in Biological Sciences from Florida Atlantic University and her medical degree from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science: The Chicago Medical School in 2007. After completing her internal medicine internship at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago, she completed her PM&R Residency at Northwestern University, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now Shirley Ryan Ability Lab). Dr. Sayyad is ABPMR board certified with subspecialty certification in Brain Injury Medicine. Prior to joining MCW, Dr. Sayyad practiced at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital with a focus on stroke rehabilitation and brain injury medicine. In addition to her clinical practice, she served as medical director of the Brain Injury and Stroke programs, Associate Program Director (2012-2016) and Residency Program Director (2016-2019) for the PM&R Residency training program at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Sayyad expanded her skills by completing her MBA in HealthCare Management in 2018. Most recently, she was the Chief Medical Officer for Chestnut Health in Elgin, Il. In this role, she developed clinical programming for over 40 skilled nursing facilities and provided oversight of 12 providers (MD and APPs). We are extremely excited to welcome Dr. Sayyad and look forward to her clinical, education, administrative and research leadership in Brain Injury Medicine and PM&R overall! We are delighted to welcome Melissa Carroll, APNP, in our Froedtert Spinal Cord Injury team! Melissa is from Abbotsford, WI, where she grew up on a farm with Grandma and Grandpa. Her grandpa was in a motorcycle accident in 2000 leaving him a C7 quad which has led her to the nursing profession. She went to nursing school at UW-Eau Claire where she graduated in 2009 and moved to Milwaukee to start her career on the Spinal Cord Injury unit (5-SE at the time). Melissa went back to grad school at UW-Milwaukee and has worked in the Neuro ICU as an Nurse Practitioner. She will celebrate her 10-year wedding anniversary in June, and has three beautiful children: Connor, 8, Harper, 5, and Carson, 3. The family also has a Cockapoo named Ruby who is 9. Melissa and her family live in Brookfield, WI. Therapy through LegosWhile recovering from a spinal cord injury that left him a paraplegic, Veteran Jeff Haagensen turned to an unlikely source to aid his recovery -- Legos. He has built hundreds of models, which will go on display May 3-7. READ MORE> Have news to share with your PM&R colleagues? We would love to hear from you for our next issue, so please email any recent publications, awards, presentations, shout-outs, pictures, etc. to Beatriz Envila at benvila@mcw.edu. Medical College of Wisconsin | 8701 Watertown Plank Road | Milwaukee, WI 53226 Connect to MCW on Social |