Entries by MedStar GME Admin

Shout Out! to Chief Resident Dr. Maria Sofia Martinez Cruz

Shout Out! to Chief Resident Dr. Maria Sofia Martinez Cruz for organizing our inaugural Women in Medicine workshop at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center in conjunction with the ACP-Maryland Chapter Women in Medicine committee and the Chief Residents of Baltimore (CRAB) committee. This event was held in March to celebrate Women’s History Month. We were […]

Staff Profile: Meghan Shaver

Meghan Shaver, the Corporate Director of MedStar Health GME, has seen the health system undergo a lot of change over her 20-year tenure. Her career within GME has experienced some changes, too. Meghan started out as the program coordinator for the psychiatry department at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Over the course of her career, she’s […]

Staff Profile: Gordon Simonett

Gordon Simonett credits his West Indian heritage as the source of his sunny disposition and eternal optimism. Gordon moved to the United States from Trinidad and Tobago when he was just eight years old and became a U.S. citizen in 2001. Gordon brings his can-do attitude to his role as Database Manager for MedStar Health […]

Staff Profile: Shari Goldston, MBA

Shari Goldston, MBA, says the best part of her job is getting to see the growth in GME learners – from the time they arrive until they move on or even become attendings at MedStar Health. “Watching them come in as interns and they’re nervous. Everybody’s had that experience, right? When you start your first […]

Leader Profile: Dr. Carrie Chen

Carrie Chen, MD, PhD, chose to pursue pediatrics because it allowed her to think about health in a very broad way. The role you assume as a pediatrician, she explains, is so much more than curing or preventing disease. She says it’s about setting a foundation for a child to be healthy and successful over […]

People Profiles: Dr. Kathryn Kellogg

Dr. Kate Kellogg (Emergency Medicine) loves to create useful and functional things for other people – things that they might need and that make them feel cared about. That’s one of the reasons she really enjoys glassblowing, a hobby she picked up last year. Though she admits, with such a fickle medium, things don’t always […]

People Profiles: Dr. Munish Goyal

Munish Goyal, MD, (Emergency Medicine) almost decided not to go into medicine. He even briefly changed his undergraduate major from biology to business. That is, until an experience shadowing a retinal surgeon during the AIDS epidemic in Washington, D.C., made a lasting impression on him. It was 1994 and he wasn’t enjoying his science classes, […]

People Profiles: Dr. Heather Hartman-Hall

Heather Hartman-Hall, PhD (Clinical Psychology) is a Baltimore Orioles fanatic. She almost never misses a game. As a lifelong Marylander, she’s always rooted for the team but really got into the sport when her son started playing and her daughter picked up softball. Dr. Hartman-Hall brings this same level of commitment and dedication to supporting […]