A WARM WELCOME FROM OUR PROGRAM DIRECTOR, DR. MEGAN RICH
One of the great strengths of this residency is the faculty. They bring a wide spectrum of experience and passion to their practice and teaching. Just wait until you see how many have gone on to achieve advanced degrees in education!
FMC (Clinic) Preceptors | Inpatient Faculty | Maternity Care | Global Health Faculty and Underserved Site Preceptors | Geriatrics and Palliative Care | Behavioral Health Specialist
Educator of the Year Award Video (a sneak peak at our academic culture ft. Dr. Bernheisel!)
Dr. Goroncy and Dr. Rich enjoying lunch together in the courtyard
Our Faculty
Program Director Assistant Program Director
Dr. Megan Rich (Program Director, Inpatient Faculty)
I am originally from rural Michigan and moved to Cincinnati for residency training after attending Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago. Having worked in the Dominican Republic and urban Chicago in medical school, I was attracted to Cincinnati because of the mission to serve the most vulnerable. After starting residency, I was delighted to discover I had a passion for education and academic medicine. I’ve held a variety of roles within the residency and University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine, each of which has been uniquely fun and challenging. I’ve directed a course for 1 st and 2 nd year medical students, taught 3 rd year clerkship students and 4 th year Acting Interns, continue to supervise and teach residents of all levels, and direct faculty development. I even started and continue to run a faculty development fellowship called Community Primary Care Champions. Over the years I have found myself drawn to curriculum design projects and eventually went on to get my Masters of Medical Education. While I no longer formally teach courses at the medical school, I still keep the door open by working with students as the Co- Medical Director of UC’s new Student Run Free Clinic. I have long been committed to teaching about the social determinants of health and leading our program to actively address health inequities in the world. I am committed to my continued development an anti-racist and consciously participate in local, state and national advocacy efforts. My professional interests are wide and varied, like so many family physicians, and include mentoring residents, fellows and junior faculty, applying instructional design principles, and designing educational research. At home, I live with my husband, 2 children (Gwen and Quin) and a spirited border collie mix (Maggie). I love to run, cook and read, especially books of the fantasy/science fiction genre.
Jennifer Spata, MD (Assistant Program Director, Medical Director, Family Medicine Center)
My primary interests are caring for patients of all ages with the most up-to-date, compassionate, evidence-based medical prevention and treatment available; and teaching our residents- who will be the future doctors for Cincinnati and beyond- how to continue this tradition of excellent care into their own careers. I also have a special interest in women’s healthcare, including prenatal care, and children’s health and wellness. I grew up in Cincinnati, then moved to the Pacific Northwest for my Family Medicine residency, which helped to fuel my husband and my passions for travel, hiking and local cuisines. I also enjoy playing volleyball and reading. I especially love reading with our two daughters, even as they get older.
FAMILY MEDICINE CENTER (CLINIC) PRECEPTORS
Leila Saxena, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor)
Dr. Saxena received her Bachelor’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology at Smith College before heading to Chicago and Rush Medical College. She completed residency at Providence Medical Center .
She has been active with the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Family and Community Medicine teaching residents as well as medical students at her office in Wyoming and in the classroom. When not caring for patients or teaching student’s, Dr. Saxena enjoys spending time with her husband and two children. She can also be found running 5 and 10 K’s with her family, reading, traveling and cooking healthy meals.
Jennifer Spata, MD (Assistant Program Director, Medical Director, Family Medicine Center)
My primary interests are caring for patients of all ages with the most up-to-date, compassionate, evidence-based medical prevention and treatment available; and teaching our residents- who will be the future doctors for Cincinnati and beyond- how to continue this tradition of excellent care into their own careers. I also have a special interest in women’s healthcare, including prenatal care, and children’s health and wellness. I grew up in Cincinnati, then moved to the Pacific Northwest for my Family Medicine residency, which helped to fuel my husband and my passions for travel, hiking and local cuisines. I also enjoy playing volleyball and reading. I especially love reading with our two daughters, even as they get older.
Lisbeth Lazaron, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor, Maternity Care and Newborn Faculty)
I am proud to be a full-spectrum Family Physician, with a special interest in Family Centered Maternity care, as well as the care of patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. I received my medical degree from the Rush Medical College of Rush University, and completed my Family Medicine residency at the University of Minnesota Hospitals. I am board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, and hold the degree of Fellow of the AAFP. I am employed by the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, and both teach and provide patient care within the TCH/UC Family Medicine Residency program, in both TCH office and hospital setting. I pioneered the Centering Pregnancy obstetrical care program at TCH. I also provide inpatient care to pediatric patients at CCHMC, and am affiliated with CCHMC as their central region physician community leader. I have practiced in Cincinnati for 30 years. I also loves gardening, Star Wars, opera and the Cincinnati Reds. In my free time (ha!), I am learning to play the clarinet.
Reid Hartmann, MD (FMC Preceptor, Program Director of Palliative Care Fellowship at The Christ Hospital)
I am a Cincinnati native, who graduated from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2004, and finished my residency training in this very program in 2007. I have two young daughters, and my wife and I enjoy the art museum (where she is a docent), as well as the vibrant arts and entertainment in Cincinnati. Medical education for both residents and students is a strong interest, as well as expanding access and quality of care in hospice and palliative medicine.
Orson Austin, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor, Director of the Maple Knoll Nursing Home)
Dr. Austin attended medical school at Meharry Medical College before coming to Cincinnati for his family medicine training. He then went on the pursue a fellowship in geriatrics from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. He helped to design our geriatric curriculum as well as focus on home visits all while maintaining a busy family medicine practice of his own. He enjoys teaching on both the resident and medical student level and can often be found listening to music in his spare time.
Michael Putnam, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor and Inpatient Faculty)
My name is Michael Putnam and I am one of the inpatient faculty as well as outpatient FMC preceptors. I am from Chicago, a graduate of Saint Louis University for undergrad, Loyola University Chicago for medical school, and The Christ Hospital / University of Cincinnati FMRP for residency! My wife and I have made Cincinnati our adoptive hometown and we're blessed to have two wonderful children who keep us busy. I enjoy watching college basketball, going for runs, and gardening. Lastly, I love working in academic medicine for the ability to work with and train learners to be our next generation of family physicians!
Joseph Bateman, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor)
Dr. Bateman received his medical degree from the Jefferson Medical College-Thomas Jefferson University. He completed both his internship and residency at University Hospital. He is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Dr. Bateman is the medical director of The Christ Hospital Medical Associates (TCHMA), the primary care physician practice owned by The Christ Hospital Health Network. Dr. Bateman previously served as chief medical officer and vice president of Alliance Primary Care; as medical director of a large family medicine practice with University Primary Care Associates; and as associate director for inpatient services and staff physician at Drake Center. He has also served as an associate professor of family medicine at the University of Cincinnati.
Sara Kleinschmidt, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor, Palliative Care Faculty)
While in medical school at Northwestern University, I began asking the residents I worked with, if a person is interested in training for primary care for the underserved, where is the place to train? And the answer kept coming back, the University of Cincinnati. I asked to do an away rotation as an MS4 and found the faculty to be knowledgeable, kind and mission driven in their care for the underserved. And they seemed to genuinely like their trainees. And the faculty was launching a palliative care program! So, I completed my family medicine residency and palliative care fellowship with the University of Cincinnati/The Christ Hospital program.
So, now I have a job I dreamed of: most weeks, a primary care physician with top notch partners, privileged to teach residents and medical students. Every month I spend a week on the palliative care hospital service at Christ, working with a dynamic interdisciplinary team caring for patients with serious illness.
My husband and I have 3 children. We like forest bathing, swimming, watching the kids put on plays and all things summer.
Chris Bernheisel, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor, Interim Chair of the Family Medicine Department)
I am from Ohio, and I came to Cincinnati for medical school with a strong interest in service and Global Health. It was during a Global Health lecture in my first year of medical school when I first met some of the incredible faculty in our Family Medicine department. I was immediately attracted to their amazing dedication to serving the most vulnerable population. Between my first and second year of medical school, my wife and I jumped at the opportunity to work on a project in Honduras and spent our honeymoon hiking the mountains of rural Honduras collecting data on relief efforts organized by the Family Medicine program following Hurricane Mitch. It was during this trip that I truly appreciated the importance of Family Medicine. I saw how family physicians not only had the skills and knowledge to care for a broad range of ailments and conditions, but the blessing to journey with patients throughout their life, providing care during some of the most stressful situations for a family. I also saw how family physicians could influence the health of entire communities, treating not just the disease but recognizing all of the determinants of health and how these affect the health of an individual and community. When it came time to select a residency it was an easy choice, and I matched with The Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati Family Medicine Program. My wife and I now have four young boys, and after many years of enjoying the city as a young married couple, we are having fun rediscovering Cincinnati as parents. Through residency, as a faculty member, as the program director, and now as interim chair of the family medicine department, my fellow faculty and the residents inspire me daily. I love working for such an incredible group and feel honored to be able to play a role in the development of such amazing individuals as they become family physicians.
Douglas Collins, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor, Co-Director of Global and Underserved Health)
I am a home-grown Reds and Bengals (Bungles) fan, and have returned to Cincinnati after serving for a decade (2002-2011) in medical mission work through a faith-based organization in Cambodia. I work with Drs. O’Dea and Kiesler to direct our Global Health endeavors. I enjoy caring for the poor through medicine, whether urban homeless here or rural overseas. My main academic interests are in tropical medicine and ortho/sports medicine, and I am currently developing the Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum to given providers more skills, especially when in underserved areas. Additional interests include playing with my wife and kids, playing soccer, strumming guitar, and participating in our church.
Michael Holliday, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor)
Ronald Reynolds, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor)
Dr. Reynolds specializes in family medicine. His areas of interest include newborn care, pediatrics, contraception, women's wellness and gynecology care, and office surgical procedures, including No-scalpel vasectomy. Dr. Reynolds received his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine and completed his family medicine residency at Flower Memorial Hospital in Sylvania, OH. Dr. Reynolds is listed in the first edition of Marquis' Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare and is regularly listed as a Top Doctor in Cincinnati. He was named the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Family Medicine Educator of the Year in 2006. He has published numerous articles, letters, and book chapters about the practice of family medicine. Dr. Reynolds is a member of The Christ Hospital Physicians Ambulatory Care Advisory Committee, which improves the electronic medical record. Dr. Reynolds also serves as a Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine where he teaches outpatient procedures to family medicine residents and lectures in the medical school third year family medicine clerkship.
To learn more about our Family Medicine Center (main outpatient clinical site), click here
INPATIENT FAMILY MEDICINE FACULTY
Hilary Mount, MD (Director of the Family Medicine Inpatient Service)
I am an assistant professor in the residency program involved in inpatient teaching and prenatal care. I am passionate about teaching, providing useful feedback that leads to personal and professional improvement, women's health, and transitions of care. My family is very important to me. I am married with three beautiful girls and a dog, Crosley. I love spending time with them outdoors, at the zoo or any of Cincinnati's parks. We are huge sports fans and can be found at many Cincinnati Reds games during the summer.
Dr. Megan Rich (Program Director, Inpatient Faculty)
I am originally from rural Michigan and moved to Cincinnati for residency training after attending Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago. Having worked in the Dominican Republic and urban Chicago in medical school, I was attracted to Cincinnati because of the mission to serve the most vulnerable. After starting residency, I was delighted to discover I had a passion for education and academic medicine. I’ve held a variety of roles within the residency and University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine, each of which has been uniquely fun and challenging. I’ve directed a course for 1 st and 2 nd year medical students, taught 3 rd year clerkship students and 4 th year Acting Interns, continue to supervise and teach residents of all levels, and direct faculty development. I even started and continue to run a faculty development fellowship called Community Primary Care Champions. Over the years I have found myself drawn to curriculum design projects and eventually went on to get my Masters of Medical Education. While I no longer formally teach courses at the medical school, I still keep the door open by working with students as the Co- Medical Director of UC’s new Student Run Free Clinic. I have long been committed to teaching about the social determinants of health and leading our program to actively address health inequities in the world. I am committed to my continued development an anti-racist and consciously participate in local, state and national advocacy efforts. My professional interests are wide and varied, like so many family physicians, and include mentoring residents, fellows and junior faculty, applying instructional design principles, and designing educational research. At home, I live with my husband, 2 children (Gwen and Quin) and a spirited border collie mix (Maggie). I love to run, cook and read, especially books of the fantasy/science fiction genre.
Dr. Jeffrey Morgeson (Inpatient Faculty)
I am a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati Residency Program. I spent a year doing locum tenens work in an underserved area of New Zealand right after residency before returning to the department as a core inpatient faculty in 2008. My interests outside medicine include competitive tennis and traveling the world.
Dr. Sean Boyle (Inpatient Faculty)
I was born and raised in Cincinnati and attended the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school. I work as an attending on the Family Medicine inpatient service and run the Osteopathic Manual Medicine clinic at the Family Medicine Center. I enjoy having adventures with my wife and three kids, gardening and being outside.
Michael Putnam, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor and Inpatient Faculty)
My name is Michael Putnam and I am one of the inpatient faculty as well as outpatient FMC preceptors. I am from Chicago, a graduate of Saint Louis University for undergrad, Loyola University Chicago for medical school, and The Christ Hospital / University of Cincinnati FMRP for residency! My wife and I have made Cincinnati our adoptive hometown and we're blessed to have two wonderful children who keep us busy. I enjoy watching college basketball, going for runs, and gardening. Lastly, I love working in academic medicine for the ability to work with and train learners to be our next generation of family physicians!
Anna Goroncy, MD (Inpatient faculty, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Associate Program Director)
I moved to Cincinnati for residency from Richmond VA, where I attended Virginia Commonwealth University for undergrad and med school (Go Rams!). After residency, I stayed for our geriatric fellowship and haven’t been able to pull myself away from our great faculty, residents and program. In addition to Geriatrics and hospital medicine, I’m passionate about teaching, underserved care, working directly with communities to build on strengths together, and the role of race and implicit bias in medicine. I also run our Home-Based Primary Care program, which really pulls together all of my passions. I’m also working toward my Master’s in Medical Education. Outside of work, I stay involved at my church through our Justice Team and our racial reconciliation program and I spend most Sunday mornings hanging with some of the coolest 3- and 4-year olds as a Sunday school teacher. The rest of my free time is spent with my neighborhood community and exploring the many parks in Cincinnati with my dog Buckley. I also love all of the cultural events our city offers, such as museums, music festivals and the Broadway series.
Montiel Rosenthal, MD (Director, Maternity Care and Newborn Service, Inpatient Faculty, Race Track Preceptor)
Dr. Montiel Rosenthal was born and raised in Cincinnati. She graduated from Seton High School, Thomas More College, and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She did her FM residency, based at UC, and a subsequent fellowship in obstetrics at Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood, Kentucky. She has worked in rural SE Indiana, in the mountains of North Eastern Kentucky, and as a medical missionary in the Republic of Armenia before returning to the States. She is a member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, does individual and group spiritual direction, scuba dives, plays celtic harp, and loves to garden and prepare tasty meals for friends. She is also board-certified in Medical Acupuncture. "I believe that all women and their families should be able to experience competent, compassionate, patient focused, and evidence-based prenatal care." In addition to running the maternity care service, she also is one of our newborn attendings, inpatient attendings, pediatric inpatient attendings, and has a full spectrum family medicine outpatient clinic within the FMC. She is intimately involved in all children thrive and constantly working with residents on projects to improve prenatal and newborn care.
Andrea Rosado, MD (Inpatient Family Medicine Faculty)
To learn more about our Inpatient service, click here
MATERNITY CARE FACULTY
Jennifer Bain, MD (Director, Maternity Care and Newborn Service )
Montiel Rosenthal, MD Maternity Care and Newborn Service, Inpatient Faculty, Race Track Preceptor)
Dr. Montiel Rosenthal was born and raised in Cincinnati. She graduated from Seton High School, Thomas More College, and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She did her FM residency, based at UC, and a subsequent fellowship in obstetrics at Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood, Kentucky. She has worked in rural SE Indiana, in the mountains of North Eastern Kentucky, and as a medical missionary in the Republic of Armenia before returning to the States. She is a member of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, does individual and group spiritual direction, scuba dives, plays celtic harp, and loves to garden and prepare tasty meals for friends. She is also board-certified in Medical Acupuncture. "I believe that all women and their families should be able to experience competent, compassionate, patient focused, and evidence-based prenatal care." In addition to running the maternity care service, she also is one of our newborn attendings, inpatient attendings, pediatric inpatient attendings, and has a full spectrum family medicine outpatient clinic within the FMC. She is intimately involved in all children thrive and constantly working with residents on projects to improve prenatal and newborn care.
Jessie Bertsch, CNM (Maternity Care Faculty)
Jessie is a Certified Nurse Midwife who has been in practice in the Cincinnati area for 8 years. She began her nursing career in labor and delivery over 15 years ago and has had a passion for labor and birth for as long as she can remember. She lives in Northern Kentucky where she grew up, and is a wife and mother to 9 young children. Jessie has a heart for women's health and counts it an honor to care for moms and babies as well as provide excellent gynecological care to women of all ages. She thoroughly enjoys teaching and has experience precepting many midwifery and family nurse practitioners over the years, as well as most recently working alongside Family Medicine residents as they complete there Women's Health electives. She hopes to make a positive impact and looks forward to sharing all of her knowledge and experience with you as you are introduced to the wonder of women's health!
Michelle Zamudio, CNM (Maternity Care Faculty)
I was born and raised in an Appalachian family in VA, the first to go to college. I graduated from UC with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I have been working in women's health for the past 33 years. I later earned a Masters Degree at the University of Kentucky and have been in practice for about 26 years. I was in AFROTC in undergrad school and proceeded to Active Duty service in the US Air Force. I retired as a Lt Colonel with over 28 years of service. I love flying and actually entered the Air Force as a pilot and chose OB because the fighter jets were at the same base as the OB Internship....ha! I fell in love with obstetrical and gynecology.
My passions are my 3 children and my grandchildren, my service to women and families, and teaching.
As a midwife, I believe firmly in shared decision making with patients and allowing women and families to make informed choices about their births. Birth is a truly important imprint experience for women and I partner with women to ensure a gentle, loving experience.
I serve on the Ohio State Board of Nursing and represent our team on several Christ Hospital committees, including the Quality Assurance Committee and the Peer Review committee. I am also the Co-Chair of the Advanced Practice Provider advisory council at TCH.
Special interests include: natural childbirth, political activism, gynecology, contraceptive procedures, adolescent gynecology, menopause and sexual health.
Hobbies include sleeping when I can ( ha!), reading, gardening, and piano. I love reading legal thrillers, traveling, and hiking.
My hope is to help guide others as they care for women and families.
" When a woman births, not only is a baby being born but so is a mother. How we treat her will affect how she feels about herself as a mother and as a parent Be gentle. Be kind. Listen." - Ruth Ehrhardt
To learn more about our Maternity Care service, click here
GLOBAL HEALTH FACULTY AND UNDERSERVED SITE PRECEPTORS
Douglas Collins, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor, Co-Director of Global and Underserved Health)
I am a home-grown Reds and Bengals (Bungles) fan, and have returned to Cincinnati after serving for a decade (2002-2011) in medical mission work through a faith-based organization in Cambodia. I work with Drs. O’Dea and Kiesler to direct our Global Health endeavors. I enjoy caring for the poor through medicine, whether urban homeless here or rural overseas. My main academic interests are in tropical medicine and ortho/sports medicine, and I am currently developing the Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum to given providers more skills, especially when in underserved areas. Additional interests include playing with my wife and kids, playing soccer, strumming guitar, and participating in our church.
Christy O'Dea, MD (Crossroads FQHC Preceptor, Co-Director of Global and Underserved Health)
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. After spending five years in rural Family Medicine practice in Northern Wisconsin, I moved with my family and small children to rural Honduras, where I spent two years as a volunteer family physician with the non-governmental organization, Shoulder to Shoulder. I returned from Honduras to join the faculty at the University of Cincinnati, where I am the Director of Global Health Education in The Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati Family Medicine Residency Program. I have a clinical practice at a Christian Community Health Center, Crossroad Health Center. My areas of interests include Global and Underserved Health and Latino Health.
Anisa Shomo, MD (Cincinnati Health Department Preceptor)
Dr. Shomo is a board certified Geriatrician in addition to Family Medicine. She splits her time between working at the University of Cincinnati and in Haiti. She staffs 2 health centers for the Cincinnati Health Department which operates 6 FQHCs throughout the city. Her primary health center, Braxton Cann Health Center, is located in Madisonville. It is a longitudinal clinic site for the residency. The other, Bobbie Sterne Health Center, is located in Over-the-Rhine. She practice Family Medicine and Geriatrics at both locations. In Haiti, she helps to manage the pediatric, adult medicine, and gynecology outpatient clinics in addition to the inpatient service. She is also an avid runner and past ambassador of Black Girls Run! Cincinnati Chapter.
Hilja Ruegg, MD (Program Director for the Family Medicine/Psychiatry Residency Program, McMicken Homeless Clinic Preceptor)
Dually trained in Family Medicine and Psychiatry she completed her residency here in 2016. She was born in West Virginia but spent her childhood and teenage years until college in Afghanistan and India. She attended Mount Holyoke College for undergraduate school where she studied Russian and Eurasian Studies. After undergrad she made her way slowly towards medicine, first through infectious disease research in Peru, then in Afghanistan promoting women’s health and education and through work at a Federally Qualified Community Health Center in Holyoke, Massachusetts. She finally left her globe- trotting to attend Marshall University School of Medicine. Her primary interests are in global health, particularly mental health in underserved settings, integration of primary care and mental health, and innovation in models of care delivery. She is currently a dually appointed faculty member in the departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry. She is married to Eric Ruegg, an artist, chef and generally nice guy who helps keep the home front intact and is critical in helping raise their daughters. Together, they enjoy living in Cincinnati’s quirky historic neighborhood of Northside where they are caring for their 120 year old row house, enjoy cooking globally inspired meals for large groups of people and planning their next transcontinental trip.
Joe Kiesler, MD (Associate Director of Global Health, McMicken Homeless clinic and Racetrack clinic preceptor)
I am originally from Louisville, Ky, but moved to Cincinnati for medical school and residency after graduating from the University of Dayton. I am a physician with the Healthcare for Homeless program and also work with faculty members Drs. Christy O'Dea and Doug Collins to coordinate the Global Health curriculum within the residency program. I direct our Community Responsive Physician curriculum and oversee our longitudinal continuity clinical experiences with underserved populations. Most of my career has been focused on merging three passions related to underserved populations - being a good family doctor, mentoring and teaching medical students and residents, and creating partnerships with the community to improve the health of vulnerable populations. Establishing our free clinic for racetrack workers is one example of bringing these interests together. Outside of work, my partner, Bruce, and I enjoy travel, cooking and combining the two when possible.
To learn more about our Global and Underserved curriculum, click here
GERIATRIC AND PALLIATIVE CARE FACULTY
Orson Austin, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor, Director of the Maple Knoll Nursing Home)
Dr. Austin attended medical school at Meharry Medical College before coming to Cincinnati for his family medicine training. He then went on the pursue a fellowship in geriatrics from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. He helped to design our geriatric curriculum as well as focus on home visits all while maintaining a busy family medicine practice of his own. He enjoys teaching on both the resident and medical student level and can often be found listening to music in his spare time.
Dr. Jeffrey Schlaudecker (Geriatrics Faculty)
Jeff Schlaudecker MD, MEd is the Kautz Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Geriatric Medical Education at the University of Cincinnati. A board certified family physician and geriatrician and Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, he is a nationally recognized teacher and researcher in the area of geriatric medicine and the team-based care of older adults.
Dr. Schlaudecker graduated from Northwestern University and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Following residency training in family medicine and a fellowship in geriatric medicine, he began working with The Christ Hospital/University of Cincinnati Family Medicine Residency Program and Geriatric Medicine Fellowship in 2007. Jeff completed his Masters in Education (MEd) with a focus on Adult Learning Theory in the Fall of 2013. Dr. Schlaudecker has been awarded almost $5 million in federal research grants studying how to lead and inspire future doctors and has authored over fifty peer-reviewed publications and national poster presentations. Dr. Schlaudecker also served as the Medical Director of The Christ Hospital Acute Care for Elderly Unit from 2013-2019.
An annual “Top Doctor” in Cincinnati Magazine since 2009, The Cincinnati Business Courier named him to the 2009 class of Cincinnati’s Forty under Forty. In 2015 he was awarded Venue Magazine’s ‘John D. Dovich Rising Star Medical Leader Award’ and in 2016 he was awarded the Visiting Nurse Association’s VNA Today Caring Award.
Dr. Schlaudecker frequently teaches family medicine and geriatric medicine around the world, having traveled over 15 times to Africa and Central America as a volunteer physician. He is a past executive board member of the Greater Cincinnati Alzheimer’s Association. Jeff lives in Mount Lookout with his wife, an infectious disease pediatrician, and their three children.
Sara Kleinschmidt, MD (FMC Clinic Preceptor, Palliative Care Faculty)
While in medical school at Northwestern University, I began asking the residents I worked with, if a person is interested in training for primary care for the underserved, where is the place to train? And the answer kept coming back, the University of Cincinnati. I asked to do an away rotation as an MS4 and found the faculty to be knowledgeable, kind and mission driven in their care for the underserved. And they seemed to genuinely like their trainees. And the faculty was launching a palliative care program! So, I completed my family medicine residency and palliative care fellowship with the University of Cincinnati/The Christ Hospital program.
So, now I have a job I dreamed of: most weeks, a primary care physician with top notch partners, privileged to teach residents and medical students. Every month I spend a week on the palliative care hospital service at Christ, working with a dynamic interdisciplinary team caring for patients with serious illness.
My husband and I have 3 children. We like forest bathing, swimming, watching the kids put on plays and all things summer.
Anna Goroncy, MD (Inpatient faculty, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Associate Program Director)
I moved to Cincinnati for residency from Richmond VA, where I attended Virginia Commonwealth University for undergrad and med school (Go Rams!). After residency, I stayed for our geriatric fellowship and haven’t been able to pull myself away from our great faculty, residents and program. In addition to Geriatrics and hospital medicine, I’m passionate about teaching, underserved care, working directly with communities to build on strengths together, and the role of race and implicit bias in medicine. I also run our Home-Based Primary Care program, which really pulls together all of my passions. I’m also working toward my Master’s in Medical Education. Outside of work, I stay involved at my church through our Justice Team and our racial reconciliation program and I spend most Sunday mornings hanging with some of the coolest 3- and 4-year olds as a Sunday school teacher. The rest of my free time is spent with my neighborhood community and exploring the many parks in Cincinnati with my dog Buckley. I also love all of the cultural events our city offers, such as museums, music festivals and the Broadway series.
Dr. Rachel June (Maple Knoll Nursing Home Preceptor)
Reid Hartmann, MD (FMC Preceptor, Program Director of Palliative Care Fellowship at The Christ Hospital)
I am a Cincinnati native, who graduated from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2004, and finished my residency training in this very program in 2007. I have two young daughters, and my wife and I enjoy the art museum (where she is a docent), as well as the vibrant arts and entertainment in Cincinnati. Medical education for both residents and students is a strong interest, as well as expanding access and quality of care in hospice and palliative medicine.
To learn more about our Geriatrics experience, click here
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST DEAN OF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Robert Pulliam, MD (Behavioral Health Specialist)
After graduating medical school at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, I stayed in Cincinnati for residency with the UC Family Medicine and Psychiatry Residency Program. Training in Family Medicine and Psychiatry allowed me to explore and practice both physical and mental health problems within the same setting. I joined the UC Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience, as well as Family and Community Medicine, in order to continue exploring new ways to integrate primary care and mental health services.
Lisa Johnson, MD (Dean of Diversity & Inclusion)
Lisa Johnson, MD, is a native of the Bahamas whose work includes mentoring, teaching and leading. She received her bachelor’s degree at Florida Memorial College and her medical degree at the Universidad Tecnologica de Santiago. She completed her residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center McKeesport Hospital and her fellowship at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Subsequently, Dr. Johnson joined the Department of Adolescent Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center before she was recruited to join the ODEI Team and provide clinical services through the University of Cincinnati Department of Family and Community Medicine.
You can get a sense of the culture of learning at our residency program in the following video - which acknowledges Chris Bernheisel as the Ohio Family Medicine Educator of the Year for 2016.