Educational Affairs - Office of Clinical Education

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If you have comments or questions for the Office of Clinical Education, please contact:

OCE Faculty

Misha Syed, MD, MEHP
Assistant Dean of Clinical Education

As Assistant Dean for the Office of Clinical Education, Dr. Syed works closely with course and clerkship directors, curriculum committee, program coordinators, and students to oversee clinical education throughout the UTMB School of Medicine curriculum.

OCE Staff

Shaine LeGrand
Program Manager
(409) 747-0268
  • Coordinates orientation for 3rd and 4th year classes
  • Provides oversight of SOM 3rd year clerkships and assists with all questions related to 3rd and 4th year SOM course work
Frances Dawe
Clinical Education Specialist
(409) 747-1750
  • Lead chief proctor for NBME shelf exams
  • Manage Affiliation Agreements for JSSOM
  • WOS Faculty appointment process
Brian Sullivan
Clinical Education Specialist
(409) 747-0265
  • Rural Health Scholarly Concentration Coordinator
  • WOS Faculty appointment process
  • Preceptor access to the Moody Medical Library
  • OCE Website maintenance
Lyndsey Phillips
Clinical Education Specialist
(409)
  • Scholarly Concentration Coordinator
  • Housing Coordinator
  • Student ACLS/BLS/PALS Voucher Contact
  • POWER Coordinator
Casey Sendejas
Administrative Manager
(409) 266-6466
  • Experiential Learning and Assessment Coordinator
  • IPEP Coordinator
  • Transition to Residency (TTR) Co-Coordinator
  • Introduction to Clerkships and Clinical Skills (ICCS) Co-Coordinator
  • UWorld Coordinator
Kaylyn Firebaugh
Coordinator II
(409) 747-0269
  • Introduction to Clerkships and Clinical Skills (ICCS) Coordinator
  • Transition to Residency (TTR) Co-Coordinator
  • Experiential Learning and Assessment Coordinator
  • Preclinical Preceptorships Coordinator
  • Community-Based Electives Coordinator
Alexis Cermeno
Coordinator II
(409) 747-1737
  • Electives Coure Committee Coordinator
  • Basic Science & Humanities Selectives (BSHS) Coordinator
  • Learn to Lead Scholarly Concentration Coordinator
Shirnele Pope
Coordinator II
(409) 266-2712
  • Health Systems Science & Community Service (HSS) Coordinator
  • Practice of Medicine 3 & 4 (POM 3 & 4) Coordinator
  • Physician Healer Scholarly Concentration Coordinator

Amanda Carey
Diretor of Experiential Learning & Assessment
(409) 

  • Experiential Learning & Assessment

OCE Information