Education & Training

  • Theotonius Gomes

    Theotonius J. Gomes, DO, is Program Director for the Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program and an assistant professor in the Departments of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He is a trained Internal Medicine-Pediatrics physician. Dr. Gomes completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland in…

  • Jeri Lantz

    I have had 28 years of med/peds practice, and 24 years in a med/peds “sparse” area in academics and practice. I have been the Division Chief in IM for 26 general internists and Division Chief of our Adolescent group in Pediatrics for the last 15+ years. I maintain both an active IM practice and Peds…

  • Jason Gulati

    I ended up in Med/Peds because I enjoy wearing a lot of hats. Each one enhances my practice in the others. My current practice is largely inpatient adult-focused, mostly because I was finding true inpatient Med/Peds positions a little hard to come by when I graduated (I chose to be location-locked). So I started as…

  • Ellen Singer

    I love clinical practice — especially fast paced primary and virtual care. I lean into the nuances of patient interviewing. I trained in the “paper era” and adopted have technologies in my career. I have expertise in clinical leadership, expert witness and medical board consultation and systems design. I also love laundry as a hobby…

  • Phil Verhoef

    Phil has been a leader in AAP (on the Committee on Drugs), ACP, and ATS. Currently he serves APD for the IM residency at the University of Hawaii, and has had experience as a PI for several NIH research grants.

  • Jennifer Walsh

    Jennifer founded the UT Southwestern Med-Peds Residency Program and Division in 2016. She served as Residency Program Director until 2023 and still serves as the Chief of the Med-Peds Division, which is a division in both the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics departments. She also now serves as the Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs in Pediatrics,…

  • Alice Alexander

    Alice has been the Med-Peds program director at the University of Arkansas since 2017. She has held leadership roles in the IM residency and in the med-peds residency clinic. She started practicing with some adult inpatient and consult time, but now her practice is entirely outpatient; she precepts residents in both categorical programs’ continuity clinics…

  • Mike Aylward

    Mike is currently Med-Peds residency program director at University of Minnesota. He started a health equity non-profit and has had leadership experience in various levels of medical systems.

  • Ben Kinnear

    Ben is currently the Med-Peds residency program director at University of Cincinnati. He is a Med-Peds hospitalist who practices in both the IM and Peds hospitals. He is an education researcher with a PhD in health professions education, and he has a particular focus in learner assessment, CBME, and coaching. He also has an interest…

  • Mike Kleinman

    Mike is currently APD of University of Tennessee Med-Peds program, one of largest in the country. He is a mentor to many residents and junior faculty at his institution. He also serves as an assistant dean in the medical school.