Faculty Resources Calendar 

Discover our Faculty Resources Calendar! It highlights essential dates and faculty development events. Stay updated on CME opportunities, GMEC, and other opportunities to enhance your professional growth. Keep track of key dates and make the most of your development journey!

Faculty Appointment 

As a valuable member of our WRH Medical Staff and teaching faculty, we welcome you to become an adjunct faculty member at our affiliated Colleges of Medicine. Each school provides unique benefits and opportunities such as free Continuing Medical Education, free access to library resources and clinical databases, the opportunity to network with our medical education professionals, and much more.  Use the links below to apply. 

LECOM Faculty Appointment 

OUHCOM Faculty Appointment 

NEOMED Faculty Appointment 

Faculty One

We utilize modules from the AMA GME Competency Education Program, if you are interested in taking any of these modules. Some of the various faculty development module topics can be found below, please contact Rachel Yaceczko via email (ryaceczko@westernreservehospital.org) for more information. 

  • Integrating Telehealth into Clinical Training
  • Prioritizing Wellness for Yourself and Others
  • Modeling a Supportive Learning Environment
  • Supporting Resident Well-Being
  • Identifying and Applying Wellness Strategies

Research Resources 

 

CITI Training 

LECOMWestern Reserve Hospital and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine are affiliated institutions. WRH and LECOM share resources through this affiliation, including CITI training, IRB access, research funding, and more.

  • All Western Reserve Hospital staff members, residents, and students must complete the Human Subjects Research (HSR) course through the Collaborative Institutional TrainingCITI Program Initiative (CITI) website before conducting research. Those conducting clinical research trials involving drugs and/or devices must also complete the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) course. CITI training certificates are valid for three years. 
  • Western Reserve Hospital staff members new to the CITI program may use their employee email address to register as an affiliate of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. Valid completion reports must be submitted with all repository entries.
  • Residents and students are REQUIRED to affiliate with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (regardless of prior affiliations). Residents are REQUIRED to complete the following three courses: Human Subjects Research (HSR), Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and Research Study Design (RSD). Pharmacy Residents must complete the courses by July 31. For all other first-year residents, these courses must be uploaded here by September 30. Residents must also complete the associated HealthStream assignment.

Resident Registration and Affiliation Guide

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Resources 

There are many free resources to obtain CMEs, we have compiled a list from local hospitals of free resources to obtain the required continuing medical education credits.

Cleveland Clinic Continuing Medical Education

University Hospitals Continuing Medical Education 

Nationwide Children's Hospital Continuing Medical Education

Grand Rounds Resources 

- University Hospitals grand rounds Youtube channel features current and past grand round presentations. There are many specialty specific presentations as well, please find the link here. 

- NEOMED provides on-demand lectures, a list of topics and speakers is linked here. If you are interested in any of these lectures please contact Mary Gutbrod via email at mgutbrod@westernreservehospital.org for scheduling information. 

Faculty Award Winners 

Each year Graduate Medical Education presents the Dr. Hitesh Makkar Medicine Faculty Award and the Outstanding Surgery Faculty Award to two faculty members who have shown exceptional commitment to educating the next generation of physicians. 

Dr. Hitesh Makkar Medicine Faculty Award Recipients 

  • 2010- Dr. Howard Klions
  • 2011- Dr. Michael Bage
  • 2012- Dr. Brian White
  • 2013- Dr. Todd Lisy
  • 2014- Dr. Charles Fuenning
  • 2015- Dr. Jason Ondrejka
  • 2016- Dr. Clay Seiple
  • 2017- Dr. Howard Klions
  • 2018- Dr. Howard Klions
  • 2019- Dr. Leroy Lefever
  • 2020- Dr. Hitesh Makkar
  • 2021- Dr. Brian White
  • 2022- Dr. Michael Bage 
  • 2023- Dr. Hitesh Makkar
  • 2024- Dr. Charles Fuenning 

Surgery Faculty Award Recipients

  • 2010- Dr. Jason Fried
  • 2011- Dr. Ron Mineo
  • 2012- Dr. Steven Jackson 
  • 2013- Dr. Greg Hill
  • 2014- Dr. Matthew Lutz
  • 2015- Dr. Adrian Dan
  • 2016- Dr. Jason Fried
  • 2017- Dr. Seth Wilson 
  • 2018- Dr. Rick Gemma
  • 2019- Dr. Paul Ferraro
  • 2020- Dr. Rick Gemma
  • 2021- Dr. Amy Tucker
  • 2022- Dr. Jeff Noble
  • 2023- Dr. Steven Jackson
  • 2024- Dr. Rick Gemma