Biography Listing Examples
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Mark Albis
Web Project Manager for Training and Support
Biography
Mark began working with the Yale School of Medicine Web Group in 2010 as the Manager for Web Training and Support. In this role, Mark fields website editors' questions concerning YSM's content management system, Tridion, along with other web applications used in conjunction to maintain the school's web presence. In addition, he uses his relationship with web editors throughout the school to design new content templates for use on YSM websites.
Mark began working with the Yale School of Medicine Web Group in 2010 as the Manager for Web Training and Support. In this role, Mark fields website editors' questions concerning YSM's content management system, Tridion, along with other web applications used in conjunction to maintain the school's web presence. In addition, he uses his relationship with web editors throughout the school to design new content templates for use on YSM websites.
Previously, Mark held another position at the University as part of Yale Shared Services. He was born and raised in East Haven, CT and still resides in New Haven County.
Justin Fansler
Associate Director, YSM Web Group
Biography
Justin joined the School of Medicine’s Web Group at its creation in 2006, initially as the project manager in charge of creating the school’s first standardized web template and then migrating departments into the template.
Justin joined the School of Medicine’s Web Group at its creation in 2006, initially as the project manager in charge of creating the school’s first standardized web template and then migrating departments into the template.
He led the charge for branding and web standardization at the school, purchasing and implementing the school’s web content management system (SDL Tridion), event calendar, form builder tool and Maestro event ticketing system.
Today, Justin focuses on creating web strategy and policy for the school, working with a talented team to build and maintain the school’s 350 websites and the applications that run those sites, enhance and create new functionality and systems, and provide support for the school’s more than 250 website editors.
Justin is also responsible for the business side of Web planning – hiring vendors and managing the school's web project budget, revenue, and resources.
Justin lives in NYC with his husband, Rudy, and their very fat cat, Sebastian. He is an avid CrossFitter.
Justin Navarro
Web Project Manager for Website Services
Biography
Justin joined the School of Medicine’s Web Group in July 2011 as the web project manager in charge of building new sites, conducting large-scale revisions of existing sites, and developing the web editing service.
Justin joined the School of Medicine’s Web Group in July 2011 as the web project manager in charge of building new sites, conducting large-scale revisions of existing sites, and developing the web editing service.
He has focused on standardizing and streamlining each of these functions in order to best serve the web needs of YSM departments, programs, and faculty labs.
Today, Justin is focusing on launching a new comprehensive site review service. The results of a site review is an in-depth document of issues and recommendations that the client may act on or request the Web Group to implement.
Justin also provides his project management expertise to special projects and in helping the Web Group better manage its own operations.
He lives in Hamden with his husband, Douglas, who completed his Internal Medicine residency at Yale. He competes in duathlons and snowboards as often as possible.
Liz Pantani
Sr. Administrative Assistant, YSM Web Group
Biography
Liz officially joined the Yale School of Medicine Web Group October 2011, as the team’s Senior Administrative Assistant.
Liz officially joined the Yale School of Medicine Web Group October 2011, as the team’s Senior Administrative Assistant.
She manages scheduling for the team and coordinates the Web Editor Meetings and all special functions pertaining to the Web Group. Liz also provides preliminary and basic support needs to all web editors using Tridion and any YSM web tools, as well as providing initial setup for utilizing SiteImprove.
Liz also coordinates the ongoing Faculty Headshot Photo Shoots which take place throughout the academic year. When she is not assisting in building or maintaining sites, she is aiding in managing the Web Group’s student employees.
Liz lives in the center of the shoreline community of Branford with her wife Carissa, and their handsome German Shorthaired Pointer, Lieben. When not hiking somewhere in New England, she can be easily found baking sweet treats, and trying to eat gluten free.
Lena Parker
Director, YSM Web Group
Biography
Lena started out as a internet specialist in communications for the Yale Medical Group in 2004, and in 2006 was promoted to have purview over the web for all of YSM. Within months she created the first iteration of the brain trust dedicated to the mission of a "world-class" web presence for YSM, which has now grown to a team of seven.
Lena started out as a internet specialist in communications for the Yale Medical Group in 2004, and in 2006 was promoted to have purview over the web for all of YSM. Within months she created the first iteration of the brain trust dedicated to the mission of a "world-class" web presence for YSM, which has now grown to a team of seven.
As Director of the YSM Web Group, Lena now manages this team responsible for all YSM web sites. The group is dedicated to these goals:
- Beautiful, useful, consistently branded websites that as a unit speak to the excellence of YSM
- All faculty and organizations being able to promote their important work, regardless of whether or not they have money
- Ease of accessibility for users and web editors
- Excellent communication with clients and administration
- Efficient use of accurate data across websites
Read more about the YSM Web Group.
Daniel Poincelot
Application Product Manager
Biography
Dan recently joined the Yale School of Medicine Web Group as the Application Product Manager responsible for the group's custom web applications. As his first task, he will be responsible for managing the school's Profile System redesign and upgrade.
Dan recently joined the Yale School of Medicine Web Group as the Application Product Manager responsible for the group's custom web applications. As his first task, he will be responsible for managing the school's Profile System redesign and upgrade.
In his first role at Yale as the Director of Web Strategy for Yale College, Dan successfully led the web department staff and vendors in a University-wide effort to upgrade all web-based technology. This included a website redesign and the implementation of a new content management system. Most recently, Dan was with the Yale New Haven Teachers Institute developing a new national system to manage all Institute activity.
Prior to joining Yale, Dan led the Interactive department at the advertising firm Mason, Inc.
Mark Santore
Associate Director of New Media, Yale Medical Group
Biography
Mark started at Yale in 2011 as the Web Manager for the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation where he managed YCCI’s online presence and marketing efforts.
Mark started at Yale in 2011 as the Web Manager for the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation where he managed YCCI’s online presence and marketing efforts.
Currently, Mark is the Associate Director of New Media for Yale Medical Group. He manages the organization’s website and is responsible for their communication and media efforts.
Prior to joining Yale, Mark worked in the Brand Marketing and Advertising Department for Virgin Atlantic Airways.
During his free time Mark enjoys golf, cars and motorcycles.
Pramod Bonde
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Surgical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Associate Program Director Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program
Dr. Pramod Bonde is a Board Certified Cardiac Surgeon. He is dedicated to improving the quality and longevity of his patients afflicted with heart disease. In his eyes, you are not a patient but a person who deserves to be treated with compassion and dignity to facilitate a return to your family to spend a meaningful and happy life following heart surgery.
Dr. Bonde was greatly influenced by the loss of a dear one to the sufferings of heart failure; it was a turning point in his...
Umer Darr
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. Umer Darr is board-certified in general and thoracic surgery. He is fellowship trained in cardiovascular (complex aortic and heart valve surgery). Dr. Darr earned his M.B.B.S from the Aga Khan University Medical College in Pakistan and completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and in Cardiothoracic surgery at the Yale University School of Medicine.
Michael Dewar
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Michael Dewar, MD, FACS, FRCS (C) is board-certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery. He is fellowship trained in cardiac, thoracic, vascular and general surgery. Dr. Dewar earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts and completed his coordinated surgical residency at McGill University and his general surgical residency at Montreal Chest Hospital.
John Elefteriades
William W. L. Glenn Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. John Elefteriades is the William W.L. Glenn Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Aortic Institute at Yale University and Yale New-Haven Hospital. He served as Chief of Cardiac Surgery from 1995 to 2011, when he became Founding Director of the Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven. He is among the most clinically active academic surgeons in the country.
Arnar Geirsson
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Director, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Geirsson earned his medical degree from the University of Iceland and completed his General Surgery Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Cardiothoracic Residency at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania before taking his first academic faculty position at Yale University School of Medicine in 2007. He practices adult cardiac surgery with special interest in minimally invasive cardiac surgery and performed the first robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass operation at Yale-New...
Sabet Hashim
Associate Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Director, Cardiac Valve Surgery
Dr. Sabet Hashim is a Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive aortic and mitral valve surgery, mitral valve repair, surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation (Maze procedure), bilateral mammary bypass grafting, tricuspid valve surgery and reoperative cardiac surgery. Dr. Hashim earned his medical degree from St. Joseph’s University School of Medicine, Beirut in 1975 where he ranked 1st in the admission exam. He received his general surgical training...
Mohsen Karimi
Associate Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Associate Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northeast Pediatric Specialties, Inc. Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital & Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Dr. Mohsen Karimi is the Associate Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the combined Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford. He is board certified in surgery, thoracic surgery, and congenital cardiac surgery. He is also an active member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Paul Kirshbom, MD
Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Paul Kirshbom became Yale’s new chief of pediatric cardiac surgery—and the first chief to hold the title at both Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford. His position is an important piece in a joint endeavor between Yale School of Medicine and the two hospitals to provide better care closer to home for young patients.
He joined Yale from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and is now a member of the medical...
Gary Kopf
Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. Gary Kopf is a Board Certified Cardiothoracic surgeon and has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery.
Abeel Mangi
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Surgical Director, Center for Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation
Abeel A. Mangi, MD, is an attending surgeon in the Section of Cardiac Surgery at Yale University, and is Surgical Director of the Center for Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation at the Yale New Haven Heart & Vascular Institute.
George Tellides
Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery) and of Investigative Medicine
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center
George Tellides, MD, PhD, earned his medical degree from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and his PhD from the University of Oxford. Dr. Tellidies is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of patients with cardiac disease and heart failure and concentrates his clinical practice at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, CT.
David Yuh
Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Section Chief
Dr. David Yuh, is board-certified in thoracic surgery, he performs mostly adult cardiac surgical operations. As the founding Director of the Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgical Program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Yuh performed the first robot-assisted cardiac operation at that institution in 2003 and developed a robust minimally invasive mitral repair practice during his ten years in Baltimore. He specializes in minimally invasive approaches toward valve repair and replacement and...
Pramod Bonde
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. Pramod Bonde is a Board Certified Cardiac Surgeon. He is dedicated to improving the quality and longevity of his patients afflicted with heart disease. In his eyes, you are not a patient but a person who deserves to be treated with compassion and dignity to facilitate a return to your family...
Umer Darr
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. Umer Darr is board-certified in general and thoracic surgery. He is fellowship trained in cardiovascular (complex aortic and heart valve surgery). Dr. Darr earned his M.B.B.S from the Aga Khan University Medical College in Pakistan and completed a residency in general surgery at the...
Michael Dewar
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Michael Dewar, MD, FACS, FRCS (C) is board-certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery. He is fellowship trained in cardiac, thoracic, vascular and general surgery. Dr. Dewar earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts and completed his coordinated surgical residency at McGill...
John Elefteriades
William W. L. Glenn Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. John Elefteriades is the William W.L. Glenn Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Aortic Institute at Yale University and Yale New-Haven Hospital. He served as Chief of Cardiac Surgery from 1995 to 2011, when he became Founding Director of the Aortic Institute at Yale-New...
Arnar Geirsson
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. Geirsson earned his medical degree from the University of Iceland and completed his General Surgery Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Cardiothoracic Residency at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania before taking his first academic faculty position at Yale University School of...
Sabet Hashim
Associate Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. Sabet Hashim is a Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive aortic and mitral valve surgery, mitral valve repair, surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation (Maze procedure), bilateral mammary bypass grafting, tricuspid valve surgery and reoperative cardiac...
Mohsen Karimi
Associate Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Mohsen Karimi is the Associate Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the combined Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford. He is board certified in surgery, thoracic surgery, and congenital cardiac surgery. He is also an active...
Paul Kirshbom, MD
Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. Paul Kirshbom became Yale’s new chief of pediatric cardiac surgery—and the first chief to hold the title at both Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford. His position is an important piece in a joint endeavor between Yale School of...
Gary Kopf
Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. Gary Kopf is a Board Certified Cardiothoracic surgeon and has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery.
Abeel Mangi
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Abeel A. Mangi, MD, is an attending surgeon in the Section of Cardiac Surgery at Yale University, and is Surgical Director of the Center for Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation at the Yale New Haven Heart & Vascular Institute.
George Tellides
Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery) and of Investigative Medicine
George Tellides, MD, PhD, earned his medical degree from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and his PhD from the University of Oxford. Dr. Tellidies is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of patients with cardiac disease and heart failure and concentrates his clinical...
David Yuh
Professor of Surgery (Section of Cardiac Surgery)
Dr. David Yuh, is board-certified in thoracic surgery, he performs mostly adult cardiac surgical operations. As the founding Director of the Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgical Program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Yuh performed the first robot-assisted cardiac operation at that institution...
