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Horstmann House

Horstmann House is named for Dr. Dorothy Horstmann (1911-2001). Continue reading for information about the head of Horstmann House, its longitudinal coaches, student house representatives, and affiliates.

Head of Advisory House

  • Henry S. Park, MD, MPH

    Professor of Therapeutic Radiology; Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Health Services Research, and Faculty Development, Therapeutic Radiology; Assistant Dean for Admissions, Medical Education; Head of Horstmann Advisory House, Medical Education

    Dr. Henry S. Park, MD, MPH is professor, vice chair for clinical research, health services research, and faculty development, and chief of thoracic radiotherapy for the Department of Therapeutic Radiology at Yale School of Medicine. He is an assistant medical director of the cancer center’s clinical trials office, where he also serves as the leader of the radiation oncology committee and associate leader of the lung clinical research team. For the medical school, he serves as an assistant dean for admissions and the inaugural head of Horstmann House, one of the six advisory houses for medical and physician associate students. After graduating from Yale College, Yale School of Medicine, and Harvard School of Public Health, Dr. Park completed his internship in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School and his residency and chief residency in radiation oncology at Yale New Haven Hospital. In addition to his clinical practice and leadership responsibilities, he conducts research involving clinical trials, novel radiotherapy technology, and real-world evidenceco-authored over 220 peer-reviewed original research articles, reviews, book chapters, invited editorials, and practice guidelines. In his spare time, Dr. Park enjoys classical music (having trained as a violist at Juilliard Pre-College), sports, and quality time with his wife, two children, and dog.
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Longitudinal Coaches

  • Vanessa Cooper, MD

    Assistant Professor; Associate Director of Collaborative Excellence, Education, Neurology; Associate Program Director, Neurology; Yale School of Medicine Longitudinal Coach, Medical Education

    Dr. Cooper completed her undergraduate education in New York at Stony Brook University prior to attending New York Medical College in Westchester, New York. Following this, Dr. Cooper completed her medicine intern year and neurology residency at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Cooper graduated completing a year as a chief resident in the residency program. Dr. Cooper followed her neurology training with further specialization in headache medicine at Yale. She now serves as an Assistant Professor of Neurology with a special focus on headache disorders.
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  • Robert Elder, MD

    Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Internal Medicine (Cardiology); Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program; Director Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program, Pediatric Cardiology

    Dr. Elder cares for patients with congenital heart disease across the lifespan, from birth through adulthood, and joined the Yale faculty in 2013 as a member of the Department of Pediatrics as well as the Department of Medicine to help further grow the Yale Adult Congenital Heart Program. After completing a combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, he graduated from pediatric cardiology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. He spent an additional year of training at Emory University focused on the management of adults with congenital heart disease and currently is one of a small group of physicians in the entire country board certified in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Dr. Elder has expertise in congenital cardiac imaging, including transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. His research interests include long-term outcomes of adult survivors and specifically Fontan patients, with particular focus on the effects of Fontan circulation on the liver. He is interested in medical education and currently serves as the Program Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program as well as the Program Director for the advanced fellowship for Adult Congenital Heart Disease.
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  • Caroline Nelson, MD, MHS-Med Ed, FAAD

    Associate Professor of Dermatology; Director of Inpatient Dermatology, Dermatology; Director of Grand Rounds, Dermatology

    Caroline Nelson, MD is a medical dermatologist and Associate Professor at the Yale School of Medicine. She is the Director of Inpatient Dermatology and Dermatology Grand Rounds. She also sees outpatients at the Yale Medicine Dermatology New Haven and Madison clinics. “As a medical student, what inspired me to go into dermatology was seeing the negative impact of skin diseases on quality of life. I wanted to make a difference, particularly for critically ill patients,” she says. Following her dermatology residency at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Nelson completed a fellowship in complex medical dermatology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute of Harvard Medical School. At Yale, Dr. Nelson attends on the consult service and focuses her clinical and research activities on severe cutaneous adverse reactions, such as drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) and Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN). She also has expertise in neutrophilic skin disorders and paraneoplastic syndromes. In her outpatient clinics, Dr. Nelson performs skin cancer screenings and treats patients with a variety of skin problems, including acne, psoriasis, and eczema. Dr. Nelson is passionate about medical education. She teaches the inpatient dermatology curriculum at Yale and has published a comprehensive board review and practice examinations to prepare residents for the American Board of Dermatology in-training and certification examinations. She finds particular fulfillment in her role as a longitudinal coach and high-engagement tutor for Yale medical students, and as Co-Director of the Attacks and Defenses master course. “Teaching is not simply about communicating facts,” she says, “it is about demonstrating how the doctor-patient relationship can improve the lives of patients with skin diseases.”
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  • Shamsuddin Akhtar, MD, MBBS

    Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology; Medical Director of YNHH 7-1 Surgical Intensive Care Unit

    Dr. Akhtar is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology and a nationally recognized educator and leader of clinical anesthesiology. He is board certified in both Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Akhtar has conducted groundbreaking studies of surgical patients demonstrating that elderly patients are consistently administered higher than recommended doses of intravenous induction anesthetics and the incidence of hypotension provoked by these anesthetic induction doses was significantly higher in the elderly patients, which resulted in higher use of rescue pressor therapy to maintain adequate blood pressure. Currently, Dr. Akhtar is part of a clinical study which uses the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG) database to determine the association of anesthetic induction dose - with clinically meaningful hypotension that occurs prior to the initiation of the surgical procedures among patients age ≥ 65, and separately among those age ≥ 80. He has also completed a textbook entitled “Principles of Geriatric Critical Care” published by Cambridge University. He is Past-President of Society for Advancement of Geriatric Anesthesia (SAGA), Board Member of ACE publication by the American Society of Anesthesiology.
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  • Yan Lee, MD

    Associate Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology)

    Dr. Yan Ho Lee (Hear My Name) is a Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. Dr. Lee completed an otolaryngology residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai where she also completed a Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. She is double board-certified in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery as well as Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. She is involved with teaching residents and medical students. She has a strong interest in both aesthetic and reconstructive surgeries including cosmetic and functional rhinoplasty, facial rejuvenation, eyelid surgery, repair of traumatic defects of the face and scalp, removal of skin cancers and MOHS reconstruction, treatment for facial nerve paralysis, and nonsurgical treatment of wrinkles and aging face and neck. Her research interests include investigating biomarkers that correspond to the aging process, studying the effect of various cartilaginous autografts in functional and cosmetic rhinoplasty, and optimizing facial fracture management.
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PA Advisor

  • Stephanie Neary, PhD, MPA, MMS, PA-C

    Assistant Professor Adjunct; Director of Didactic Education, PA Online Program; Program Analyst, PA Online Program

    Stephanie Neary joined the Yale School of Medicine PA Online Program in 2017 and is currently an Assistant Professor Adjunct. She is the course director for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine I, II, and III and Basic Science I, II, and III while also serving as the Director of Didactic Education and the Program Analyst for the PA Online Program. Stephanie is Chair of the Progress Committee, a member of the admissions committee, and an academic advisor for incoming and current students. Stephanie is a physician assistant who graduated with an MMS from Midwestern University-Glendale. She began practicing clinically in family medicine in Phoenix, Arizona serving a primarily refugee patient population. Since 2018, she has worked in inpatient Endocrinology on the Diabetes Management Service at the Medical University of South Carolina. In 2012, she became adjunct faculty at Grand Canyon University in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology and the College of Nursing and Health Care Professions, teaching both online and on campus formats where she served as a subject matter expert in online education and as a member of the Faculty Advisory Board. She served as a member of the Physician Assistant Education Association’s (PAEA) Future Educator Development Steering Committee from 2014-2018, where she helped create and facilitate the annual Future Educator Fellowship and has presented multiple times at the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) national conferences, the PAEA Forums, and the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) conference. She previously has worked as adjunct faculty for PA programs at both Northern Arizona University and AT Still University. She is co-author of Clinical Medicine for Physician Assistants, a comprehensive clinical medicine textbook published by Springer in 2022. In addition to her PA work, Stephanie earned a Master of Public Administration in Health Care Management from Grand Canyon University and a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from the George Washington University. She was selected as a 2020-2021 PAEA Research Fellow and 2023 Breitman-Dorn Research Fellow, awarded a 2022-2023 AAPA Small Research Grant, and received the 2024 Don Pedersen Grant. Stephanie completed a PhD in Nursing Science at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2024 with support from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation, where she studied the intersection of social determinants of health and human flourishing. She is licensed by the NCCPA.
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Student House Representatives

Medical Librarian

  • Megan Nance

    Head of Access & Delivery Services

    Megan is the Head of Access and Delivery Services at Yale's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. She collaborates with members of the Access and Delivery Services team to ensure students, faculty, and staff are able to access collection materials quickly and efficiently via VPN, Interlibrary Loan, Mail to Address, BorrowDirect, and more. Megan has a Masters of Information degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and a Bachelor's degree in Studio Art from Palm Beach Atlantic University.
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Community Affiliate

YSM Affiliates

Alumni Affiliates

If you wish to be connected to one of the following alumni affiliates, please contact ysm.studentaffairs@yale.edu. Alternatively, if you are a Yale School of Medicine student, you may also access alumni information by logging in to Yale Cross Campus, thank you!

Name
Degree
Specialty
Addiskidan Hundito
'26 MD
Ophthalmology
Alicia Stephan
'25 MD
Anesthesiology
Amanda Jankelovits
'25 MD
Anesthesiology
Anishaa Sivakumar
'25 MD
Internal Medicine
Ashish Patel
'00 MD
Thoracic Surgery
Brandon Hirsch
'11 MD
Orthopaedic Surgery - Spine
Brian Rigney
'67 MD
OB-GYN
Cesar Molina
'80 MD
Cardiology, Clinical Pharmacology, and Population Health
Christine Harrington
'97 Phys. Assoc. Cert.
Pediatric ENT
Donna Brezinski-Caliguri
'91 MD
Pediatrics- NICU
Eamon Duffy
18 MD, MBA
Internal Medicine- Cardiology
Eileen Deignan
'95 MD
Dermatology
Gary Lande
'71 MD
Adult, Child, Family and Organizational Psychiatry
Jack Levin
57 MD
Hematology
James Armstrong
'90 MD
Neurology
John Eliopoulos
'63 MD
General & Vascular Surgery
Julia Schaffer
'25 MD
Internal Medicine-Primary Care
Laurel Kaye
'25 MD
Emergency Medicine
Lauri Robertson
'87 MD
Psychiatry
Linda Lewin
87 MD
Pediatrics
Michael Gouzoulis
'25 MD
Orthopaedic Surgery (Research)
Michael Soule
'12 MD
Psychiatry
Peter Herbert
67 MD
Internal Medicine
Philip Rothfeld
'72 MD
Radiology
Ryan Lee
'25 MD
Anesthesiology
Sam Olyha
'26 MD
Internal Medicine
Tanya Froehlich
'99 MD
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Zhao (Amy) Li
'17 MMSc
Physician Associate