COMSEP COACH Program 2025: Info Page

I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri.  I attended medical school at Kansas City University. I then moved to Florida where I completed my pediatrics residency training and chief resident year at University of Florida at Orlando Health.  I am a board-certified in pediatrics and in pediatric hospital medicine.  I currently live in Tampa, FL, and work at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital where I am a pediatric hospitalist.  I serve in numerous other roles including co-director of the pediatric residency coaching program, assistant director of undergraduate medical education, site director for both the USF medical student and Evara Health family medicine resident pediatric rotations.  I am a husband and a father of two boys, ages 5 and 7.

Sarah Czack

Dr. Sarah Czack is a pediatric hospitalist and pediatric palliative care physician at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Originally from Kentucky, she earned her medical degree from the University of Kentucky before moving to Florida to complete her pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric hospice and palliative care at Johns Hopkins All Children’s.

Dr. Czack is deeply committed to resident education and professional development. She is passionate about mentoring and coaching pediatric trainees, helping them grow into confident, compassionate, and skilled clinicians.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Czack enjoys traveling, spending time with her family, and cheering on the Kentucky Wildcats.

Tolulope Fatola

I completed my medical school training at Meharry Medical College, then completed residency at Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane Residency Program in Baltimore, MD. Prior to my chief year, I completed my first year of Pediatric Hospital Medicine training at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, IL. I am now currently at Johns Hopkins completing my chief residency year.

Lesley Gardiner

Lesley Gardiner M.D. Ph.D. FAAP joined Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in September 2020 and serves as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics.  She currently serves as the Phase II Curriculum Lead and the Pediatric Clerkship Director at SHSU-COM. Dr. Gardiner was awarded the Presidential scholarship for Texas A&M Corpus Christi, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.  As a college Freshman, she was awarded a position in the Partnership for Primary Care Program, which is an early admittance program into medical school.  She then attended Texas A&M College of Medicine in College Station where she completed a dual MD/ PhD program and received her Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.  Dr. Gardiner received her Ph.D. in Systems Biology and Translational Medicine.  She served as the national vice president of the American Physician Scientists Association.  Dr. Gardiner pursued a three-year Pediatric Residency training program at McLane Children’s Hospital Baylor Scott & White in Temple, Texas, where she served as Chief Pediatric Resident. She received multiple teaching awards during her time there and is a recipient of the “Gene Lawyer Award” for “the resident who best demonstrates the qualities of excellent patient management, clinical care, and advocacy for children”.

Dr. Gardiner is board-certified in Pediatrics and has served as a Pediatrician in the Conroe area over the past 8 years at Texas Children’s Pediatrics and currently at SHSU Physicians clinic.  Dr. Gardiner is passionate about serving children and their families.  She is a fierce advocate for children and has advocated for children in Washington D.C. and Austin.

Dr. Gardiner is interested in research aimed at improving quality of life and effecting positive, sustainable change in the areas of wellness and preventive medicine, physician burnout, and curriculum/education. Her doctoral studies utilized structural equation modeling to highlight novel relationships in the area of chronic kidney disease and metal toxicities.  Dr. Gardiner has published in peer reviewed journals, received multiple awards for her scholarly work, and has presented scholarly work internationally and nationally.

During Dr. Gardiner’s training as a PhD and MD, she learned to recognize and value both approaches and thinking philosophies and chose Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine due to the emphasis on integration and collaboration of basic sciences and clinical practice and the opportunity to build a program from the ground up.  Dr. Gardiner feels that it is important to teach overarching concepts and principles, connect clinical knowledge with a deeper understanding of basic sciences, utilize an interdisciplinary approach, and share techniques and strategies to prepare medical students to be successful, well-rounded, compassionate leaders in the practice of medicine.

Kristine Gibson

Kristine Gibson, MD, is the current Director of Professional Education.  In this role, she coordinates professional development assessments of students in the MD degree program and serves as the chair of the Professionalism Subcommittee of the MSPC.  She also oversees the Interprofessional Education 4-year curriculum and is the chair of the WMED Interprofessional Education Workgroup.  Dr. Gibson is involved in Resident as Teacher curriculum, as well as faculty development.

Dr. Gibson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, providing specialty care for adolescents with eating disorders at WMed and consultations at Bronson Children's Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI.  Academic interests and current research are focused on the care of patients with eating disorders in the community setting, interprofessional education and practice, psychological safety, resident and student as teacher curriculum, and professional identity formation.  Dr. Gibson currently serves on the Bronson Health Foundation distribution committee, is past president and current member of the Southwest Michigan Eating Disorders Association, and is an active member of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics.

Amanda Gomez

Amanda Gomez, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg SChool of Medicine and a pediatric gastroenterologist in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She completed her residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program, where she served as chief resident, and then completed fellowship training at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr. Gomez’s interests in medical education include resident coaching, curriculum development, and endoscopy simulation. She serves as an associate program director for the Pediatric Residency Program at Lurie Children’s, where she has the privilege of working closely with residents, students and pediatric GI fellows. She helps to lead efforts in recruitment and selection, mentorship, and curricular innovation and is especially excited to be co-leading the development and implementation of a new coaching initiative within the residency program. In recognition of her dedication to trainee development, Dr. Gomez was honored with the 2024 Pediatric Residency Program Faculty Engagement Award and the 2025 Faculty Teaching Award. Dr. Gomez is committed to fostering supportive, learner-centered environments and is enthusiastic about expanding her impact through continued engagement in coaching in pediatric medicine.

Dr. Candice Guevara is a Neonatal Hospitalist and Medical Director of the NICU Follow-up Clinic at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital where she focsuses on helping babies and families thrive beyond the NICU. For the past two years, she has also coached pediatric residents, guiding them through the challenges of training and career development. She lives in St Petersburg, FL with her family and her sweet German Shepherd dog, Winnie. She enjoys spending her free time boating and fishing with her dad, reading thrillers, traveling to new places, and volunteering at Fort Desoto Park.

Nicole Johnson

Dr. Nicole Johnson is a pediatric rheumatologist at Alberta Children’s Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Calgary. She is an advocate for children with rheumatic diseases and a dedicated educator.

In 2025 she received the honor of The Michel Weber Educator Award from the Canadian Pediatric Society. Her other awards in 2024 include from the Canada International Women Black Excellence the honor of Canada’s Top 100 Black Women to Watch and from the University of Calgary the Black Brilliance Mentor Award, and the Undergraduate Medical Education Award.

Dr. Johnson holds key educational leadership roles, including Pediatric Clerkship Evaluation Coordinator and Associate Director for MD Admissions. She is also a member of the Medical Student Academic Review Committee.

Her anti-racism efforts span mentorship, curriculum development, research and leadership. She held a role as Co-Lead for Curriculum in Racial Equity in Healthcare for Postgraduate Medical Education and Student Mentorship Lead for the Black Physicians’ Association of Alberta. She was a key contributor to the Cumming School of Medicine Ahead of Tomorrow strategic plan 2023-2030 regarding Black Health Plan. She is a member of the Transforming Black Lives Research team and One Child Every Child Equitable Pathways Accelerator team. Both teams are transdisciplinary research teams. Nationally, she is a Mentorship Committee member for Black Physicians of Canada. She also chairs the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force for the Canadian Rheumatology Association and serves on multiple committees focused on health equity, physician development, and medical education reform and mentorship. Her research centers on health equity and anti-racism in medical education.

Rebecca Keller

Rebecca Keller, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Albany Medical College, works with medical students through Step 1 success.  Recently, she stepped down from Assistant Dean of Medical Education to focus on student success and assessment processes.  Rebecca received her PhD from the University of Missouri in Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology.  After two postdoctoral fellowships, she worked for a year in a small start-up company before returning to academia.  Her passion is working with students as they journey through medical school and balance academics, wellness and personal life.  Rebecca interest in coaching began with reading papers and joining discussions on the MELS listserv.  She has written two grants on coaching and assessment practices.  Rebecca is very excited to join COMSEP for this workshop to gain valuable tools and feedback that she can use in the upcoming academic year to guide students towards their goals of success.

Bhumi Kumar

I was raised in New Jersey and moved to Tampa, Florida eight years ago after completing my pediatric residency at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. Since completing training, I have been practicing as a pediatric hospitalist. I currently work at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, where I closely supervise and mentor both USF and JHACH pediatric residents in the inpatient setting. In addition to my hospitalist role, I serve as Co-Director of the Pediatric Residency Coaching Program, a position that allows me to support resident growth, mentorship, and professional development.

Kathleen Lane

I serve as an Internal Medicine Hospitalist at the University of Minnesota. I also serve in three different educational roles at our institution: Assistant Director of the Assessment and Coaching Expert (ACE) Program, Course Director for the Acting Internship in Internal Medicine, and Internal Medicine Specialty Transitions Director. I also have research interests centering on clinical reasoning, feedback, and Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in the clinical learning environment.

Liz Leenellett

Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Leenellett, Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, also serves as Chief of Staff for UC Health-West Chester Hospital and holds the W. Brian Gibler, MD, Endowed Chair for Education in Emergency Medicine.

Her training includes the University of Michigan's Inteflex program, the University of Cincinnati's emergency medicine residency, the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship, and Certified Physician Executive (CPE) designation.

Dr. Leenellett's leadership has been recognized with the 2021 Ohio ACEP Physician Leadership award, 2022 UC College of Medicine Grace LeMasters “Lift While You Climb” award, 2022 EMRA Faculty Mentor of the Year award, and 2024 AAWEP Community EM Champion award.

Mary Moffatt

Dr. Mary Moffatt is a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine. She completed residency in general pediatrics at the Cleveland Clinic and fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine at Children's Mercy, Kansas City. As a faculty physician, Dr. Moffatt specializes in pediatric emergency medicine and child abuse pediatrics, dividing her professional time equally between the Division of Child Adversity and Resilience and the Division of Emergency Medicine, in the Department of Pediatrics, at Children’s Mercy, Kansas City. She is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine. As Program Director for the Child Abuse Pediatrics fellowship at Children’s Mercy, Dr. Moffatt helps other physicians develop their clinical knowledge on child maltreatment and scholarly activity skills as they prepare to become faculty in academic pediatrics. She represents the subspecialty of Child Abuse Pediatrics and the Ray E. Helfer Society on the Council of Pediatric Subspecialties (CoPS) and is currently the Chair of CoPS. She finds leading improvement of fellowship training through research and collaboration with other leaders in subspecialty pediatrics and graduate medical education very rewarding. Dr. Moffatt also advocates to increase awareness of pediatrics as a great career choice, either as a generalist or a subspecialist, among students and trainees.

Charles P. Mouton, MD, MS is Vice President, Executive Dean of the John Sealy School of Medicine, and Special Advisor to the President.  He previously served as Interim President, Executive Vice President, Provost, Dean of the John Sealy School of Medicine, and Tenured Professor of Family Medicine at University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine in Galveston, TX.  He also served as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at UTMB, and Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, Dean of the School of Medicine and Tenured Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN. Dr. Mouton received his M.D. degree from Howard University College of Medicine, his Master of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health, and his Master of Business Administration degree from Tennessee Technological University.  He completed his Family Medicine residency at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly, MD and his fellowship in Geriatrics at The George Washington Medical Center. Dr. Mouton is board certified in Family Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics.

Dr. Mouton joined UTMB in 2017 as Vice Dean for Academic Affair and served as interim president and Dean of the School of Medicine prior to his current appointment.  Before joining UTMB, he served as Senior Vice President and Dean of the School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN.  He also held an appointment as Professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine as well as Tenured Professor in Meharry’s Department of Family Medicine from 2010 to 2017.  Prior to his tenure at Meharry, Dr. Mouton served as Tenured Professor and Chair, Department of Community and Family Medicine at the Howard University College of Medicine from 2004 to 2010.  He also served as Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and was Associate Chief of the Division of Community Geriatrics, Associate Director of Research, and Director of Nursing Home Services.  At UTHSCSA, Dr. Mouton also served as Co-Director of the Center on Violence Prevention.  Prior to his tenure at UTHSCSA, Dr. Mouton was Assistant Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ.

At UTMB, he is also Senior Fellow at the Sealy Center on Aging and member of the executive steering committee of the Pepper Center on Aging.  At Meharry, Dr. Mouton directed the Data Science Institute and co-directed the community engagement core for the Meharry Translational Research Center and Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.  He was a co-investigator for the All-of-Us (Precision Medicine) Initiative, the Prostate Cancer Literacy Project, and the Women’s Health Initiative. He is affiliated with the Black Women’s Health Study and developed a practice-based research network of primary care practices serving urban minorities in the DC Metropolitan area.  He has also served on the Liaison Committee for Medical Education, National Vaccine Advisory Council, the National Institute of Aging Advisory Council, the National Institutes of Health Council of Councils, and currently serves as chair of the AAMC Council of Deans and sits on the AAMC Board of Directors.  He was an original Women’s Health Initiative investigator and concerns to conduct studies on the health of older women. He has led studies on late life domestic violence, elder abuse, exercise to promote health in minority elders, and end-of-life care for older minorities. His major areas of research interest are in the social and environmental factors that influence the health of older adults, particularly violence, racism, and health disparities as well as identifying health promotion and disease prevention strategies in minority populations and the elderly.

Dr. Sean Muñoz is the Interim Associate Dean for the Office of Student and Resident Diversity at the UC Davis School of Medicine, where he leads efforts to build a welcoming learning environment and culture.

He is also a General Pediatrician at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) where he provides primary care to Pediatric patients in foster care. His academic interests focus on mentorship and support of learners from economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds and medically underserved communities.

Dr. Uchenna Pelzer is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Pediatric Hospital Medicine Attending in the Division of Hospital-Based Medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She serves as an Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency Program and the newly established combined Pediatrics-PM&R program at Northwestern. Dr. Pelzer is dedicated to advancing health equity through education and innovation and has the privilege of serving as the of Senior Director for Learning Culture and HElath equity Advancement for Northwestern University’s McGaw Medical Center. She is also the founder and director of Health Equity Rounds at Lurie Children’s Hospital and co-founder of the health equity simulation curriculum FEATS (Fostering Equity and Allyship Through Simulation), which uses simulation-based education to teach allyship skills and promote inclusive clinical practice.

Molly Rideout

I live in Vermont and am a professor of pediatrics and vice chair for education at the University of Vermont Children's Hospital. Clinically, I work as a pediatric hospitalist. In my leadership role, I also function as the de facto vice chair for faculty and help with promotion preparedness and faculty career advising. Much of my academic work has been in the area of transition to residency, and I continue to have many fourth year student advisees who are applying into pediatric residency. I also serve as a faculty small group leader for our longitudinal pre-clinical humanism in medicine course, currently with 8 first-year students. My husband and I have two grown children ages 26 and 28 who live in Colorado and NYC, respectively (and are opposite in almost every way: country mouse vs city mouse!). We have an enormous vegetable garden and love plants and flowers. I love hiking and being close to nature.

Ovini Rodrigo

Ovini Rodrigo is a board-certified pediatrician in the Division of General Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She completed her pediatrics residency at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, where she served as the inaugural chief resident for the Primary Care L.E.A.D. (Leaders Evaluating and Addressing Disparities) program. She recently completed a general academic pediatrics fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. During fellowship, Ovini completed the master’s program in medical education at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and the master’s in public health program in health and social behavior at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has served as a Resident Co-Chair for the International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE) for the past three years and continues to serve as a member of the Program Advisory Board. She also serves as Chair for the Academic Pediatric Association (APA)’s Fellowship, Leadership, Education, Accreditation, and Training (FLEAT) Academy and as a Co-Chair for APA Region 1. Ovini is a clinical preceptor for pediatric residents as well as pre-clerkship and clerkship medical students and is a faculty advisor for the Pediatrics Interest Group (PIGlet). She also serves as faculty for the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Post-Graduate Trainees: Future Academic Clinician-Educators and as a small group facilitator for Harvard Medical School’s Training to Teach in Medicine certificate program.