Ellen M. Friedman, M.D., is the senior associate dean of Professionalism and the Director for the Center for Professionalism in Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. She is a Professor in the department of Otolaryngology.
Stacey Rose, M.D., is associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases. She has a long standing interest in professionalism, humanism in medicine and provider well-being. She has been involved with professionalism activities such as the Back to Bedside ACGME program, and co-directed a medical student elective facilitating clinical observation skills through exposure to fine art (in collaboration with MFAH). She now serves as Associate Director for the Center for Professionalism.
Melissa Carbajal, M.D., is associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology. She has been the Fellowship Program Director for the Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Program for 10 years and her academic pursuits and interests include the Role of Spirituality in Clinical Care (a Pediatric Resident elective), medical education research, and Professional Identity Formation for physician trainees. She now serves as a Partner in Professionalism at the BCM Center for Professionalism.
Kim-Lan Czelusta, M.D., is associate professor and the Brown Foundation Chair for Psychiatric Education in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Her areas of interest include professionalism, empathy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Holland Kaplan, M.D., is an assistant professor of general internal medicine and clinical ethics. She practices hospital medicine at Ben Taub General Hospital and sees clinical ethics consults at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and Ben Taub. In addition to ethics, her interests include medical education, professional identity formation, and medicine after the Holocaust.
Geeta Singhal, M.D., is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics. She has a long standing interest in faculty development, in education and communication at the bedside with patients and their families. She has worked on professionalism projects for over a decade.
Eric C. Swindell, Ph.D., is the associate dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and an Associate Professor in BCM’s Department of Education, Innovation and Technology. He has a long-standing interest in graduate education and professionalism.
Paige Farinholt, M.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine and provides palliative care within the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her work with patients centers around finding meaning and improving quality of life and she works with colleagues to achieve these same goals by fostering professional satisfaction and building community in order to prevent burnout. Her interests include improving communication skills for faculty and students and supporting interdisciplinary teamwork. She now serves as a member of the Professionalism Partners.
