Quick Contacts
Contact
We're here to answer your questions and help in any way.
- Phone: 216.444.5690
- Fax: 216.636.0110.
- Email: meded@ccf.org
Need help with a specific issue? We have people who can help:
- Appointment/contract questions (salary, dates, program, etc): GMEOnboarding
- Visas/immigration issues
- J-1 visa: Mary Curry and Diler Bolgi
- H1B visa: Janice Bianco and Mary Curry
- Orientation sessions and requirements to begin training: GMEOnboarding
- Licensure: meded@ccf.org
- Training/salary verification letters: meded@ccf.org
- Visiting Residents: GMEOnboarding
Additional resources:
Program Leadership
Jeremy Lipman, MD, MHPE
ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO)
Director, GME
Vice Chair, Division of Education
Chair, GMEC & GMEC Assessment Subcommittee
lipmanj@ccf.org or gmec@ccf.org
216.444.4093
Rendell Ashton, MD
Associate Director, GME
Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine fellowship
ashtonr@ccf.org
John Tetzlaff, MD
Assistant to DIO
Chair, GMEC Quality Program Improvement Plan Subcommittee
tetzlaj@ccf.org
Krista Lombardo-Klefos, MBA
Administrative Director
lombark@ccf.org
216.445.2504
Anna Zulia, MEd
Administrative Director
zuliaa@ccf.org
216.445.2638
How We Can Help
Providing a quality educational experience to our trainees is our number one job, which is why our Graduate Medical Education staff is committed to ensuring that our training programs meet or exceed national and institutional standards.
The GME Department also helps in the following areas:
Administration
We oversee and monitor program accreditation, the exchange visitor visa program and all institutional policies affecting GME programs.
Human Resources
We recruit trainees, administer payroll, authorize benefits and verify employment as well as perform other HR-related functions.
Customer Service
Please use our staff as a resource for questions about graduate medical education.
