Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association represents a constituency of physicians and researchers throughout the world who reflect a commitment to excellence.
Those eligible for membership in the Association include:
We connect Cleveland Clinic alumni with each other and with the institution to support lifelong learning, professional growth, and the advancement of medicine worldwide.
The Board is the governing authority of the Association, responsible for overseeing its operations and directing its affairs. All actions of the Board, or its committees, shall comply with the Association’s bylaws. Your Alumni Specialty Directors, specific to the area you trained in, want to keep in touch with you. Your elected specialty director meets with the Board of Directors twice a year and can serve as a valuable resource.
If you are an alum interested in serving on the Alumni Board, please complete the Alumni Association Board of Directors Nomination Form. For your thoughtful consideration, a description of the Executive Committee roles can be viewed here, and the Specialty Director positions here.
Leo J. Pozuelo, MD
President
Training: P’97
Alice Kim, MD, MBA
President-Elect
Training: IM/PD’01, ID’03
Hardeep Phull, MD
Vice President of Communications
Training: CCLCM'11
John George III, MD
Vice President of Membership
Training: AN’09, AN/REG’10
Susan J. Rehm, MD
Medical Director, Staff & Alumni Center
Training: IM’81, ID’83
Richard S. Lang, MD, MPH
Immediate Past-President
Training: IM'82
Mohammad Abbass, MD, MPH
Colorectal Surgery
Training: S'18, CRS'19, HCCSF'20
Benjamin Abelson, MD
CCLCM Representative
Training: CCLCM'14, U'20
Andreas Alexopoulos, MD, MPH
Neurology
Training: CLNPHY’03, IN’04
George Anton, MD
Vascular Surgery
Training: S’ 83, VS’84
Nuzhat Ashai, MD
Kidney Medicine
Training: H/N'93
L. Tricia Bravo, MD
Infectious Disease
Training: IM’06, ID’08
Karin E. Brown, MD
Urology
Training: S’10, U’15
Cassandra Calabrese, DO
Rheumatologic and Immunologic Disease
Training: IM'14, RH'17, ID'18
Shauna Campbell, DO
Oncology
Training: RO'21
John Costello III, MD
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Training: CGCS'22, TCS'23
John George III, MD
Anesthesiology
Training: AN’09, AN/REG’10
Ryan Goodwin, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery
Training: S’99, ORS’03
Jason Hsieh, MD
Neurological Surgery
Training: CCLCM ’16, NS ’18
Caitlin Ilkanich, MD
Imaging/Radiology
Training: DR'23, IMAG/B'24
Mani Kavuru, MD
Respiratory
Training: IM’87, PULMCC’89
Elias Khawam, MD
Behavioral Health
Training: H/OPM'00, P'04, CLP'05
Shilpi Khetarpal, MD
Dermatology
Training: D'15
Peter Kreymerman, MD, FACS
Plastic Surgery
Training: S’06, PL/RS’08
Justin D. Lathia, PhD
Research
Training: RES/SCB’09
Venugopal Menon, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine
Training: Staff'05
Jane Nguyen, MD, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Training: GUPTH'18
Trang Nguyen, MD
General Surgery
Training: S’17
Leonardo Oliveira, MD
Internal Medicine
Training: IM ’10, PC/SM’11
Amy Park, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology & Women's Health
Training: UG/PS ’09
Gina M. Robinson, MD, FAAP
Pediatrics
Training: PD’98
F. Scott Ross, MD
CCF Florida Staff Representative
Training: IM’13
Sumit Sharma, MD
Ophthalmology
Training: CCLCM'09, OPH'13
William S. Tierney, MD, MS
Head and Neck
Training: OTO’18
John Vargo, MD
Gastroenterology
Training: GE ’09
Tamara J. Worlton, MD, FACS
Endocrinology
Training: S/ALB’10
Cleveland Clinic’s founders made clear their desire to keep in touch with their alumni. Reflecting on the institution's first certificate ceremony, held on June 23, 1923, founder George W. Crile, MD, expressed the following sentiment:
“We would like you to know the permanent staff and Board of Directors feel a great interest in your welfare and we shall follow you as far as possible with our interest and hope you will always remember this is an institution that is a home to which you may always return.”
The Alumni Association today carries on that same interest.
Cleveland Clinic's fundamental obligation is to keep alumni connected to the organization and to one another. In addition, the association today:
The Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association began much like those of many other medical organizations, existing mostly to host reunions and receptions where its doctors could catch up with one other and speak of their lives inside and outside the medical profession. The occasions were fun, the smiles were many, but the relative importance of these events was often hard to measure.
Over time, the work of a dedicated, curious and engaged alumni staff and alumni base has grown ever more valuable. Communication, education, information have become the benchmarks of a vibrant alumni association in this fast-paced, digital world.
Today’s Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association also:
It is all about a renewed effort within the Alumni Association to be of greater service to its nearly 30,000 members world-wide and to be of greater relevance to Cleveland Clinic overall.
The association knows it must be attentive and responsive to the needs of its members and continually look for new ways to be of service to them. It is that goal to which it is dedicated. And, just as alumni may receive help, they will go on to offer help to others, including their patients, their peers and their own Cleveland Clinic.
To paraphrase Dr. Crile: We always wish you success, we continue to follow you with interest, and we still hope you consider Cleveland Clinic to be your professional home.