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Alumni help admit first class
Teresa Dews, M.D. '88
Ellen Rome, M.D. '88, M.P.H.
Two alumni, Teresa E. Dews, M.D. ’88, and Ellen S. Rome, M.D. ’88, M.P.H., served on the 50-person admissions committee vetting applications for the first class of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University (College Program), and they continue to serve in this role. “When the Cleveland Clinic embarked on this endeavor, I was very interested and actually sought out ways to participate,” said Dr. Dews, who is one of two vice-chairs of the College Program’s admissions committee. “It’s been a blast,” she said. “Just the idea of meeting all these really wonderful people who have chosen medicine as a career and to interview them has been very exciting.” In addition to her admissions-related role, Dr. Dews also helps advise College Program students as they matriculate through the program. Also, she teaches students as they rotate through the Pain Management Center, where she practices and is operations director of the outpatient clinic. “I evaluate patients with chronic pain problems and recommend treatment strategies so that they can manage their pain,” Dr. Dews said. “I also perform nerve blocks and other procedures to assist with the diagnosis and the management of their pain.” Dr. Rome heads the Clinic’s section of adolescent medicine and also is a general pediatrician. One of the “side effects” of her experience on the admissions committee, she said, was “to meet and get to know such a diverse group of talented people,” the others involved with the admissions process. “We can get sequestered in our own divisions. I may not cross paths with adult anesthesiologists or cell biologists or other people with whom cross-fertilization only makes for a better care delivery system and expanded research opportunities.” She anticipates mentoring opportunities with College Program students interested in pediatric research, in addition to continuing to work with students in the School of Medicine’s venerable curriculum, now called the University Program. “We’ve been thrilled to have Case students rotating through in their third and fourth years for clinical electives, and I’ve traditionally had Case medical students coming through the medical apprentice program,” she said. In the School of Medicine’s division of public health, Dr. Rome helps teach one of the core courses in the adolescent health track, the only such track in the country. —Lois A. Bowers |
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