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Department of Family Medicine Faculty

 

  • George E. Kikano, MD, CPE, FAAFP
    Chairman, Family Medicine
  • Dorothy Jones Weatherhead Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-3791
  • School of Medicine: 1986, American University of Beirut
  • Residency: 1991, Family Medicine, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Cardiovascular Diseases, Preventive Medicine, Medical Management
  • Languages: Arabic, French
  • Email: gek@case.edu
   
  • Louise S. Acheson, MD, MS
    Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-368-2758
  • School of Medicine: 1976, Harvard Medical School
  • Residency: 1979, Family Practice, University of Washington
  • Medical Center - Seattle, WA
  • 1987, Family Medicine, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Women’s Health, Obstetrics, Reproductive Biology, Genetics,
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Email: lsa@case.edu
   
  • Lyla Blake-Gumbs, MD
  • Senior Instructor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-8092
  • School of Medicine: 1997, Hahnemann University School of Medicine
  • Residency: 2000, Family Practice, Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas, TX
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: International Public Health, Lead Poisoning
  • Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
  • Email: lyla.blake@uhhospitals.org
   
  • Rebecca S. Boxer, MD
  • Senior Instructor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-8092
  • School of Medicine: 1997, University of Pennsylvania
  • Residency: 2000, Internal Medicine, University of California in San Francisco
  • 2004, Geriatric Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center - Farmington, CT
  • 2005, Clinical Fellowship, Cardiology, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Board Certfications: American Board of Internal Medicine & Geriatric Medicine
  • Special Interests: Geriatrics, Heart Failure
  • Email: rebecca.boxer@uhhospitals.org
   
  • Al Cadesky, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Director, OB/GYN Family Medicine Fellowship
  • Interim Residency Program Director
  • Office Phone: 216-844-8092
  • School of Medicine: 1978, University of Toronto
  • Internship: 1979, Rotating Services, St Michael's Hospital - Toronto, Canada
  • Fellowship: 1992, Family Medicine, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Obstetrics, Geriatrics, End of Life Care, Teaching
  • Email: alan.cadesky@uhhospitals.org
   
  • Jason Chao, MD, MS
    Professor
    Director, Family Medicine Clerkship
  • Office Phone: 216-368-3886
  • School of Medicine: 1979, Northwestern University
  • Residency: 1982, Family Practice, University of Iowa Hospital - Iowa City, IA
  • 1984, Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
    RWJ Faculty Development Fellowship, CWRU 1984
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Preventive Medicine, Primary Care Management, Health Promotion, Health Care Quality Improvement, Medical Student Education, Computers
  • Email: jxc19@case.edu
   
   
   
  • James F. Cunagin, MD
  • Senior Instructor
  • Office Phone: 216-297-2082
  • School of Medicine: 1999, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine
  • Residency: 2002, Family Medicine, Universitiy Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • 2005, Psychiatry, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Disaster Response, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy,
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Email: james.cunagin@uhhospitals.org
   
  • Esa Davis, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-368-2758
  • School of Medicine: 1997, New Jersey Medical School
  • Internship: 1998, Family Medicine, Overlook Hospital - Summit, NJ
  • Residency: 2000, Family Medicine, Overlook Hospital - Summit, NJ
  • Fellowship: 2002, Public Health, Johns Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore, MD
  • 2003, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore, MD
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Clinical and Research Obesity, Weight Management
  • Email: edw6@case.edu
   
  • Peter DeGolia, MD
    Associate Professor
  • Director, Geriatrics Medicine
  • Office Phone: 216-844-8512
  • School of Medicine:
  • Residency:
  • Board Certifications:
  • Special Interests:
  • Email: peter.degolia@uhhospitals.org
   
   
  • Scott Frank, MD, MS
    Associate Professor
    Director, MPH Program
  • Office Phone: 216-368-3725
  • School of Medicine: 1979, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Residency: 1982, Family Practice, University of Michigan Hospitals - Ann Arbor, MI
  • 1984, Family Medicine, University Hospitals
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Addiction Medicine, Family Systems and Behavioral Medicine, Obstetrics, Medical Hypnosis, Creative Writing in Medicine Ambulatory Procedures, Smoking Prevention and Cessation
  • Email: shf2@case.edu
   
  • Sonja Harris-Haywood, MD  
  • Assisant Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-368-2758
  • School of Medicine: 1997, New Jersey Medical School
  • Residency: 2000, Mountainside - Verona, NJ
  • Fellowship: 2002, Fellow, Family Medicine, University of North Carolina
  • 2004, Fellow, Family Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson - Newark, NJ
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Healthcare Disparaties in Preventive Medicine, Primary Care Research
  • Email: sonja.harris-haywood@case.edu
   
  • Darrell Hulisz, PharmD
    Associate Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-3129
  • School of Medicine: 1989, Medical University of South Carolina, PharmD
    Director of Pharmacotherapy Education and Research
  • Special Interests: Clinical Pharmacology, OTC Medications, Antimicrobial Therapy
  • Email: dth4@case.edu
   
  • Steven Landers, MD, MPH
  • Assistant Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-5482
  • School of Medicine: 2003, Case Western Reserve University
  • 2001, John Hopkins University - MPH
  • Residency: 2005, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Public Health, Geriatrics, Health Policy, Home Health Care
  • Email: steven.landers@uhhospitals.org
   
  • Li Li, MD, PhD, MPH
    Assistant Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-368-2758
  • School of Medicine: 1986, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R.China, MD
    1989, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R.China, MPH
    1995, University of Southern California, PhD
  • Residency: 1997, General Preventive Medicine, National Cancer Institute - Bethesda, MD
  • 2000, Family Practice, University of Kentucky Medical Center - Lexington, KY
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Disease Prevention, Cancer Epidemiology/Prevention, Cardivascular Disease
  • Languages: Chinese
  • Email: li.li@uhhospitals.org
   
  • Vanessa Maier, MD, MPH
    Senior Instructor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-3944
  • School of Medicine: Case Western Reserve University SOM
  • Residency: 2006, Family Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center
  • Fellowship: 2007, Public Health, CWRU SOM/UHCMC
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Women's Health, Adolescent Medicine, Chronic Disease
  • Management, Preventive Medicine, Media Effects on Health Behavior
  • Email: vanessa.maier@uhhospitals.org
   
  • Sybil Marsh, MD,MS
    Assistant Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-8092
  • School of Medicine: 1986, McMaster University, Hamilton - Ontario, Canada
  • Residency: 1987, Rotating Services, University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, Canada
  • 1991, Family Medicine, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Fellowship: 1992, Clinical Fellow, Family Medicine, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • 1994, Clinical Fellow, Addiction Medicine, VA Medical Center - Cleveland, OH
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine & American Society of Addiction Medicine
  • Special Interests: Addiction Medicine, Acupuncture, Behavior Science
  • Languages: French
  • Email: sybil.marsh@uhhospitals.org
   
  • Lynda Montgomery, MD, MEd
  • Assistant Professor
  • Director, Predoctoral Program
  • Office Phone: 216-368-3886
  • School of Medicine: 1996, University of Pennsylvania, School Of Medicine
    2003, John Carroll University, MEd
  • Internship: 1997, General Surgery, Deaconess-Harvard Surgical Services - Boston, MA
  • Residency: 2001, Family Practice, University of Massachusetts - Worcester, MA
  • Fellowship: 2002, Medical Education, Case Western Reserve University
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Wellness, Prevention, Care of Young Families, Clinical Skills Assessment, Curriculum Development/Faculty Development
  • Email: lgm5@case.edu
   
  • Patricia Moore, MD,MS
    Associate Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-8092
  • School of Medicine: 1974, Harvard Medical School
  • Residency: 1977, Family Practice, University Hospital - Seattle, WA
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Preventive Skills Teaching, Medical Education
  • Email: phm@case.edu
   
  • Masahiro Morikawa, MD, MPH
  • Associate Professor
    Director, FM Inpatient Service
  • Office Phone: 216-844-8092
  • School of Medicine: 1987, Tokyo Medical University
    1992, Johns Hopkins University, MPH
  • Residency: 1997, Family Medicine, University Hospitals -Cleveland, OH
  • Fellowship: 1998, Clinical Fellow, Family Medicine, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine & American Academy of Wound Management
  • Special Interests: Trauma Surgery, International Health
  • Email: mmkobe@hotmail.com
   
   
  • Lisa Navracruz, MD
    Senior Clinical Instructor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-5483
  • School of Medicine: 2000, Stanford Medical School
  • Residency: 2003, Family Medicine, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Fellowship: 2004, Faculty Development, Family Medicine, University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine
  • Special Interests: Community Partnerships, Urban Underserved, Adolescent Medicine
  • Email: lisa@navracruz.com
   
  • Charles Kent Smith, MD
    Professor
    Vice Dean, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Office Phone: 216-368-0324
  • School of Medicine: 1963, Northwestern University Medical School
  • Residency: 1964, Rotating Sevices, University of Michigan Hospitals - Ann Arbor, MI
  • 1965, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospitals - Ann Arbor, MI
  • 1970, Internal Medicine, University of Washington Hospital - Seattle, WA
  • 1972, Psychiatry, University of Washington Hospital - Seattle, WA
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine &
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Special Interests: Medical Education, Physician/Patient Interview, Diabetes
  • Email: cks@case.edu
   
  • Kurt Stange, MD, PhD
  • Professor
  • Editor, Annals of Family Medicine
  • Office Phone: 216-368-2756
  • School of Medicine: 1983, Albany Medical College
  • Residency: 1986, Family Practice, Duke University Medical Center - Durham, NC
  • 1988, General Preventive Medicine, University of North Carolina Hospitals -
  • Chapel Hill, NC
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine & American Board of Preventive Medicine
  • Special Interests: Primary Care Research, Clinical Preventive Service Delivery, Disability Prevention in the elderly
  • Email: kcs@case.edu
   
  • Robert Truax, DO
    Assistant Professor
  • Office Phone: 216-844-5633
  • School of Medicine: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Residency: Womack Amy Medical Center, Fort Bragg, NC
  • Board Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine & American Board of Osteopathic Family Practice
  • Special Interests: Sports Medicine (Fellowship Trained), Osteopathic Manipulation
  • Email: robert.truax@uhhospitals.org