Dean's Teaching Fellows
Dean's Teaching Fellows
Matthew Gorgone, DO
Jules Cohen Dean's Teaching Fellow, 2025-2027
Project: Trainee Entrustment in Quantitative and Qualitative Cardiac Ultrasound in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Dr. Matthew Gorgone is a pulmonary and critical care physician who sees patients with general pulmonary disease at the Mary Parkes Center for Asthma, Allergy & Pulmonary Care, as well as in the hospital with critical illness and/or pulmonary disease. He has a special interest in patients with hematology and oncology related pulmonary conditions.
Certified Specialties:
Critical Care Echocardiography - National Board of Echocardiography
Critical Care Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine
Jennifer L. Marsella, MD
George L. Engel Dean’s Teaching Fellow, 2025-2027
Project: Leadership Brainery: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Longitudinal, Inclusive, Core Leadership Curriculum for Adult Neurology Residents
Dr. Jennifer L. Marsella is an Assistant Professor of Neurology – Sleep Medicine.
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2018 - 2020
Fellowship, Sleep Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2017 - 2018
Residency, Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2014 - 2017
Internship, Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2013 – 201
Education
MD | University of Rochester School of Medicine/Dentistry 2013
Meghan Train, DO
Andrew W. Mellon Dean’s Teaching Fellow, 2025-2027
Project: Evaluation of Residency Quality Improvement Training
Dr. Meghan Train received her B.S. in Biology and Political Science at Northeastern University, and later received her D.O. at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency training at the University of Rochester. Since 2014, she has worked in academic medicine as a hospitalist on inpatient medicine and in the internal medicine ambulatory care clinic. Dr. Train’s academic interests include medical education, quality improvement and high value care. She is the Quality Improvement project leader on 6-1600, which centers on at-risk patients to increase Naloxone prescriptions upon discharge from the hospital. She serves as Medical Director for the 6-1400 inpatient unit and is director of the Quality, Safety and Inter-Professional Communication course for students in the Schools of Medicine and Nursing.
Bridget E. Young, PhD
Gilbert B. Forbes Dean’s Teaching Fellow, 2025-2027
Project: Teaching Evidence-Based Support of Infant Formula Feeding - A Web-based Continuing Education Program
Dr. Bridget E. Young is an Associate Professor in Department of Pediatrics, Breastfeeding & Lactation Medicine (SMD) and the Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD) – Joint.
Dr. Young studied Maternal and Child Nutrition at Cornell University where she received her PhD. She then pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in Pediatric Nutrition at the University of Colorado. She joined the faculty at the University of Rochester in 2018 and is the Director of Research for the Division of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine.
Bridget Young's research interests are in early infant nutrition. She studies the impact of obesity and insulin resistance on breast milk composition, and resultant programming effects in the infant. She particularly focuses on the effect of oral insulin in human milk on infant pancreatic function and intestinal maturation in the neonate. Dr. Young also studies how variation in infant formula ingredients impact long-term outcomes in the infant.
Nisreen H. Al Jallad, DDS, MS
Lowell A. Glasgow Dean's Teaching Fellow, 2026-2028
Project: PEARL curriculum: Perinatal EducAtion in oRal heaLth curriculum
Dr. Nisreen Al Jallad was born and raised in Damascus, Syria, and earned her DDS degree from Damascus University. She joined the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2019, where she completed a research fellowship and advanced education in general dentistry residency at Eastman Institute for Oral Health and later earned a Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Sciences.
Dr. Al Jallad is an assistant professor at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health and the perinatal oral health clinic director. Her interests include perinatal oral health, interprofessional education, and artificial intelligence applications for dental caries detection and oral health improvement.
Emily K. Cromwell, PhD
John Romano Dean's Teaching Fellow, 2026-2028
Project: Advancing Pediatric Sleep Care Through Education: A Project ECHO® Approach
Emily Kaier Cromwell, PhD received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Tulsa. She completed her pre-doctoral and post-doctoral trainings in Clinical Psychology; Child and Adolescent Track at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Cromwell's professional interests include pediatric sleep disorders and anxiety. Dr. Cromwell sees children and families for short-term sleep related treatment through the Pediatric Sleep Medicine clinic in addition to seeing children and adolescents for outpatient psychotherapy at Pediatric Behavioral Health and Wellness.
Christina E. Schutt, DO
George W. Corner Dean's Teaching Fellow, 2026-2028
Project: Redesigning the Outpatient Pediatric Rheumatology Resident Experience
Dr. Schutt is interested in the care of rheumatologic disease in children, in both the ambulatory and inpatient setting, especially Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Juvenile Scleroderma. She is trained in point-of-care musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions.
Susan J. Wiener, MD, MPH
Marshall Lichtman Dean's Teaching Fellow, 2026-2028
Project: Promoting Adolescent Reproductive Health and Autonomy: A Person-Centered Contraceptive Counseling Curriculum for Pediatric Residents
Dr. Susan Wiener is a board-certified pediatrician who specializes in caring for adolescents and young adults. Her clinical expertise includes sexual/reproductive healthcare and caring for adolescents with eating disorders. Dr. Wiener is passionate about reducing adolescents’ barriers to receiving the care that they need, empowering young people to make decisions about their own health, and promoting health equity. Her research interests include sexual health education and patient-provider communication (particularly surrounding pregnancy options and contraceptive counseling).