Clinician-Educator Training Pathway

Christen Dilly, MD, is a general gastroenterologist with a career focus on medical education and obesity. Her career mission is to help colleagues at all levels develop the most fulfilling careers possible. Her clinical practice is at the Roudebush VA Medical Center, where she performs endoscopic therapies for obesity, Barrett’s esophagus and other upper GI pathologies, and large colon polyps. She is an assistant dean for GME, where her focus is on professional development for trainees and program directors. In this role, she directs the GME Training Pathways, which are programs through which residents and fellows can gain additional non-clinical skills as they complete their clinical training programs. She provides support to program directors working with struggling trainees. She directs a GME-wide coaching program focused on trainee well-being. At the fellowship level, she is an associate program director and director of the clinical competency committee.

Sara Kane, DO, is a clinical neonatologist at Riley Hospital for Children. She completed her fellowship training in neonatal-perinatal medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, and during her fellowship training also earned her master’s degree in adult education. She served as the associate program director for the Neonatal Fellowship program for three years, and is now the program director for the Pediatric Residency program as well as the associate director for the Clinician Educator Training Pathway. Her research interests focus on resident and fellow education, especially in program development, curriculum design and evaluation methodology. In addition, she participates in running neonatal simulations for pediatric and emergency medicine residents and outreach programs throughout the state.