Teaching
Philosophy, presentations, and resources for learners.
Educational philosophy
Being an academic physician requires adaptability, medical expertise, and compassion. As a Transplant Hepatologist I have the privilege of working with medical trainees at every stage of the career — from pre-med through to Transplant Hepatology fellowship. I am a firm believer in combining bedside education with real cases linked to key topics in hepatology, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and clinical practice. My training across Canada, Ireland, and the United States gives me both a diverse experience to draw from and the ability to connect with students from a wide range of backgrounds.
By first understanding a trainee’s baseline knowledge, I adjust a complex concept — chronic liver disease, or liver transplantation — to engage them within their individual zone of development (Pratt & Collins). My specific goals vary with a learner’s stage of training, but in general I aim to impart a better understanding of hepatic pathophysiology: not only to cover what standardized testing assesses, but to improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery.
Trainee learning can be assessed through several means. On an inpatient service I follow fellows’ progress through the day-to-day management of patients on the Hepatology service. More longitudinally, I track knowledge and identify gaps through standardized testing such as the annual in-training examination. Gaps are addressed individually through one-on-one feedback, or at group level by adding lectures to the trainee curriculum. Where deficits are shared across a cohort, I adjust the curriculum accordingly.
In short: I integrate bedside clinical medicine to augment education for trainees at all levels, leveraging clinical expertise, an international background, and communication to improve trainees’ practice and support them through standardized examinations.
To expand. This is your HPTT 802 statement, lightly edited. The syllabus lists a Teaching Philosophy update as a separately graded assignment, so it is worth extending with what you have learned since: social cognitive theory from HPTT 801, the science-of-learning work from HPTT 802, and the clinical teaching strategies from HPTT 840.
Reference. Pratt, D. D., & Collins, J. B. The Five Perspectives. Teaching Perspectives Inventory. https://www.teachingperspectives.com/tpi/
Presentations
- American Transplant Congress 2026 – Speaker6/2026
- Meet-the-Expert: Hepatology Workforce
- University of Nebraska Transplant Symposium 2026 – Speaker5/2026
- Debate: Transition of Care Post–Solid Organ Transplant
- Northwestern University GI/Hepatology Division – Speaker5/2026
- Transplant Hepatology Medical School Pathway
- Featured Presentation – UNMC E-Learning Showcase Awards & Recognition Ceremony4/2026
- Portal Hypertension – A Systemic Disease e-Module
- Gut Check 2026 – Practice Gastroenterology Updates for Frontline Clinicians4/2026
- Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: New Insights
- American Gastroenterological Association Academy of Educators – Scholarship Group7/2025
- Addressing the Hepatology Workforce Shortage through a Supplemental Medical School Curriculum
- Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology, and Palliative Medicine – Speaker6/2025
- Palliative Care & Liver Disease
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- American Society of Transplantation TYF-COP/LICOP Webinar – Speaker/Organizer6/2025
- The Art of Balance: Determining Clinical Workload in Academic Hepatology
- Creighton University Infectious Diseases Symposium – Speaker4/2025
- Hepatitis B
- Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians – Speaker3/2025
- Elevated Liver Enzymes and Steatotic Liver Disease
- American Society of Transplantation Community Education Webinar – Panelist/Organizer1/2025
- Navigating the Financial Burden of Organ Transplantation
- American Society of Transplantation TYF-COP Webinar – Speaker10/2024
- Building the Transplant Workforce in Hepatology
- Medical Grand Rounds2/2024
- Medical Nutrition & Frailty in Cirrhosis
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Transplant Research Conference & Journal Club9/2023
- Frailty in Liver Transplantation
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Division of Nutrition – Speaker1/2023
- Medical Nutrition & Frailty in Cirrhosis
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Circle the City – Invited Speaker5/2019
- Management of Hepatitis C
- Medical Grand Rounds3/2016
- Non-Invasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Resources for learners
Link the things trainees can actually use: the Steatotic Liver Disease module, the Portal Hypertension e-learning module, the Prezi on liver enzymes, the Quizlet set, the Acute Liver Failure escape room. Embed where you can — a reviewer should be able to open and run them.
Screenshots go here. A screen from each module does more for this
page than any stock photograph — it is evidence, and it is yours. Drop the files into
assets/img/ and uncomment the block below, one figure.html line per image.
Every image needs an alt describing what it shows; without one the figure is skipped
rather than shipped inaccessible.
Global medical experience
- Project Pacemaker1/2016
- Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Selected to join a humanitarian medical trip working in an impoverished hospital and providing healthcare to patients with Chagas disease
- Global Medical Training2/2009
- Panama City, Panamá
- Traveling rural clinic volunteer with a non-governmental organization (Global Medical Training); provided basic, free medical healthcare services to the rural population