Clinical Advising Deans Bios
James F. Duffy, SJ, MD
Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
Fr./Dr. James F Duffy, SJ, MD is a board certified internist that has recently joined the Office of Medical Education. A former graduate of both the Georgetown University School of Medicine and the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Georgetown University Hospital, Fr. Duffy has returned to the Georgetown University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine on the Medical Educator Track. He acquired an M.A. in Health Care Ethics from Loyola University in Chicago, IL and an M.Div. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in Berkeley, CA. In addition to his administrative duties as the Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, Fr Duffy is actively involved in teaching Clinical Ethics Rounds for M3’s, Physical Diagnosis I/II, and Ambulatory Care at the Spanish Catholic Center.
Rebecca Evangelista, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Dr. Evangelista attended Medical School at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse/Upstate Medical University. She completed both her internship and residency in General Surgery at George Washington University. Dr. Evangelista’s primary and secondary specialties are General Surgery and Breast Surgery respectively. Her special interests include Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Endocrine Surgery (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal) and Breast Surgery.
Mary Furlong, MD
Associate Professor; Residency Program Director and Director of Medical Education in the Department of Pathology
Dr. Furlong is an Associate Professor and the Director of Medical Education in the Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Hospital, encompassing the sophomore pathology course, third and fourth year Clerkships and the pathology residency program. Dr. Furlong attended Medical School at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Furlong participated in the Medstar Health Medical Education Research Program several years ago and is interested in bringing these ideas to students through this Medical Education Research Seminar. Her primary specialty is Pathology and her special interests include Soft Tissue Pathology and Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education.Other research interests include simulation in pathology training and innovations in pathology education.
Princy N. Kumar, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Students
Chief of Infectious Diseases at Georgetown University Hospital, the Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine, and a Professor of Medicine, and Microbiology. Dr. Kumar received her medical degree at Kasturba Medical College in India, and completed her residency at Englewood Hospital in New Jersey. Dr Kumar trained as a Fellow in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Georgetown University Hospital, and currently serves as the director of that fellowship program. She has a broad research and scholarly portfolio, and serves as the principal investigator, AIDS Clinical Trials Group for National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases at Georgetown University Medical Center. Her public service work includes serving as consultant to the FDA’s anti-viral drugs committee, and a consultant to the Peace Corps.
Maria Marquez, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Associate Director of Pediatric Clerkship
Dr. Marquez completed her Medical Degree at Universidad Central De Venezuela. She completed her residency at Georgetown University Hospital and received her certification in Pediatrics in 2000. Her primary specialty is Pediatric Ambulatory Service, while the secondary specialty is Pediatric General and Adolescent Medicine.
Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD
Dean for Medical Education
A Dreyfuss National Merit Scholar at the University of North Carolina, Dr. Mitchell completed training and certification in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. He completed Rheumatology subspecialty training at Georgetown University. Dr. Mitchell completed the Stanford Faculty development program in Clinical Teaching in 1994 and has delivered that clinical teaching model in many venues around the country. In 1996 he completed the Harvard Macy Institute as Clinician Educator and in 2000 completed the Leaders course.
Eileen Moore, MD
Assistant Dean for Community Education and Advocacy
Dr. Eileen Moore completed her HRSA Primary Care Fellowship at Georgetown. Dr. Moore is a clinician–educator with an exciting clinical practice in General Internal Medicine and a keen interest in progressive medical education. Her interests include access to care and quality of care for underserved and vulnerable populations.
Steven Schwartz, MD
Associate Dean for Informatics and Technology
Dr. Schwartz graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed his Family Practice residency training in the Georgetown/Providence Family Practice Residency Program. He received a certificate in Medical Informatics from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 10x10 program at University of Chicago, November of 2009. His academic interests include medical error reduction and medical informatics particularly the use of handheld computers in clinical practice and education. He was a leader in establishing a handheld computer (PDA) requirement in the Medical school in 2004, and has lectured nationally on the use of PDA in clinical medical practice. Dr. Schwarz divides his time between his academic duties and his private group practice Potomac Physician Associates, PC where he serves as an officer on the on the Board of Directors and leads their EMR initiatives. He is also the Chief Medical Advisor to Human Science Inc. developer of PatientCarenet a solutions to improve inter physician communication through technology. Additionally, he serves on several advisory committees for institutional and private companies involved with medical information technologies and electronic prescribing. He has additional interest in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He completed Mind-Body-Sprit Medicine Professional Training and Advanced professional training. In addition to leading Mini-Body Skills groups for students, he has lectured at the Nation Capital Conference Board Review in Washington, DC on this topic.
Shyrl Sistrunk, MD
Associate Dean for Curriculum Assessment
Dr. Sistrunk received her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina and completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Sistrunk also completed a Fellowship in Geriatrics in Primary Care at Stanford University and she was a fellow in Geriatric Medicine at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. She also serves as the Senior Clinical Advisor for Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies (GEMS). Dr. Sistrunk serves on many University committees including, but not limited to, the Committee on Medical Education, the Strategic Planning Committee, the Committee on Appointments and Promotions, and the Committee on Admissions. She has also served as a member of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step-3 Item Writing Committee.
Russell Wall, MD
Associate Dean for Admissions
Dr. Wall a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology in the School of Medicine. He is Vice-Chairman and Program Director in the Department of Anesthesiology at Georgetown University Hospital. He is a member of the Magis Society of Outstanding Teachers at Georgetown and is a member of the national Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Wall has been a Board Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology for over 20 years and has been a Visiting Professor at over 25 universities in the US, lecturing on anesthesia for endocrine diseases. He has authored or co-authored a number of publications and book chapters on various anesthesia topics.
