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Transitional Year Residency

Awards
Teacher of the Year Awards 2012 - 2013
Family Medicine
Resident Teacher of the Year
Kirwin Award “Heart of a Family Physician”
Teacher of the Year
Subspecialist Teacher of the Year

Babak Jalali, MD
Babak Jalali, MD
Ellen Little, MD & John Jonesco, DO
Joshua Bitter, DO

Internal Medicine and Transitional Year
Teacher of the Year
Resident Teacher of the Year

Vikram Tamaskar, MD
Karthik Mulkanoor, MD

OB/GYN
John G. Boutselis, MD Teacher of the Year
Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Teacher of the Year

Diana Zitter, MD
Chris Lang, MD

Orthopedic Surgery
Teacher of the Year
Resident Teacher of the Year

Robert C. Turner, MD
Jared Bentley, MD

Surgery
Teacher of the Year
Specialty Teacher of the Year

Lowell W. Chambers, MD
Kevin Radecki, MD

OSU College of Medicine Awards

The Transitional Year Residency Program at Mount Carmel is fully accredited and offers four
positions. The program has a strong history of training residents prior to entry into specialty
training in many areas, including radiology, anesthesiology, ophthalmology, dermatology,
neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, internal medicine, and military medicine.
For those residents who are undecided on a choice of specialty, the transitional year
residency program provides a broad range of excellent training experiences, including
active participation in patient care and teaching conferences and an opportunity for selfstudy. Transitional Year residents are fully integrated into the teaching program and work
closely with categorical residents in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, and
orthopedics. Responsibilities and authority for patient care in the inpatient and outpatient
settings are identical to that of their categorical peers.
Anantha Padmanabhan, MD
Program Director

The Ohio State University School of Medicine recognizes community faculty preceptors
who elevate the quality of teaching through many years of experience and dedication to
Medical Education.
• Dr. Ralph Ballenger, Associate Program Director OB/GYN,
Received the Lifetime Achievement Award
• Dr. Michael Corriveau, Transitional Year Program Director,
Received the distinguished educator award

Other Awards
• Jeff Backes, MD, PGY4 Orthopedics, was named the 2012 recipient of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

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Our Transitional Year graduates possess a solid knowledge base and are well-prepared
to progress professionally. Many of our graduates return to Mount Carmel and become
members of the teaching faculty or Medical Staff following completion of specialty training.
Seven months of core medical rotations are required by the ACGME for all Transitional Year
residents. These include general internal medicine, critical care, emergency medicine, and
general surgery. Aside from these requirements, residents may elect rotations in internal
medicine subspecialties, general and subspecialty surgery, anesthesiology, obstetrics,
orthopedics, pediatrics, and radiology. Our Transitional Year residents are regarded as peers
on all services, and are given responsibility and authority commensurate with their skills
and educational goals.

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Karen Miller
Program Administrator

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(AAHKS) Clinical Award in recognition of the most outstanding clinical paper in the field of hip and knee arthroplasty. His
paper was entitled “Dexamethasone Reduces Length of Hospitalization and Improves Postoperative Pain and Nausea after
Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial”. He also received the Carl L. Nelson, MD Physician in
Training Award for his work in this study from the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association at its annual meeting.
Jack O’Handley, MD, faculty member, Family Medicine, won the Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award from The Ohio State
University. This award is given to a non-OSU faculty physician who has taught many clinical years and goes above and
beyond. According to the award’s description, “Volunteer clinical faculty members are often inadequately appreciated and
rarely recognized. Alpha Omega Alpha’s Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award is presented annually to recognize a community
physician who contributes with distinction to the education and training of clinical students.”
Harish Yalamanchili, MD, PGY3 General Surgery, won the Gold Award at Columbus Surgical Society conference in March for
his research and presentation.
Jared Bentley, MD, PGY3 Orthopedics, won an award for his poster presentation at the Mid-America Orthopaedic
Association. The poster, entitled “Obstacles to Early Mobilization After Total Joint Arthroplasty and Effect on Hospital
Length of Stay”, was presented at the association’s 2013 Annual Meeting.
Alisha Reiss, MD, PGY 3 General Surgery, was selected to serve as the American College of Surgeons Residency and
Associate Society Liaison to the American Medical Association.
Anthony Casey, MD, FM Associate Program Director, was awarded the 2012-2013 Med 2 Facilitator of the Year award for
his Clinical Assessment and Problem-Solving Course (CAPS) at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Genevieve Dekiel, MD, PGY3 Internal Medicine, won the student-selected Arnold P. Gold Foundation award for being the
most outstanding teaching resident and role model at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Chad Braun, MD, FM Program Director, won the Outstanding Family Medicine Physician Award presented by The Ohio
University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Elezabeth Young, MD, was the recipient of the APGO/CREOG Teaching Award from The Ohio State University.

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