Educational Affairs - Office of Clinical Education

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OCE Faculty

Melissa Smith-Phillips, MD, PhDMelissa Smith-Phillips, MD, PhD
Assistant Dean for Clinical Education

As Assistant Dean for the Office of Clinical Education, Dr. Smith-Phillips works closely with course and clerkship directors, curriculum committee, program coordinators, and students to oversee clinical education throughout the UTMB School of Medicine curriculum.

OCE Staff

Shaine LeGrand
Program Manager
(409) 747-0268
  • Coordinates orientation for 3rd and 4th year classes
  • Provides oversight of SOM 3rd year clerkships and assists with all questions related to 3rd and 4th year SOM course work
Frances Dawe
Clinical Education Specialist
(409) 747-1750
  • Lead chief proctor for NBME shelf exams
  • Manage Affiliation Agreements for JSSOM
Brian Sullivan
Clinical Education Specialist
(409) 747-0265
  • Rural Health Scholarly Concentration Coordinator
  • Data management for the School of Medicine
  • Power BI technical assistance for SOM data
  • OCE Website maintenance
Lyndsey Phillips
Clinical Education Specialist
(409) 266-2476
  • Housing Coordinator
  • POWER Coordinator
Casey Sendejas
Administrative Manager
(409) 266-6466
  • Experiential Learning and Assessment Coordinator
  • Transition to Residency (TTR) Co-Coordinator
  • Introduction to Clerkships and Clinical Skills (ICCS) Co-Coordinator
  • UWorld Coordinator
Kaylyn Firebaugh
Coordinator II
(409) 747-0269
  • Introduction to Clerkships and Clinical Skills (ICCS) Coordinator
  • Transition to Residency (TTR) Co-Coordinator
  • Experiential Learning and Assessment Coordinator
  • Preclinical Preceptorships Coordinator
  • Community-Based Electives Coordinator

Coordinator II
(409) 747-1737
  • Electives Coure Committee Coordinator
  • Learn to Lead Scholarly Concentration Coordinator
Shirnele Pope
Coordinator II
(409) 266-2712
  • Health Systems Science & Community Service (HSS) Coordinator
  • Practice of Medicine 3 & 4 (POM 3 & 4) Coordinator
  • Basic Science & Humanities Selectives (BSHS) Coordinator (Interim)
  • White Coat Conversations (WCC) Coordinator
  • Physician Healer Scholarly Concentration Coordinator

Amanda Ripple
Director of Experiential Learning & Assessment
(409) 266-0013

  • Experiential Learning & Assessment

OCE Information