Dr. Brad Moore is a graduate of Northeast Ohio Medical University and is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He completed his medicine residency at Summa Health System after which he served as Chief Resident for the program.
He has served as the Clerkship Director for internal medicine, Fourth Year Clerkship Director, member of the Clinical Competency Committee and Program Evaluation Committee for Transitional Year Medicine, and as core faculty for the Internal Medicine residency. He now serves and the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency here at Summa Health.
Dr. Albainy is a graduate of the Wright State University College of Medicine. He served as chief resident for Medicine at Akron General Medical Center and has received teaching awards at both AGMC and Summa Health. He was awarded the Barbara Donoho Distinguished leadership in Teaching Award by the Kent State School of Nursing. Dr. Albainy is an Associate Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University and adjunct clinical faculty member at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and at Kent State University School of Nursing. He currently serves as a faculty facilitator for the Reflective Medicine Course at NEOMED.
He is a member of the Clinical Competency Committee and Program Evaluation Committee for the Summa Transitional Year Medicine residency.
Dr. Tatar is a graduate of the University of Toledo College of Medicine where she was awarded the George D. Ludwig Prize in Medicine for her "outstanding ability in clinical medicine, compassion for her patients, the zeal for understanding and a commitment to excellence." She served as chief resident for the Summa Health Internal Medicine residency before joining the faculty in the Summa Department of Medicine, where she currently serves as Associate Director of the Internal Medicine Center. Dr. Tatar is an Assistant Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University and a member of the American College of Physicians. She serves in multiple young physician leadership roles for the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Tatar, along with Dr. Rayl, has been instrumental in developing a mobile evaluation system used by faculty to perform workplace evaluations of residents using direct observation. Using this system, individual observations are captured and assembled to form a pattern for faculty to determine the supervision level and milestone use of medical residents.
A graduate of Brown University and The University of Toledo College of Medicine, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Medical Honor Society, Dr. Rich completed his medical residency at Akron City Hospital, now part of Summa Health System. He has served as a full time faculty member in the Department of Medicine since 1994 and currently is an Associate Program Director fro the Internal Medicine residency. Dr. Rich serves a Chair for the Department of Medicine. He is a member and fellow of the American College of Physician, who honored him with the Master Teacher's Award in 2007. Dr. Rich has received numerous teaching awards from resident learners and has been a major proponent of resident leadership for ambulatory projects focused on quality improvement. He is a published author in peer-reviewed journals on a wide variety of topics. He provides a leadership role for multiple hospital committees.
Dr. Dayal is a graduate of the Northeast Ohio Medical University. He completed residency at Summa Health System and joined the core faculty group of the Summa Internal Medicine residency. He currently serves as the Medical Director of the Internal Medicine Center. Dr. Dayal has published clinical cases with educational import in peer reviewed journals. He enjoys both inpatient teaching team and caring for patients in ambulatory setting. His clinical interests include preventative care, outpatient procedures, educational innovation in the ambulatory setting, and multidisciplinary care. In his spare time, he enjoys trying new foods, biking, golfing, and watching Cleveland sports.
Dr. Myers is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine after which he completed his medicine residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio and his fellowship in Infectious Disease at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Hospitals. After a year at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and the University of Michigan Medical School, he moved to Northeast Ohio where he has served several health systems as a clinical, educational and administrative leader, including the Youngstown Hospital Association (Director, Infectious Disease Division and NEOMED Clerkship Director), St. Thomas Hospital (Chair, Division of Infectious Disease and Associate Program Director), Akron General Medical Center (Program Director, Internal Medicine and Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residencies and Chair, Infectious Disease Division). From 1996 to the present, Dr. Myers has served the Summa Health System in a broad spectrum of leadership roles including Program Director of Internal Medicine Residency, Program Director of Transitional Year Residency, Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Vice President of Medical Affairs. He now enjoys being and Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency at Summa as well as an embedded Infectious Disease rounding physician in the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program. He has won numerous teaching awards from these institutions as well as being the recipient of the Master Teacher Award from the American College of Physicians. He is currently a Professor of Internal Medicine and Master Teacher at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. He enjoys working with medical students, residents and fellows in the pursuit of their ultimate academic and employment goals. This Includes working with these adult learners on abstract writing, case reports and clinical research projects.
Dr. Zaugg received her degree in Osteopathic Medicine from the Ohio University Heritage College of Medicine. During her medical school career she received multiple teaching awards, as well as the global Health Award. She completed her residency in Categorical Medicine at Summa Health System and went on to serve as chief resident at Summa health System Department of Medicine from 2016-2017. Dr. Zaugg holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University, where she was a member of the Rho Chi and Phi Kappa Phi, National Pharmacy Honoraries. She graduated with honors of high distinction. Dr. Zaugg joined the faculty at Summa HealthSystem Department of Medicine following her chief year. In addition to her role as aAssociate Program Director for the Categorical and Preliminary Medicine residencies, she is Program Director the the Transitional Year Residency, Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. Her professional passions include medication reconciliation and medication de-prescribing.
Dr. Zaugg was honored with the internist of the year award in 2019 from the Department of Medicine, Summa Health System.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Zaugg is filled with joie ve vivre and is fueled by her love for her wife, two children, two dogs, gardening, cooking, exploring, and hiking.
Dr. Rayl graduated from The Northeast Ohio Medical University and completed his Medicine residency at Summa Health System. He served as Chief Resident for the Medicine Residency at Summa Health System and currently serves as Associate Director of the Internal Medicine Center.
Dr. Rayl has been a faculty innovator in the areas of EMR use and evaluation of residents and students. Along With Dr. Tatar he has implemented a mobile evaluation system that is used in direct observation of medical residents. Faculty can create and send an evaluation that is coded for level of supervision and next steps to improve, all on the same day as the observation. Our faculty have used this system to increase the number of evaluations five-fold in the first year of use. Dr. Rayl is currently developing a curriculum for POCUS (point of care ultrasound) for faculty and resident training in this physical diagnosis modality.
Dr. Diana Stewart is a graduate of the Northeastern Ohio Medical University where she received the Ideal Physician Award from her class. She finished 2 years of Internal Med/Peds residency and then completed the remainder in Internal Medicine at St. Thomas Medical Center (later part of Summa Health). She has served as a resident advisor, and teaching attending physician for inpatient and ambulatory services. Dr. Stewart was recognized for her teaching excellence with the IMC Teacher of the Year award for 2017-18 as well as 2019-2020. Dr. Stewart has special interests in preventive care and Hepatitis C treatment.
Dr. Stewart serves as a community volunteer and enjoys hiking, traveling, and caring for her dogs.
Dr.Stephanie Tan graduated from the College of Wooster, earning honors in art and art history. She completed the Michigan Merit Fellowship for the History of Art at the University of Michigan. She is a graduate of the Northeast Ohio Medical University, where she was named the ACP Outstanding Student Entering Internal Medicine.
Dr. Tan has made many contributions to the efficiency, quality and professional impact of the Internal Medicine Center ambulatory clinic, as well as the daily education of residents in Categorical, Transitional and Preliminary Medicine. Dr. Tan's patient care and hands-on training is valued by residents, who have awarded her multiple teaching awards for her work. She is actively involved in the leadership team of the IMC and values the lifelong learning opportunities that Internal Medicine Provides
Outside of work, she enjoys art, cooking, travel, gardening, and spending time with her family. She is a reluctant season ticket holder for the Cleveland Browns and the Cleveland Guardians.
Dr. Yoleetah Ilodi is a Core Faculty member for the Categorical and Transitional Year residencies. She chairs the Summa Health System Graduate Education Commitees's Diversity and Inclusion Council. She practices internal medicine and geriatric medicine at Summa Health System.
Dr. Ilodi is the Assistant Dean of Diversity for Northeast Ohio Medical University where she completed a Fellowship in Academic Medicine and currently is an associate professor of internal medicine and serves on the admissions committee. Dr. Ilodi provides leadership that lends, oversight and strategic vision for policies and initiatives to promote an inclusive and equitable learning environment for students, faculty and staff at the College.
Dr. Ilodi earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency and geriatric fellowship at Summa Health System.
Dr. McCorcle is a graduate of Northeast Ohio Medical University and the Internal Medicine residency at Summa Health System, where he was recognized as the Internal Medicine Center Resident of the Year. He is active in many programs in the Department of Medicine including the Clinical Competency Committee, the Education Committee for IM and TY residenciesresident teaching intitaitves, recruitment of faculty and developing a culture of wellness in health systems. He is a member of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians. Dr. McCorcle participates in multiple hospital committees, including the Interdisciplinary Sepsis Committee and the Interdisciplinary Resuscitation Committee. He serves as chair for the Board of Managers for Summa Health Network.
In addition, Dr. McCorcle is an advocate for wellness and life work-balance in our department; stopping by his office for a snack and good humor is a welcome break for residents and faculty alike.
Dr. Groubert is a graduate of the Ohio Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board certified in Internal Medicine. He is a member of the Education Committee and Clinical Competency Committee of the Internal Medicine residency at Summa Health System.
Dr. Groubert maintains interests in resident evaluation and quality improvment of clinical outcomes in the Internal Medicine residency and health system.
Dr. Bryan O'Connell is a graduate of Northeast.Ohio Medical University and the Internal Medicine residency program at Summa Health System where he was awarded resident of the year in 2013-2014. He worked in primary care from 2014 until 2023 when he left to pursue a career in academic medicine so that he could spend more time teaching. While in private practice he was awarded the Community Based Teacher of the Year award in 2017-18. Now as part of the Internal Medicine core faculty he.has helped develop the business curriculum. He also has a special interest in LGBTQ+ health.
His main interests are international travel and sports - Buckeyes, Blue Jackets, Cavaliers, and Tottenham Hotspur especially!
Dr. Chaffee is a graduate of the Ohio Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his PhD at Miami University (Ohio)_ in Cell, Molecular , and Structural Biology and was in a post-doctoral fellowship in genomic medicine at the Lerner Research Institute at CCF prior to starting medical school. During his time in research he was published in many peer reviewed journals, presented at national meetings, and was awarded several research grants to support his work. Currently, he is working to enhance the evidence based medicine and quality improvement curriculum. Additionally, with Dr. Rayl and Dr. Moore, he is working to enhance the POCUS curriculum at Summa.
Outside of work he enjoys watching Cleveland Sports, spending time with his three children, and coaching little league baseball.
Dr. Irene Chenowith graduated from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Akron General Medical Center, now part of Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Prior to joining Summa Health, she served in numerous clinical, teaching, and administrative roles, both at CCF-AGMC and CCF main campus in Cleveland. She has been involved in medical education her entire career, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. At various times while at AGMC, she served as the Transitional Year Residency Director, the Director of the Internal Medicine Center of Akron (resident clinic), the Internal Medicine Program Director, and later, Director of Medical Staff Affairs. While at CCF in Cleveland, she was part of the Core Clinical Faculty and was an Associate Residency Director.
Dr. Chenowith joined Summa Health in 2007, working in a community primary care office as a vernal internist/geriatrician. She moved her practice to the main campus of Summa when she joined the faculty of the Internal Medicine Center (IMC) in 2018. She has been recognized and received numerous teaching award. she always enjoys hearing from former trainees who she often sees in the community or at medical meeting. s
Dr. Chenowith enjoys working with computers, especially as pertaining to medicine. she worked at LexiComp as a physician contributor to the laboratory data base. In addition to being board-certified in medicine, she is board certified in clinical informatics through the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM). She encourages physicians to embrace technology "use the electronic medical record to work for you". She is certified by Epic as a physician power user and a physician builder. She serves on several Summa IT committees.
Interests outside medicine include cycling, boating, and spending time with family.
Dr. Girard is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine residency at York Hospital, York, PA. Dr. Girard is Board Certified by the ABIM and is a Clinical Associate Professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University. She was contributor to the Lexi-Comp clinical online database from 2008-2022.
Dr. Girard's role as an academic Hospitalist allows her to interact with residents in the inpatient environment, helping them care for teaching service patients throughout the hospital stay. It is truly one of the greatest pleasures of teaching to see residents grow in confidence and capability through their years of training.
She is a strong advocate of work-life balance, and actively pursues hobbies in needlework and quilting, miniatures, gardening, and speculative fiction writing.
Dr. Cudnik is a graduate of Ohio Northern University where she received her Doctor of Pharmacy and is a board-certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist. She joined Summa Health in 2006 as the Clinical Lead Ambulatory Care Pharmacist in the Internal Medicine Residency Clinic. Her roles in the clinic include chronic disease management with a focus on diabetes, medication counseling/reconciliation, clinical research and education to the faculty, residents, and students.
Dr. Cudnik has made many contributions to the workflow, efficiency and quality of the patient visit within the ambulatory care clinic. She has participated in numerous quality improvement projects that have led to improved care for our patients. Most recently, she has spent much of her time integrating continuous glucose monitoring systems into the care of our patients with diabetes.
Dr. Cudnik enjoys coaching basketball and watching her kids play sports when she is not working.
Dr. Mike Oravec is graduate of Kent State University College of Public health with a doctoral degree in health policy and management. He also holds a master of public health from the NEOMED MPH consortium. In his role at Summa, he conducts health services research and quality improvement initiatives for internal medicine and associated subspecialties. He frequently mentors and advises residents, fellows, medical students, and other students from various graduate and undergraduate programs in the design and conduct of research and scholarly activities. He has facilitated numerous publications and national conference presentations for Summa Internal Medicine residents and subspecialty fellows. His research interests include access to health care, patient-centered outcomes research, health literacy and disparities, healthcare provider burnout, and leveraging large datasets for research. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, boating, cooking, and subjecting himself to Cleveland sports.
Dr. Velez is a graduate of the Edward via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Auburn, Alabama. He is a board certified Internal Medicine physician after completing his residency training here at Summa Health. He serves as a resident advisor and academic attending in both inpatient and ambulatory settings. In addition, he has found an interest in web design, and now manages the Internal Medicine Residency website. This has allowed him to recapture his roots in creative arts that were developed prior to medicine, as well as focus on developing a platform to enhance resident education.
As a strong advocate for work-life balance, he enjoys spending time with his wife and 6 animals, hiking/camping, and music.
Dr. Jones is a graduate of the University of Toledo College of Medicine and a fellow of the American College of Physicians. His primary pursuit was private practice until 2004, when he transitioned his practice to join Summa IM residency as a full-time faculty member. Since that time his interests have included the Patient Centered Home, QI, training physicians to work in clinical teams and wellness. As an educator in the Summa Department of Medicine, Dr. Jones has received nine teaching awards and two program director recognition awards. His most recent leadership position was Program Director for Transitional Year Medicine and he chaired the GMEC committees on Wellness and Core Curriculum until 2023. Dr. Jones has published several papers related to his work with members of the ACGME's Educational Innovation Project. He continues to lead HVM sessions at NEOMED where he is a clinical professor of Internal Medicine. Dr. Jones is recipient of the inaugural Ohio Chapter American College of Physicians Internist of the Year award in 2014.
Dr. Jones currently has served on the hospital Diversity and Inclusion committee and believes active participation in an Equity and Diversity Curriculum is critical to the quality of care delivered by medical learners to their patients.
Dr. Jones is an active cyclist and kayaker and enjoys photography and outdoor sporting and camping in wild places.
David B. Sweet MD, FACP is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Akron City Hospital in Akron, Ohio and has served in a variety of leadership roles. He was a founding partner of Summit County Internists and Associates, a multi specialty physician group that was formed to bring skilled educators and clinicians to the Northeast Ohio area. Dr. Sweet is a professor of medicine at NEOMED and currently serves as a member of the national Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine. Dr. Sweet received ACGME's Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach award which recognizes outstanding leadership to the field of medical education. He is a recipient of the Ohio ACP Chapter Laureate Award given for outstanding leadership.
Summa Health System is located in Northeast Ohio. It's multiple campuses serve as an academic community teaching resource for the Northeast Ohio Medical University and hosts 11 residencies and 7 fellowship programs.
