Program Leadership

The University of Michigan Pediatric Residency Program is wholly committed to providing our residents with a phenomenal pediatric education. We are highly responsive to our residents’ needs and are continually adjusting our program and making changes to best provide the optimal training experience for the Leaders of Tomorrow.

Here is our core leadership team:

 

150X180_Portraits_HHaftelHilary M. Haftel, M.D., M.H.P.E.

Associate Chair of Pediatrics and Program Director
Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Albany Medical College, 1990
M.D., Albany Medical College, 1986

Hilary Haftel, M.D., M.H.P.E. is the Pediatric Program Director and Associate Chair for Pediatric Education after serving as an assistant/associate program director for 11 years. Dr. Haftel received a master’s degree in Health Professions Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2004. She directed the Communication Skills and Professionalism program at the University of Michigan Medical School from 2003 to 2007. Dr. Haftel has served on numerous Medical School and national committees for undergraduate and graduate medical education. Her research interests include the quality of clinical education, performance assessment, medical decision-making, and autonomy in the changing medical climate.

 

150X180_Portraits_DRosenDavid S. Rosen, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate Director for Pediatric Education
Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency, St. Louis University Hospitals, 1988
M.D., University of Michigan, 1984

David Rosen, M.D., M.P.H. has served as associate program director for 17 years. In this role, he is intensively involved in medical student education, the professional development of our faculty and departmental continuing medical education. Dr. Rosen has held numerous national leadership positions in medical education. He was a master trainer for the Guidelines in Adolescent Preventive Services. He served three terms on the editorial board of Pediatrics in Review, two terms on the national steering committee for PREP: The Course, and was Editor- in-Chief of Adolescent Health Update. Dr. Rosen has served as a consultant to a wide variety of Pediatric Education initiatives, including implementation of the new Bright Futures guidelines, The American Medical Resident Education Project, and as a consultant to the American Board of Pediatrics.

 

Michael Lukela, M.D.

Program Director for Medicine-Pediatrics Program
Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency, University of Michigan, 2002
M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1998

Michael Lukela, M.D. serves as program director for our combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. He has been instrumental in assisting in the development of our Mock Code Program and Patient Safety curriculum development. Dr. Lukela completed the Medical Education Scholars Program at the University of Michigan in 2005. He is an active member of the Medicine-Pediatrics Program Director Association (MPPDA), Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM). Dr. Lukela is also very active in medical student education through his role as the Director of the M2 Clinical Comprehensive Assessment (M2 CCA). His research interests include patient safety, alcohol withdrawal, and resident/medical student education.

 

Namita Sachdev, M.D.

Associate Director for the Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Program
Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency, University of Michigan, 1993
M.D., University of Michigan, 1989

Namita Sachdev, M.D. is Associate Program Director of the Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics program. She is a faculty mentor in the Clinician Educator Program at the medical school and is also a member of the M2 Comprehensive Clinical Assessment (CCA) committee. She practices both internal medicine and pediatrics at East Ann Arbor in the medicine-pediatrics faculty practice, and is involved in ambulatory education. Dr. Sachdev’s areas of clinical interest are infectious diseases, preventative medicine, and chronic care of disease.

 

150X180_Portraits_HeatherHeather Burrows, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Director of Pediatric Education
Pediatrics Residency, University of Michigan, 2003
M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2000

Heather Burrows, M.D., Ph.D. serves as Associate Director of Pediatric Education and is the Continuity Clinic Director for our program. She practices at our East Ann Arbor General Pediatrics site, where she supervises residents and students. She has implemented a monthly primary care morning report series as well as a telemedicine experience for our residents. She is involved in resident quality improvement education and serves as a mentor for the resident outpatient QI group. Her interests include quality improvement and patient education.

 

150X180_Portraits_JSchmidtJohn P. Schmidt, M.D.

Associate Director of Pediatric Education
Combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency, University of Michigan, 2002
M.D., University of Michigan, 1998

John Schmidt, M.D. serves as Associate Director of Pediatric Education. Dr. Schmidt is a 2002 graduate of our Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. He currently serves as Educational Lead for General inpatient Pediatrics and the Associate Director of the Hospitalist program. Dr. Schmidt has won numerous accolades for his teaching ability, including the Senior Award, Galen’s Silver Shovel, and Faculty Teaching Award. Dr. Schmidt is heavily involved with resident recruiting, improving inpatient rounding, conference curriculum, and work-hour compliance. He also volunteers as the physician for the Michigan Marching Band.