Katherine Grichnik, M.D. Associate Dean, CME
Voice Mail: (919) 612-3682
Email: grich002@mc.duke.edu

 

Katherine Grichnik is the Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education and an Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine. Her career has focused on establishing excellence in perioperative clinical care, investigating perioperative morbidity and pain control strategies, and educating anesthesia practitioners, from the medical student to the post-graduate physician. She has a wealth of experience having directed regional and national CME courses and as a member of national CME oversight committees. She notes that being an excellent clinician, researcher, and educator involves continually acquiring new knowledge, especially in our rapidly changing clinical world. She is dedicated to lifelong learning, patient safety and providing the highest quality CME for all healthcare providers.

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Kathryn Andolsek, M.D. M.P.H. CME Advisor
Pager: (919) 970-3006
Email: andol001@mc.duke.edu

Kathryn Andolsek, M.D. M.P.H. is Associate Director of Graduate Medical Education for Duke University Hospital.  She served as medical director for Duke Office of CME from 2001-2006 and the Interim  Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education from 2004-2006.  She is a Professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine.  She is well known nationally for her academic contributions in family medicine and has won accolades for the development of the Life Curriculum (http://www.lifecurriculum.info/) - a collaborative effort of Duke University Hospital, the UNC Hospitals, the NC AHEC, and the NC Physician's Health Program to assist graduate medical education programs, their residents, and faculty to prevent, identify, and manage resident fatigue and impairment.

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Brooke Taylor, M.P.H. Director, Continuing Medical Education

Voice Mail: (919) 401-1205
Email: brooke.taylor@duke.edu

 

Brooke joined the Duke Office of CME in 2002 and is responsible for managing and administering overall operations of the CME office as well as administering and maintaining Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accreditations.  She received a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Dietetics and a minor in Psychology from Iowa State University and a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Community Health Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  Brooke has presented at multiple Alliance for Continuing Medical Education conferences and received the Alliance for CME President’s award in recognition of outstanding leadership and educational contributions to the Alliance as co-author of the 2005 Annual Conference Best of Sessions publication, A Monitoring and Quality Improvement Plan for Regularly Scheduled Conferences.  Brooke’s professional interests include patient safety and women’s health issues.

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CME Coordinators

Tanya Jisa MSW Senior CME Coordinator
Voice Mail: (919) 401-1208
Email: jisa0001@mc.duke.edu
 

 

Tanya earned a Bachelor of General Studies with a concentration in Behavioral Sciences from Ohio University and a Masters of Social Work from Washington University.  She worked 10 years for Emory University’s School of Medicine prior to joining DOCME.  Tanya’s professional interests include women’s health, integrative/holistic medicine, and environmental sustainability issues such as those addressed by Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E).

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Sherry Layton Outreach CME Coordinator

 

Sherry Layton is presently a candidate in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program at Duke University. She recently completed the Certificate in Non-Profit Management at Duke University and first-authored and presented an abstract at the annual Canadian Association of Continuing Health Education (CACHE), entitled “Environmental Management System and Continuing Medical Education: CHE/CME Goes Green.”  Co-written by Deborah Gallagher, PhD, and Tanya Jisa, MSW, this abstract was the first from Duke to link sustainability with continuing medical education practices.  She received her BA in Mass Communications from the University of North Carolina, Asheville, has had graduate training in English at North Carolina State University. Sherry joined the Duke School of Medicine’s Office of Continuing Medical Education in February 2006. She has experience in strategic planning and development and marketing, with extensive training in scientific editing and writing; publication design, management and production; proposal writing; fiscal management; Web-site management; conference coordination; and project direction and management. Recently Sherry wrote and published two articles in Duke Anesthesiology Alumnus magazine and narrated Duke University’s video, “Do You Know the Pain? Emergency Room Care for the Sickle Cell Disease Patient.” She has previously worked for Duke University Press, the Environmental Protection Agency, McGraw-Hill Publishing, Duke University Medical Center, and WCQS-FM radio as on-air host for NPR’s Weekend Edition

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Gloria Huang CME Coordinator

Gloria was born in Taiwan.  She received BA degree from Providence College in Taiwan.  She has been with CME office for 10 years.  She and her husband Jamin married in Ithica, NY and then moved to North Carolina.  They have two daughters.  Diana, who graduated from Elon University, is working in special education at Ephesus Elementary School in Chapel Hill.  Bernice, who graduated from University of Richmond, is currently in Graduate School of Virginia Commonwealth University.  Outside work, Gloria enjoys Chinese calligraphy, quilting, gardening and hiking.

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John E. Johnson Database Administrator
Voice Mail: (919) 401-1206
Email: johns478@mc.duke.edu


John came to CME shortly after relocating to South Boston, Virginia from New Jersey.  He has implemented many progressive, time-saving database changes for the department since his arrival.  In addition to spending some of his finest times with his two grandchildren, Natalie and Nathan, John enjoys self-sustainable vegetable gardening, beekeeping and playing guitar.

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