MEDICAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP PRECOURSE

March 8, 2023
Portland, OR

James K. Stoller, MD, MS is the Chair of the Education Institute and holds the Jean Wall Bennett Professorship in Emphysema Research at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and the Samson Global Leadership Academy Endowed Chair. He is an Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and Honorary Visiting Professor of the Bayes Business School, City University, London, UK.  From 2001 to 2005, he served as Associate Chief of Staff and served as Vice Chairman of Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic through 2007. Dr. Stoller is a Diplomate in internal medicine and pulmonary disease of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Stoller received a BA in biochemistry and English (magna cum laude) from Amherst College in Amherst, Mass. He earned his medical degree from the Yale University School of Medicine in 1979 and completed his internship and residency in medicine at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. After completing fellowships in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at both Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Yale University School of Medicine, he pursued a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine/Anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Stoller also earned a Master's in Organizational Development and Analysis from the Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University in 2001.

His clinical and research focus regards alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and his organizational scholarship regards leadership development and organizational high-performance. Dr. Stoller has authored/co-authored more than 370 peer-reviewed papers, 85 chapters, and 15 books, including "Exception to the Rule: The Surprising Science of Character-Based Culture, Engagement, and Performance" and "Better Humans, Better Performance."

Aanchal Kapoor, MD, MEd is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Program Director of Critical Care Medicine fellowship and Medical Director of Medical Intensive Liver Unit (MILU). She completed her Internal Medicine residency from University of Cincinnati, Critical Care fellowship from Cleveland Clinic in 2012 and joined as Associate Program Director of Critical Care Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. In 2014 she completed a Medical Education fellowship to continue her path as an educator. She has designed the Critical Care Education Track for Critical Care fellowship and has completed Master of Education in Health Professions Education (MEHPE) in August 2021.