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RossMed Day

University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

7:30 - 8:30 Registration and Breakfast

Call to Order & Seeth Vivek, MD, DLFAPA
8:30 - 8:40
Opening Remarks Professor & Chair Psychiatry; Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences, RUSM
Welcoming
8:40 - 9:00 Tom-meka Archinard, MD, MBA, FACEP
Remarks Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer; Designated Institutional Official
Introduction of
9:00 - 9:05 University of Maryland Capital Region Health
Keynote Speakers
“From Burnout to Balance: Everyday Wellness Strategies for Future Physicians”

Carli Pruitt, PsyD, JD
Director of Therapeutics; Core Faculty, Family Medicine Residency
University of Maryland Capital Region Health
9:05 - 10:25 Keynote Address
Jannel Lawrence, MD
PGY-3 Chief Resident; Internal Medicine Residency
University of Maryland Capital Region Health

10:25 - 11:25 Refreshment Break and Review of Posters by Attendees and Judges
Ross Academic Rounds - Student Scholarly and Research Presentations

Nader Tavakoli, MD
Chair
Chair, Department of Family Medicine; Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, UMCAP
11:25 - 12:30 Dea Bultman, MD, MPH, FAACP; Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, UMCAP
Kacie Saulters, MD, FACP; Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, UMCAP
Sravya Gundapaneni, MD; PGY-2 Internal Medicine Resident, UMCAP
Judges
Luwaji Oduleye, MD; PGY-2 Family Medicine Resident, UMCAP
Mexan Mapouka, MD; PGY-1 Internal Medicine Resident, UMCAP
Samyukta Gudena, MBBS; PGY-2 Family Medicine, Resident, UMCAP

12:30 - 1:15 Lunch
Community Service
1:15 - 1:25 and Clinical Georgette Ndamukong, MS3; RUSM Clinical Student Government Association
Enrichment
Moderator: Christopher Bellone, MBA, Manager Hospital Partnerships, RUSM
The Ross Years and
1:30 - 2:30 Beyond: Alumni Paul Newman, MD; Palliative Medicine, UMCAP
Panel Priyangi Puranik, MD; PGY-3 Family Medicine Resident, UMCAP
Habeeb Agbabiaka, MD; PGY-2 Family Medicine Resident, UMCAP
Nader Tavakoli, MD; Chair, Department of Family Medicine; Director of Undergraduate Medical Education
• Silver Stethoscope Award and acceptance speech
2:30 - 3:00 Awards Ceremony • Best Resident Teacher and acceptance speech
• Best Oral Presentation and Poster Awards
• Certificates: All Students whose Submissions that were accepted.
Adjournment
Door Prizes,
Acknowledgments,
3:00 - 3:15 Ioana Marsiello, MEd; Clinical Operations Liaison, RUSM
and Concluding
Remarks

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