Associate & Assistant Program Directors
Associate Program Directors
Alan J. Hunter, MD, FACP
Associate Program Director
Professor of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine, OHSU
Dr. Hunter has been an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program since 1995. His current portfolio consists of serving as the Portfolio Director, for the Scholarship focus of the residency program. In that role, he is responsible for building, measuring and expanding the residency program's scholarly resources, mentoring relationships and scholarship productivity. Dr. Hunter is also the program liaison to the University MICU rotation, and responsible for oversight of the overall clinical and curriculum experiences offered to the medicine residents. Additionally, Dr. Hunter has a history of leadership in the Department, and served as founder and the prior long-standing Division Head, for the Division of Hospital Medicine. Finally, he has a long history of serving on, and chairing both the Department of Medicine and School of Medicine's Promotion & Tenure Committees.
- MD - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 1991
- BA - Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1982
- Chief Resident: Internal Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 1995
- Residency: Internal Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 1994
- Internship: Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 1992
Research Interests
- Residency education
- Student education
- Mentorship/Faculty development
- Medical history
Clinical Interests
- Hospital based medicine
- Infectious disease
- Bedside clinical exam
- Academic advancement
Kyle Kent, MD
Associate Program Director - Curriculum and Evaluation
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Portland VA Medical Center
Dr. Kyle Kent graduated from the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine and was thrilled to stay at OHSU to complete his residency and Chief Residency. Dr. Kent joined the VA Portland Health Care System faculty in 2014, has served as the Site Director for the inpatient ward rotation, and prior to his current role was an Assistant Program Director focusing on curriculum and evaluation.
In addition, Dr. Kent has been a member of the residency program's Core Faculty, a coach for medical students through the College Portfolio Coaching Program, and has served on several planning committees for local and regional CME. As the co-founder of the Residency Curriculum Committee he has led continuous improvement efforts across rotations, directed the revamp of the noon conference curriculum, and spearheaded innovations in rotation evaluations. He has been recognized by medical students, residents, chief residents, and faculty for his humanism, mentorship, and teaching. His publications and presentations range from transitions of care and heart failure readmissions to curriculum design and evidence based medicine. Outside of work, he enjoys time outdoors and home cooked meals with his family.
- MD: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2010
- BA: University of San Diego, Chemistry with an emphasis in Biochemistry, San Diego, CA, 2006
- Chief Residency: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2014
- Residency: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2013
- Internship: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2011
- Ward attending best practices
- Effective feedback
- Mentorship
- Curriculum design and assessment
- Evidence based medicine
- Transitions of care
Emily Janetos, MD
Associate Program Director - Medical Education
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Portland VA Medical Center
Dr. Emily Janetos graduated from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and completed Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency and chief residency in the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia combined program. After her chief year, Dr. Janetos joined the faculty at the VA Portland Health Care System’s Department of Hospital and Specialty Medicine. Clinically, Dr. Janetos works as a primary care physician, precepts in the VA resident clinic, and attends on the inpatient wards. In her role as a clinician educator, Dr. Janetos has co-directed the Practice-Based Learning curriculum for VA clinic residents and co-chairs the Ambulatory Editorial Board which coordinates primary care didactics for residents during their +1 week. As associate program director for medical education, she coordinates educational events designed to help residents grow as physicians and professionals. Dr. Janetos has been recognized by residents and chief residents for her teaching and mentorship. When she’s not seeing patients or teaching, Dr. Janetos can be found riding bikes and reading books with her family or at the VA’s Patriot Store buying snacks.
- MD: University of California - San Francisco, 2014
- BA: University of Chicago, Biology with a specialization in Endocrinology, Chicago, IL, 2010
- Chief Residency: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
- Residency: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
- Internship: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
- Mentorship
- Curriculum development
- Career trajectories and career advising
Maureen Lyons, MD
Associate Program Director - Ambulatory Medicine & Primary Care
Associate Professor of Medicine
General Internal Medicine, OHSU
Dr. Maureen Lyons is an academic internist, primary care physician, and clinician-educator serving as Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Medicine and Primary Care.
Dr. Maureen Lyons completed her medical training at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and continued on at University of Chicago for Internal Medicine residency and chief residency. During her chief resident year, she completed the Medical Education Research, Innovation, Teaching, and Scholarship (MERITS) program, a fellowship with emphasis on innovative curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation.
She moved to St. Louis in 2016 where she joined faculty at St. Louis University Hospital, where she served for nearly four years as an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program and with the medical school as the Ambulatory Internal Medicine Clerkship Director.
She was recruited to join faculty at Washington University in St. Louis in January 2020, where she developed and implemented a Leadership Pathway for the Internal Medicine residency program. She continued her work in undergraduate medical education as the Ambulatory Team Lead for the Immersions, an innovative curriculum of early clinical rotations designed to immerse students in a variety of clinical settings and focus on professional identity formation and learning how to learn in a clinical setting. Alongside these roles, she was the founding medical director of Washington University’s Long COVID clinic, a generalist-based multidisciplinary clinic.
Dr. Lyons loves being outdoors, reading novels, and enjoying delicious food and conversation with friends and family. You’re highly likely to find the Lyons family exploring new parks and playgrounds while enjoying the ever-evolving dynamics of three young kids.
- MD: University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 2012
- BS: Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 2007
- Chief Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 2016
- Residency: University of Chicago Medicine Center, Chicago, IL, 2015
Research Interests
- Trainee leadership development
- Curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation
- Outpatient medicine education
Clinical Interests
- Preventive health
- Patient centered care
- Mood disorders
- Long COVID
Assistant Program Directors
Afaf Sharen Azar, MD
Assistant Program Director - Ambulatory Medicine and Primary Care
Assistant Professor of Medicine
General Internal Medicine, OHSU; Old Town Clinic
Sharen graduated from the OHSU School of Medicine and then went on to complete her Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin. After completing her primary care chief year, she returned to Portland where she initially worked at both the OHSU Internal Medicine Clinic as well as the Old Town Clinic, a federally qualified health center in downtown Portland. While Sharen's clinical practice is now solely at Old Town Clinic, she takes tremendous joy in working alongside all residents in the ambulatory setting, promoting wellness, and sharing her enthusiasm for incremental care.
- MD: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2012
- BS: University of Portland, Biology & Psychology, Portland, OR, 2007
- Chief Residency: Internal Medicine, Primary Care, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
- Internship & Residency: Internal Medicine, Primary Care Track, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
- Social determinants of health
- Management of substance use disorders
- Trauma informed care
- Curriculum development
- Promotion of resident wellness
- Evaluations and feedback