Dr. Smeraglio has served as the Director for Health Systems Science for the Internal Medicine Residency Program since 2020.  In this role she oversees the longitudinal health systems science curriculum called TIS (Teaching Improvement Science) and the Health Systems Projects completed by all residents.  

Dr. Smeraglio attended Oregon Health & Science University for medical school then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Stanford University where she co-launched a hospitalist track at Stanford in 2015, while still a resident, called SHAPE (Stanford Hospitalist Advanced Practice & Education).  In 2016, she joined the Division of Hospital Medicine at Portland Veterans Hospital and serves as a clinical teacher/attending physician on the Portland VA acute care wards.  

In addition to her roles within the internal medicine residency Dr. Smeraglio has been the co-director for Health Systems Science for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship since 2023. She has worked with the medical school as OHSU’s STARS (Students and Trainees Advocating for Resource Stewardship) site director since 2018.  

She has research interest in the cross-section of education and health system sciences. Specifically, how to engage trainees in using improvement science to provide better, more affordable, more equitable and safer care for our patients. She has received several residency awards in teaching. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, biking, running, gardening and spending time with her family.  

• Residency
  • Internal Medicine: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2016

• Degrees
  • MD: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, 2013
  • BS: Biology, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon, 2007

Dr. Claire Zeigler graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed her residency and chief residency at OHSU. She is the Director of the residency's Global Health program at OHSU.

She serves as the co-chair of the ACP Oregon Planning Committee and the national APDIM Program Planning Committee. Dr. Zeigler is a member of the ACGME Appeals Panel, a subcommittee under ACGME for Governance, Appeals, Policies and Procedures. As Director for Global Health, she develops clinical and non-clinical curriculum to allow residents exposure to underrepresented and vulnerable patient populations locally and internationally.  Residents participate in a longitudinal curriculum that includes journal clubs, lectures and mentorship as well as clinical experiences at IHS sites in Alaska, California and Oregon and local experiences in Portland including correction medicine, care for homeless Veterans, and immigrant and refugee care. She also directs the Global Health Partnership in Botswana, where residents spend a month working on capacity building at a district hospital. She is a clinical educator at the Portland VA, where she works in both primary care and hospital medicine.

• Residency
  • 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
• Degrees
  • MD: University of Kansas Medical School, 2010
  • MPH: University of Kansas Medical School

Dr. Joel Burnett, MD is a general internal medicine physician, educator, and advocate. He is Core Faculty for the OHSU internal medicine residency program, serving as a Core Preceptor for the OHSU Internal Medicine Clinic and as co-Director of the Advocacy Curriculum and Social Medicine Rotation. In these roles, he oversees advocacy education for internal medicine residents at OHSU. Dr. Burnett’s academic interests include physician advocacy, health policy, and firearm injury prevention. He’s taught advocacy to physicians at the UME, GME, and CME levels. He serves as Chair of the Health & Public Policy Committee for the Oregon Chapter of American College of Physicians. In this role he’s worked to develop and organize advocacy engagement and education for internal medicine doctors and trainees across the state of Oregon. He is a member of the OHSU-PSU Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue Initiative Advisory Board and has focused much of his advocacy work on reducing firearm-related injury and death. Nationally, he’s served on the Ethics, Professionalism, and Human Rights Committee and the Education Committee for the American College of Physicians. In 2022, he was selected for the Gene A. Copello Health Advocacy Fellowship through Doctors for America, a non-profit group dedicated to improving the health of patients and communities across the U.S. In 2023 he was recognized by the American College of Physicians as an Advocate for Internal Medicine for state and federal advocacy on behalf of patients and the profession of internal medicine.  Outside of work, he enjoys playing basketball, listening to jazz, and spending time with his family.

• Residency
  • Chief Residency: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2021
  • Residency: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2020

• Degrees
  • MD: University of Kansas Medical School, 2017
  • MA: University of British Columbia, Philosophy, 2013
  • BA: University of Kansas, Philosophy, 2010

Dr. Riquelme joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in 2014 and spends most of his clinical time working with IM residents.  He is currently the director of the resident faculty coaching program, also known as CLEAR, and works as a coach as well.  He graduated from U.C. Berkley and was accepted into the UCLA-Caltech MSTP Program; however, when it was time to go to Caltech for the graduate portion of his training he transferred to Columbia University to get his PhD and later returned to UCLA to complete his medical training.  He went to Stanford University for his IM residency training and subsequently joined the Division of Hospital Medicine at OHSU where he has remained since.  When not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife, two daughters, his corgi, Lola, and his guinea pig, Tina.

• Residency
  • Internal Medicine: Stanford University, 2014

• Degrees
  • MD: UCLA, 2009
  • PhD: Columbia University, 2007
  • BS: U.C. Berkeley, 1997