Jane Broxterman, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency ProgramThe University of Kansas Hospital, Primary Care/Ambulatory Subspecialty Training, Chair – Clinical Competency Committee
I am passionate about primary care and the longitudinal care of complex older adults in addition to preventive medicine. I greatly enjoy teaching residents both the science and the art of medicine, and I am thrilled to be an associate program director for our residents. Being part of our residency leadership team has brought me great joy in my academic career. Our program offers a variety of continuity clinic experiences at several locations that can be tailored to your professional goals and clinical interests. Our main site for continuity clinic is at our academic center, The University of Kansas Health System, general medicine clinic, which was awarded the highest level of certification of Patient Centered Medical Home designation. Our other highly educational sites for continuity include the Kansas City VA, and one private practice clinic site, both of which are PCMH certified as well. One of my main roles within the program is coordinating each resident's “+1” week, which encompasses continuity clinics, ambulatory subspecialty clinic experiences, didactics, self-study time, and wellness days. The subspecialty experiences can easily be tailored to meet your professional goals throughout training, allowing you a comprehensive, longitudinal curriculum. Given that 75% of ABIM content reflects care in the outpatient setting, we have a very robust ambulatory educational curriculum that is streamlined with our 3+1 rotational curriculum. I am confident that you will have an experience that will give you a solid fund of outpatient knowledge and management skills to complement your goal career path.
Marie Brubacher, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency ProgramThe University of Kansas Hospital, Quality Improvement/Patient Safety, Global Health
I graduated from Yale School of Medicine working two years in Haiti at a preventive health clinic. After completing medical school, I trained at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard teaching hospital, in internal medicine and completed a chief year at the Boston VA.
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My primary professional interests are engaging medical students and residents in the joys and challenges of practicing clinical medicine, tackling tough questions, and finding happiness in their professional and personal lives. I joined KU in 2016 as a primary care physician. I spend much of my time in the simulation community at KUMC, working with the Ziel Simulation Center designing the nation's first interprofessional longitudinal simulation curriculum for medical students and working on a simulation-based curriculum for internal medicine residents and hospital staff in Code Blue. I additionally enjoy time developing our Population Health Pathway for internal medicine residents interested in global and community health.
My husband and I live in Prairie Village and are raising our three children here. We are proud to be a part of the University of Kansas Medical Center community that we believe provides excellence in clinical training that is routed in a collaborative and productive spirit! We love our city, which is home to a friendly community, affordable living, an array of sports teams, cultural attractions and good eating!
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Sahil M. Pandya, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
I graduated from Northeast Ohio Medical University after completing the 6 year accelerated BS/MD program. I completed my Internal Medicine Residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. This was followed with subspecialty training at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Pulmonary and Critical Care. Professionally my interests lie in Interstitial Lung Disease and Sarcoidosis which comprises the majority of my outpatient practice. I have a special interest in procedural coaching which translates heavily into the bedside and simulation environments.
The most life-giving part of my job is finding ways to be creative in trainee education. I believe that everyone brings a different gift and skill set to the table and deserves to be empowered to build on the talent they possess. The University of Kansas strives consistently to build a culture that centers around the growth of a learner – and this is the reason each day brings a different type of excitement and fulfillment.
Our residents bring such passion to our clinical and learning environments and it is a privilege to work alongside them. The best part of our residency program is that it has a strong foundation and is simultaneously dynamic. Our program is always a reflection of our amazing resident physicians.
Laura Thomas, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency ProgramThe University of Kansas Hospital, Curriculum and Simulation
I graduated from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 2009. After completing my Internal Medicine residency and tenure as a chief resident, I also completed Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship training at the University of Kansas Medical Center and joined the faculty here in 2016. My professional interests include general outpatient pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and medical education.
I have great interest in providing residents with more educational experiences outside the daily practice in the wards and clinic, which will help them to achieve a mastery of practicing Internal Medicine. We have been working to develop a simulation-based curriculum for the residents that includes procedural training, assessment of decompensating patients and interdisciplinary emergency team training. Our program has also been making changes to shift didactic conferences to more interactive sessions through the development of workshops during +1 weeks and more faculty involvement in case conferences.
The residency program here at KU was an amazing place for me to train, as I made lifelong friends and learned from excellent physicians. I saw a large variety of patients and disease processes, which helped prepare me for my career.
My husband and I have three children. Kansas City is a wonderful home for our family: affordable, welcoming, and with plenty of things to do for fun.
