Staff Directory

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Department Phone Number
316-293-2650

Fax Number
316-293-1878

Department Administrator

Jill Longstaff
jlongsta@kumc.edu

Jill oversees departmental budgets, personnel, and residency and student programs. She is responsible for the direct supervision of the clerical support staff, for faculty recruitment and assisting the department chairman.

Senior Coordinator, Special Projects

Marilane Carr
mcarr@kumc.edu

Marilane's responsibilities are assisting the Department Program Director with daily activities, correspondence, and maintenance of his calendar. Marilane sees to the administrative aspects of the regional and national ACP meetings. She maintains the faculty records, faculty database, and the credentialing/re-credentialing of faculty hospital appointment forms. She coordinates the visiting professor program with the assistance of the Postgraduate Education Office and faculty.

Senior Coordinator, Kansas AIDS Education and Training Center (KAETC)

Susan Tusher
stusher@kumc.edu

Susan acts as a liaison between the regional office, state co-directors and Area Health Education Center. She works with advisory committees to establish education activities. Susan researches the availability of other AIDS grants and works with the KAETC director to acquire grant funding to support the mission of the KAETC.

Senior Coordinator, Residency Office

Marcia Hartman
mhartman@kumc.edu

Marcia jointly coordinates with the other residency office coordinator all administrative aspects of the internal medicine residency program. Marcia coordinates all residency schedules including resident rotations, city-wide ambulatory, clinic, call, resident reviews and ACP In-Training examinations. She works closely with the WCGME office on various reports and billings.

Senior Coordinator, Student Education Office

Jean Olsen
jolsen@kumc.edu

Jean's overall responsibilities are for the coordination and centralized support for the administrative aspects of the internal medicine student program (junior and ambulatory care clerkships). She assists the clerkship director of the student program, Dr. William Peery and coordinates elective medicine rotations for medical students.

Coordinator, Residency Office

Ashley Thorp
athorp@kumc.edu

Ashley provides administrative and clerical support to the residency staff. She is responsible for data entry into all internal medicine residency databases. She is also responsible for the city-wide conference calendar and for sending the monthly residency rotation schedule.

Administrative Specialist

Monica Ledbetter
mledbetter@kumc.edu

Provides administrative support for the department administrator and the department chair. Is also responsible for the front desk duties which include handling incoming calls and assisting visitors to the department. Assists/supports full-time faculty and staff upon request. Is responsible for processing all billings and reimbursement to department accounts. Maintains financial records for all departmental funds, including Kansas University Endowment funds. Orders supplies and equipment for the department and provides clerical support to the student education office.