Benjamin Seltzer, PhD is a Research and Data Analyst for the Office of Graduate Medical Education. During his time at GME, he has helped to develop and manage many of the surveys and data dashboards used to help Coordinators and Directors monitor the state of their programs. Formerly an assistant professor of psychology and assistant to the Director of Assessment and Institutional Research at Washington & Jefferson College, Dr. Seltzer is committed to helping institutions in higher education gather quality data and use it effectively.
In his downtime, Ben enjoys playing and writing music – or reading science fiction.
Myat Thanda Tun, MA (she/her/hers) is originally from Myanmar, or Burma, in Southeast Asia. Myat holds a Bachelors of Economics degree from University of Yangon and earned her Master’s in Health and Human Services Administration from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. She is a certified IDI Administrator and Intercultural Conflict Styles.
Myat believes that cultural competency is a journey of learning opportunities, in which individuals face transformational challenges that help them grow with time. Passion, compassion, positive intention, inclusive mindset, and empathy are critical to practice and believe in.
She was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow at the East-West Center, an educational and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii and her studies at the East West Center focused on intercultural leadership skills and cultural development. She had extensive professional experiences in Myanmar and in the United States, including Cross Cultural Conflict Training, Education and Leadership Coaching.
She speaks Burmese, English, and basic Thai. She volunteers as a leading member of Theravada Buddhist Community in Minnesota, and at the local organizations and events.
Monique Gee, MA is a native Missourian who moved to Minnesota in the late 1980s. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership with a Minor in Human Resources Management from Bethel University and her Master’s in Leadership and Management from Concordia University. In addition, she is a certified Life Coach.
Monique has the philosophy that a business does not make the business; it is the people within the business. Her professional goal and passion in her life’s journey is to educate, train, and be a resource to people in relation to leadership development, diversity training, and overall interpersonal/personal growth, which she has co-facilitated a variety of DEI and Leadership trainings.
Over the years, she has volunteered as a Life Skills Facilitator and Career Development Coach with the Jeremiah Program, served on the Board of Directors as the President for Adult’s and Children’s Alliance (ACA), as well as a being mentor, host, and liaison for international students navigating the American culture through AFS and Youth For Understanding exchange programs.
Monique has also taught English to English Language Learners, plus a variety of business/leadership courses to over 300 international professionals from Brazil, Turkey, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Taiwan. Although she considers herself a “behind the scenes leader,” she continues to shine bright not only by her smile or through adversity she has overcome, but by the many lives she has positively influenced and the meaningful relationships made.
Dr. Ezgi Tiryaki is a Professor of Neurology specializing in ALS and the Associate Chief of Staff for Education at the Minneapolis VA Healthcare System. Prior to joining the VA, Dr. Tiryaki was the University of Minnesota’s Neurology Residency Program Director and a formal Faculty Advisor to dozens of medical students. As an educator who creates an environment of honesty, trust, and inquiry, she was inducted into the University’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
Dr. Tiryaki holds a medical degree and a doctorate (Dr. med.) from Hannover Medical School in Germany and completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Neurology and a fellowship in Neurophysiology at Indiana University. She has a total of five board certifications (Internal Medicine, Neurology, EMG, Neuromuscular Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. She has led highly specialized interprofessional teams at ALS Centers of Excellence at Hennepin Healthcare and the Minneapolis VA for the past two decades.
As a health systems leader, Dr. Tiryaki provides oversight for the education of patients, employees and trainees in the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Her current focus is to improve educational resources and the trainee experience in the clinical learning environment. She advances interprofessional education through community building across all health professions and facilitates collaborative relationships with the University of Minnesota and health professions schools.
She was appointed as one of three faculty to lead the University’s Rothenberger Leadership Academy, a longitudinal, cohort-based training program for physicians that are recognized as emerging leaders for MHealth Fairview and the medical school. Dr. Tiryaki also designed a cohort-based 12-module physician leadership development curriculum for early career faculty and teaches the Foundations of Leadership Excellence (FLE) program in partnership with the Office of Faculty Affairs. She graduated from Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership as a certified leadership coach in 2022 and currently serves as an internal leadership coach. Her guiding principle is to strengthen self-reflection, leadership and coaching skills in medical educators and learners. Her mission is to empower her patients and learners to grow, find purpose, and take charge of their lives.
Felix Ankel, MD is the medical director for health professions education at the HealthPartners Institute. He is an attending physician at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is a former residency director, and Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) designated institutional official (DIO).
He currently serves as a director for the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and is a former council of emergency medicine residency directors (CORD) and Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) board member. He is a recipient of ACGME Parker Palmer Courage to teach and the Royal College of Canada International Medical Educator of the year award.
Felix’s interests focus on maximizing innovative human-centered design, systems thinking, and "teaming behavior" to develop distributed autonomous organizations of learning (DAOL) that are resilient, able to exceed performance standards, and improve the health and well-being of patients and their communities. He is a contributor to icenetblog.royalcollege.ca on the future of health professions education.
Carolyn Hildebrandt, MA LP is the Organizational Development Manager in the University of Minnesota GME Office. She is a licensed psychologist and coach for the GME community. She regularly helps coaching clients struggling with time management, interpersonal relationships, imposter syndrome, and career direction issues. She also partners with programs on improvement efforts and struggling trainees. Prior to coming to the U of M, she spent over 15 years in healthcare systems developing leaders and staff.
Timothy J. Usset is a Board Certified Chaplain and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist/Board Approved Supervisor in the state of Minnesota. Throughout his career, Tim has worked extensively with moral injury, spiritual distress, and posttraumatic stress disorder on research projects and clinical areas within the Veterans Health Administration, the Air Force Research Laboratory, Army Medical Command, and other private health systems. Tim is the Executive Director for the Physicians Wellness Collaborative, a non-profit organization supporting clinician wellness and mental health and the Command Chaplain for United States Army Reserve Legal Command. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Services Research, Policy & Administration in the Health Policy & Management Division of the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health.
Louis J. Ling is Partner of Superior Value in Program Accreditation (SVinPA) along with Mary Leih Lai and John Potts, with whom he was a Senior Vice President for Accreditation (SVP-A). He is former Professor of Emergency Medicine and continues to teach medical students in the simulation lab and the bequest procedure lab.
He went to the University of Minnesota and did his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Chicago. He practiced emergency medicine for over 30 years at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC). He was associate program director for the emergency medicine program, started the medical toxicology program and was program director for the transitional year. He became Associate Medical Director/Chief Medical Education Officer at HCMC responsible for the 11 GME programs and the CME program from 1992 until 2012. He was Associate Dean for GME at the University of Minnesota with 91 programs from 2004 until 2012. At that time, Dr. Ling became the SVP-A of Hospital-based specialties at the ACGME.
As one of the first board certified medical toxicologists in the country, he directed the Hennepin Regional Poison Center for 18 years and as Director of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota for two years, he formed the new academic department in 2002. Dr. Ling has published in medical toxicology and is an editor of three toxicology textbooks. He is an editor of five editions of the standard textbook Rosen’s Emergency Medicine and three editions of the Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Emergency Medicine.
He has chaired many committees including the Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC) committee for the Minnesota Department of Health, the Academic Affairs and GME Committees of the American College of Emergency Physician (ACEP), the Certification Committee of the American Association of Poison Control Centers, and was President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). As President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), he started the journal Academic Emergency Medicine. He helped plan the Macy Foundation report on the Future of Emergency Medicine, was on the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJF) Faculty Physician Scholars and the Governing Council for the AMA Section on Medical Schools as liaison to the Council on Medical Education.
He has received the EMRA Founders Award, the SAEM Leadership Award, the ACEP Legacy Award, the Leadership Award from the U of M and the U of M Distinguished Alumni Award.
He served 19 years as a volunteer for the ACGME, as a resident, a regular member and Chair for the Review Committee for emergency medicine, a member of the original Institutional Review Committee from 1996-2004 and a member of the Board of Directors from 2009-2012 before joining the ACGME senior leadership.
Briar Duffy has been the internal medicine residency program director since 2015. Prior to that, she was the internal medicine clerkships director. She joined our faculty in 2011 after completing medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin, residency at the University of Wisconsin, and a general medicine/medical education/women's health fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, where she also earned her master's degree in medical education.
In his downtime, Ben enjoys playing and writing music – or reading science fiction.
Myat Thanda Tun, MA (she/her/hers) is originally from Myanmar, or Burma, in Southeast Asia. Myat holds a Bachelors of Economics degree from University of Yangon and earned her Master’s in Health and Human Services Administration from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. She is a certified IDI Administrator and Intercultural Conflict Styles.
Myat believes that cultural competency is a journey of learning opportunities, in which individuals face transformational challenges that help them grow with time. Passion, compassion, positive intention, inclusive mindset, and empathy are critical to practice and believe in.
She was an Asia Pacific Leadership Fellow at the East-West Center, an educational and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii and her studies at the East West Center focused on intercultural leadership skills and cultural development. She had extensive professional experiences in Myanmar and in the United States, including Cross Cultural Conflict Training, Education and Leadership Coaching.
She speaks Burmese, English, and basic Thai. She volunteers as a leading member of Theravada Buddhist Community in Minnesota, and at the local organizations and events.
Monique Gee, MA is a native Missourian who moved to Minnesota in the late 1980s. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Leadership with a Minor in Human Resources Management from Bethel University and her Master’s in Leadership and Management from Concordia University. In addition, she is a certified Life Coach.
Monique has the philosophy that a business does not make the business; it is the people within the business. Her professional goal and passion in her life’s journey is to educate, train, and be a resource to people in relation to leadership development, diversity training, and overall interpersonal/personal growth, which she has co-facilitated a variety of DEI and Leadership trainings.
Over the years, she has volunteered as a Life Skills Facilitator and Career Development Coach with the Jeremiah Program, served on the Board of Directors as the President for Adult’s and Children’s Alliance (ACA), as well as a being mentor, host, and liaison for international students navigating the American culture through AFS and Youth For Understanding exchange programs.
Monique has also taught English to English Language Learners, plus a variety of business/leadership courses to over 300 international professionals from Brazil, Turkey, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Taiwan. Although she considers herself a “behind the scenes leader,” she continues to shine bright not only by her smile or through adversity she has overcome, but by the many lives she has positively influenced and the meaningful relationships made.
Dr. Ezgi Tiryaki is a Professor of Neurology specializing in ALS and the Associate Chief of Staff for Education at the Minneapolis VA Healthcare System. Prior to joining the VA, Dr. Tiryaki was the University of Minnesota’s Neurology Residency Program Director and a formal Faculty Advisor to dozens of medical students. As an educator who creates an environment of honesty, trust, and inquiry, she was inducted into the University’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
Dr. Tiryaki holds a medical degree and a doctorate (Dr. med.) from Hannover Medical School in Germany and completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Neurology and a fellowship in Neurophysiology at Indiana University. She has a total of five board certifications (Internal Medicine, Neurology, EMG, Neuromuscular Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. She has led highly specialized interprofessional teams at ALS Centers of Excellence at Hennepin Healthcare and the Minneapolis VA for the past two decades.
As a health systems leader, Dr. Tiryaki provides oversight for the education of patients, employees and trainees in the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Her current focus is to improve educational resources and the trainee experience in the clinical learning environment. She advances interprofessional education through community building across all health professions and facilitates collaborative relationships with the University of Minnesota and health professions schools.
She was appointed as one of three faculty to lead the University’s Rothenberger Leadership Academy, a longitudinal, cohort-based training program for physicians that are recognized as emerging leaders for MHealth Fairview and the medical school. Dr. Tiryaki also designed a cohort-based 12-module physician leadership development curriculum for early career faculty and teaches the Foundations of Leadership Excellence (FLE) program in partnership with the Office of Faculty Affairs. She graduated from Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership as a certified leadership coach in 2022 and currently serves as an internal leadership coach. Her guiding principle is to strengthen self-reflection, leadership and coaching skills in medical educators and learners. Her mission is to empower her patients and learners to grow, find purpose, and take charge of their lives.
Felix Ankel, MD is the medical director for health professions education at the HealthPartners Institute. He is an attending physician at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is a former residency director, and Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) designated institutional official (DIO).
He currently serves as a director for the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and is a former council of emergency medicine residency directors (CORD) and Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) board member. He is a recipient of ACGME Parker Palmer Courage to teach and the Royal College of Canada International Medical Educator of the year award.
Felix’s interests focus on maximizing innovative human-centered design, systems thinking, and "teaming behavior" to develop distributed autonomous organizations of learning (DAOL) that are resilient, able to exceed performance standards, and improve the health and well-being of patients and their communities. He is a contributor to icenetblog.royalcollege.ca on the future of health professions education.
Carolyn Hildebrandt, MA LP is the Organizational Development Manager in the University of Minnesota GME Office. She is a licensed psychologist and coach for the GME community. She regularly helps coaching clients struggling with time management, interpersonal relationships, imposter syndrome, and career direction issues. She also partners with programs on improvement efforts and struggling trainees. Prior to coming to the U of M, she spent over 15 years in healthcare systems developing leaders and staff.
Timothy J. Usset is a Board Certified Chaplain and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist/Board Approved Supervisor in the state of Minnesota. Throughout his career, Tim has worked extensively with moral injury, spiritual distress, and posttraumatic stress disorder on research projects and clinical areas within the Veterans Health Administration, the Air Force Research Laboratory, Army Medical Command, and other private health systems. Tim is the Executive Director for the Physicians Wellness Collaborative, a non-profit organization supporting clinician wellness and mental health and the Command Chaplain for United States Army Reserve Legal Command. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Services Research, Policy & Administration in the Health Policy & Management Division of the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health.
Louis J. Ling is Partner of Superior Value in Program Accreditation (SVinPA) along with Mary Leih Lai and John Potts, with whom he was a Senior Vice President for Accreditation (SVP-A). He is former Professor of Emergency Medicine and continues to teach medical students in the simulation lab and the bequest procedure lab.
He went to the University of Minnesota and did his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Chicago. He practiced emergency medicine for over 30 years at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC). He was associate program director for the emergency medicine program, started the medical toxicology program and was program director for the transitional year. He became Associate Medical Director/Chief Medical Education Officer at HCMC responsible for the 11 GME programs and the CME program from 1992 until 2012. He was Associate Dean for GME at the University of Minnesota with 91 programs from 2004 until 2012. At that time, Dr. Ling became the SVP-A of Hospital-based specialties at the ACGME.
As one of the first board certified medical toxicologists in the country, he directed the Hennepin Regional Poison Center for 18 years and as Director of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota for two years, he formed the new academic department in 2002. Dr. Ling has published in medical toxicology and is an editor of three toxicology textbooks. He is an editor of five editions of the standard textbook Rosen’s Emergency Medicine and three editions of the Harwood-Nuss’ Clinical Emergency Medicine.
He has chaired many committees including the Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC) committee for the Minnesota Department of Health, the Academic Affairs and GME Committees of the American College of Emergency Physician (ACEP), the Certification Committee of the American Association of Poison Control Centers, and was President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). As President of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), he started the journal Academic Emergency Medicine. He helped plan the Macy Foundation report on the Future of Emergency Medicine, was on the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJF) Faculty Physician Scholars and the Governing Council for the AMA Section on Medical Schools as liaison to the Council on Medical Education.
He has received the EMRA Founders Award, the SAEM Leadership Award, the ACEP Legacy Award, the Leadership Award from the U of M and the U of M Distinguished Alumni Award.
He served 19 years as a volunteer for the ACGME, as a resident, a regular member and Chair for the Review Committee for emergency medicine, a member of the original Institutional Review Committee from 1996-2004 and a member of the Board of Directors from 2009-2012 before joining the ACGME senior leadership.
Briar Duffy has been the internal medicine residency program director since 2015. Prior to that, she was the internal medicine clerkships director. She joined our faculty in 2011 after completing medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin, residency at the University of Wisconsin, and a general medicine/medical education/women's health fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, where she also earned her master's degree in medical education.