Associate Professor (tenured)
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Rochester, Michigan, United States
Varna Taranikanti, M.D., M.S., PhD
Associate Professor
OUWB School of Medicine
I joined Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine faculty in June 2018 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Foundational Medical Studies. I am currently the director of the reproductive organ systems course and the co-course director for the M4 electives. I also was the director for all the systems courses integrating anatomy with clinical sciences for three years where I helped develop the clinically integrated labs and novel team-based integrated assessments within the gross anatomy lab.
I taught in various medical schools worldwide (India, the Middle East, USA). I have a deep passion for medical education and was involved in developing the integrated outcome-based curriculum at Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Oman. I am a trained clinical Anatomist with more than 20 years of experience in teaching all branches of Anatomy (Gross, Embryo, Micro, and Neuro) to undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. I have imparted anatomical knowledge to residents during surgical ward rounds, supervised cadaveric dissections, and conducted integrated workshops to bring clinical relevance to anatomy teaching both at the national and international level. I have been actively involved in medical education and received my medical education fellowship from IAMSE, Oakland University USA, and ESME training from Dundee UK. I was a Mentor for the Anatomy Scholars Program (ASP) initiated by AAA.
My research Interests:
Medical education: Integrated assessments, team-based, game based and Self-Directed Learning.
Innovations in technology such as AI chatbots
I also have a passion for translational research in breast and colon cancers. I have received the UICC fellowship in 2002 from JWCI, Santa Monica, where I worked on the significance of biological markers in node-negative breast cancer. I am also an ICRETT fellow(2005) and worked on lymph angiogenesis in breast cancer in UK. ,
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