2013 Fellows
David E. DeLaet, MD, MPH Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics Assistant Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics
Dr. DeLaet earned his bachelor's degree in zoology at Miami University in 1991. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 1995, he completed a combined Internal Medicine/Pediatric residency at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in 1999. He was then a clinical fellow in General Internal Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, earning a Master of Public Health degree from the Columbia University School of Public Health in 2001. He currently practices primary care medicine at the Internal Medicine Associates practice, providing care to adolescent and adult patients. He also contributes to the clinical education of medical students in the Department of Pediatrics.
Wing Wah (Linda) Ho, MD Department of Pediatrics Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Wing Wah Ho is an academic general pediatrician who has expertise and interests in medical education, research, and clinical care. Her mission as an educator is to produce a generation of physicians that demonstrate excellence and scholarship, as well as to advance the field of medical education. Her specific interests as an educator include teaching, mentoring/advising, curriculum development and assessment, learner assessment, and education leadership and administration. Fostering students to be effective self-directed, lifelong learners has been her longstanding passion, as it is an essential element of being a physician. Mentoring and advising is another one of her long-term passions, as effective mentoring and advising is critical to developing a successful and rewarding career in medicine. Her teaching/educational roles are considerable and varied. She is a ward teaching and service attending, clinical preceptor, school-based preceptor, school-based educator, and mentor/advisor to medical students and residents. She has lectured on Evidence Based Medicine to fellows and residents at Mount Sinai and served as a tutor for the Teaching EBM Workshop of the American College of Physicians/NY Chapter & The New York Academy of Medicine. Dr. Ho has acquired funding from the American Academy of Pediatrics for, developed, implemented, and evaluated a school based obesity prevention program where she educated students and parents, and collaborated with physicians/medical staff, teachers/school staff, nutritionists, and parents. She possesses a longstanding commitment to mentoring and advising. During her 11 years at Mount Sinai, she has mentored/advised many medical students, residents, and fellows. Dr. Ho has also received research methodology training in the MERC program and K30 CRTP, and possesses a Master’s Degree in Clinical Research.
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