MCG Educational Simulation

Who We Are

MCG Education Simulation is made up of a dedicated group of MCG faculty and staff, who serve as the primary support for simulation events across the continuum of medical education and practice.

Educational Simulation Team

photo of Matthew Tews, DO, MS, CHSE, FACEP

Matthew Tews, DO, MS, CHSE, FACEP

  • Assoc. Dean, Educational Simulation
  • Director, MCG Simulation Program
  • Professor, Emergency Medicine
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LaShon Sturgis, MD, PhD

  • Director, MCG Clinical Skills Program
  • Assistant Dean for Student Advising
  • Asst. Professor, Physiology
  • Asst. Professor, Emergency Medicine
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Edward Agabin, MD, FAAFP

  • Director, Standardized Patient Program
  • Asst. Professor, Hospital Medicine
  • Asst. Professor, Family Medicine
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A.J. Kleinheksel, PhD, CHSE

  • Director, Research & Evaluation
  • Educational Researcher
  • Assistant Professor, Medicine
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Nicole Rockich Winston, MS, PharmD, EdD

  • Assistant Director of Pre-Clerkship Simulation
  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
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Vikas Kumar, MD, CHSE

  • Assistant Director of Clerkship Simulation
  • Medical Simulation Program
  • Associate Professor, Anesthesia
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Christopher Ellington, MD, MSPH

  • Assistant Director of UME/GME Simulation Integration
  • Medical Simulation Program
  • Assistant Professor, Medicine
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Aimee Baer Ellington, MD

  • Clinical Skills Faculty
  • Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
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Mallory Cunningham RN, BSN, CEN, TCRN

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Morri Kernaghan

  • Standardized Patient
  • Program Coordinator
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Melissa Harper, PA

  • Clinical Skills Educator
  • Emergency Medicine
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Brenda McCray, MHA

  • Educational Simulation
  • Office Specialist

Educational Simulation Departmental Members

photo of Cara Jones, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Cara Jones, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

  • Director of Simulation
  • Department, Emergency Medicine
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Bao-Ling Adam, PhD

  • Virtual Education & Surgical Simulation Laboratory (VESSL) Coordinator
  • Department, Surgery