Faculty

Elizabeth (Lisa) Cerceo is an professor of medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and a teaching fellow of their Academy of Master Educators. She completed her medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where she was AOA and then completed her residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a board-certified general internist in the Department of Hospital Medicine and is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine where she is on the national Education Committee and leads an online faculty development resource, Clinical Quick Talks.

Dr. Cerceo is the co-chair for Physician Engagement and serves as an associate program director for the internal medicine residency where she develops novel curricula including a comprehensive research curriculum. She spearheads Wellness initiatives for Graduate Medical Education and runs the Art of Medicine series for the internal medicine residents as well as Medicine Grand Rounds, Wellness in Medicine, and started Hospitalist Grand Rounds. She is the course director for the Selectives in the Medical Humanities at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. She co-chairs Cooper's Green Team and is the chair of Wellness and of Health and Public Policy for ACPNJ, in which role she has been advocating for sustainability efforts for health care systems.

As a clinical hospitalist, she is involved with education from the medical student level to faculty development. Her research interests focus on medical education, medical humanities, and the effects of gun violence and climate change. Dr. Cerceo is an editor for Cooper Rowan Medical Journal and is a reviewer for several journals, including Critical Care Medicine and the Journal of Hospital Medicine where she has been named a top reviewer. She also is a reviewer for MKSAP, SHM question banks, and for various annual meetings.

Kevin D'Mello, MD, FACP, FHM, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) and is an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. He earned his medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -- New Jersey Medical School and completed his residency at Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital. He is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician in the Division of Hospital Medicine and is a fellow in both the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine. He is also a member of Physicians for a National Health Program.

Dr. D'Mello, as the Associate Director of Quality Improvement for the Division of Hospital Medicine, advises residents on QI projects and works to improve clinical performance and quality metrics within the Division of Hospital Medicine. He helped to develop a Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Curriculum for residents and he moderates a monthly RCA-based Systems Morbidity & Mortality Conference for the Department of Medicine. Dr. D'Mello has received multiple patient care and teaching awards and has been inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Most importantly, he deeply believes in the humanistic mission of medicine and believes it can be preserved through bottom-up culture change in health care.‚Äã

Katie Haroldson, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) and Assistant Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency.‚Äã She graduated from Boston College and went on to receive her MD and MPH from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA, and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Society. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, NC. During her training, she developed a special interest in bedside rounding and teaching; she received the ACGME Back to Bedside Grant during its inaugural year.

Dr. Haroldson currently serves as an academic Hospitalist at Cooper University Hospital and at Inspira Vineland Hospital. She is involved in both resident and medical student education. She is the Course Director for the Physical Diagnosis Course for second year medical students at CMSRU and the director of the Hospitalist Track for Internal Medicine residents. 

Ritesh Patel, MD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.  Dr. Patel graduated from Gujarat University, India and completed his internal medicine residency training at Cooper University Hospital. He is a board-certified general internist within the Division of Hospital Medicine and a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Patel is involved in medical education at both the student and resident level and has special interest in preventive medicine, medical education, clinical skills and clinical research. He has been involved in multiple quality improvement and education committees.

Dr. Patel serves as co-director of the Foundation of Medical Practice curriculum at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. He also currently serves as a member of American Board of Internal Medicine test writing committee. Dr Patel has won multiple teaching excellence awards in his young career. As an Assistant Program Director at Cooper, Dr. Patel oversees resident simulation laboratory exercises, evidence-based physical diagnosis and weekly updates on high-yield articles from journals.