Dr. R. Taylor Scott, DO
 
Dr. R. Taylor Scott was appointed as the Interim Director of the LAC in March 2007. Dr. Scott has participated in the LAC Steering Committee for the past several years and is involved with Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education in the Lansing area. He was the Coordinator as well as an instructor in the Clinical Skills Program here at the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, and has a clinical practice in Family Medicine at the MSU Clinical Center.

Phone: 517 353 4997
Email: scottro5@msu.edu

Kristine Hasenfratz Ten-Eyck
 
Ms. Ten-Eyck serves as the administrative assistant to the director of the LAC. Her responsibilities include budgeting and fiscal organization, equipment procurement, and event planning. She brings a fiscal and grant background from the MSU School of Criminal Justice, as well as budgeting experience from the Michigan House of Representatives.

Phone: 517 353 4997
Email: hasenfra@msu.edu

Rebecca McAdam, C.M.A.
 
Ms. McAdam serves as the Standardized Patient Coordinator for the LAC.  She brings background from medical technology, health care assistance, and previous work as the Simulation Coordinator in the College of Human Medicine.

Phone: 517 353 4997
Email: mcadamr@msu.edu

Mary Kay Smith, RN, BSN

Ms. Smith serves part-time as Coordinator of Simulation Operations. Her primary appointment is in the MSU College of Nursing where she has served continuously since 1990 in the position of Simulation Lab Coordinator. This role integrates assessment of student skills and innovative teaching methodologies such as web-based instruction and high frequency simulations. Educational experience also includes employee and community educational program implementation. Her clinical background includes cardiac stepdown, ICU/CCU, Gastroenterology and currently ED. She is currently in the MSN Education track in the MSU College of Nursing.

Rebecca Cass

Ms. Cass serves as the Receptionist/ Healthcare Assistant for the LAC. She brings a background of medical transcription, receptionist and scheduling experience from the Veterinary Medicine Large Animal Clinic as well as experience in the medical records department of Olin Health Center.

phone:  353-3950
email:   cassr@msu.edu

Paul Donahue

Mr. Donahue serves as the Information Technology Manager for the LAC. He has a strong background in many areas of information technology including computer network, hardware, and software design, implementation and support. He served as the chairperson of the technical planning committee for the LAC. During this time he facilitated a diverse team of experts in many different fields of IT and audio/video production. This team is responsible for the state of the art computer and audio/video system at the LAC. Paul's current responsibilities at LAC include coordinating the research on and purchasing of all IT and audio/video equipment, overseeing the IT operations and coordinating support for these systems. Paul serves in a dual-role between LAC and as the Network/Security Manager at the CVM Information Technology Center.

Phone: 517 353 5551

Matt Koss

Mr. Koss serves as an Information Technology Professional in the Learning and Assessment Center. He brings background in network and computer support, user training, and audio-visual production. His main focus will be to operate and maintain the WebSP software for the facility. Matt is part-time with the LAC, also working for the Information Technology Center in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Email: kossmatt@msu.edu

Mike Miller

Mr. Miller serves as an Information Technology Professional at the Learning and Assessment Center. He brings his background in desktop software implementation and support, network infrastructure, and server administration. He developed custom software deployment for all LAC workstations and laptops, and now assists Matt Koss and Paul Donahue in all of the IT needs for the LAC. Mike is part-time at the LAC, working most of his time at the College of Veterinary Medicine's Information Technology Center.

phone:  353-5551

LAC Affiliated Staff

Dianne Wagner, MD

Dr. Dianne Wagner serves as the liason between the LAC and allopathic graduate medical education. In that role she works with residency training programs to utilize the training and evaluation opportunities presented by the LAC's simulation equipment, standardized patients, and computer applications. These resources make it possible to create a "flight simulator" for medical training and assessment for the benefit of trainees at all levels as well as the patients they care for. Dr. Wagner is currently the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education in the College of Human Medicine. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine, and the Director of CHM's problem-based learning curriculum. She previously directed Clinical Skills, and has a busy Internal Medicine practice at the MSU Clinical Center.

phone: 517 353 8858
email : wagnerd@msu.edu