Program Leadership
Richard Wardrop, III, MD PhD, MACP, SFHM, FAAP
Richard Wardrop, MD is a career Med-Peds clinician-educator and Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency at the University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, having joined the leadership in December 2024. He is a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at NEOMED and serves as faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University. Previously, Dr. Wardrop was Program Director for the main-campus Internal Medicine Residency Program at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Program Director for the top-ranked Combined Med-Peds Residency at the University of North Carolina, founding faculty at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and founding Associate Dean for Biomedical Affairs at Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine. He has numerous awards and engagements with national membership and credentialling organizations including the American College of Physicians (ACP), the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), and Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM). He currently serves as the Chair of the Internal Medicine Specialty Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and serves on the ABIM Council as well.
Tamar Bejanishvili, MD FACP
Tamar Bejanishvili, MD FACP is the Associate Program Director for the UH Geauga IM Program. Dr. Bejanishvili is a primary care physician and leads one of the resident continuity clinics. She completed medical school at AIETI Medical School, internship at Central Clinical Hospital and residency at Huron Hospital where she was Chief Resident.
Charles LoPresti, MD SFHM
Charles LoPresti, MD SFHM is an Associate Professor within the Department of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. He serves as an Associate Program Director for the UH Geauga IM program, as well as the Associate DIO for the University Hospitals Community Consortium. Dr. LoPresti is an academic hospitalist with specific interests in the topics of medical education and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). He is nationally recognized for both efforts and teaches POCUS for multiple national medical societies.
Chief Residents
Amy Shuster, DO (PGY3)
Dr. Amy Shuster is a Cleveland local and graduated from the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has a passion for Internal Medicine with a special interest in medical education and plans on pursuing a career as a hospitalist. Dr. Shuster will be serving as the rising fourth year chief helping with education, didactics, wellness events, and recruitment. She is excited for the opportunity to continue to grow alongside the program. Her interests outside of medicine include spending time with her horses and dogs, catching up with friends and family, and traveling.
Jad Achkar, MD (PGY3)
Dr. Jad Achkar grew up in Beirut, Lebanon and moved to Cleveland, Ohio for his undergraduate degree. He attended the American University of Antigua College of Medicine and completed the Graduate Clinical Core Rotation Program at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. His professional interests are hospital medicine, academics, and nephrology. Dr. Achkar will be serving as assistant chief resident helping with education, didactics, morning report, recruitment, mentorship, and wellness events. Outside of medicine, he enjoys the outdoors, traveling, meeting new people, and spending quality time with family and friends.
Jack Jeskey, DO (PGY3)
Dr. Jack Jeskey is from Akron, Ohio, and graduated medical school from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. Before residency, Dr. Jeskey completed a clinical research fellowship at The National Cancer Institute of the NIH, where he studied complex disorders of DNA repair. He has a passion for clinical research and medical education, and has a special interest in Allergy & Immunology. Dr. Jeskey will be serving as assistant chief resident helping with education, didactics, recruitment and wellness events. His interests outside of medicine include weight training, traveling, exploring new cultures and new food.