Dr. Samara Ginzburg is the Senior Associate Dean for Education at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Ginzburg is a founding member of the leadership team that established this young school of medicine. During the past eleven years, she focused on creating a culture of active learning for the undergraduate medical education program, integral to the Zucker School of Medicine’s mission to mold future physicians into lifelong, self-directed learners. She led the team that pioneered the development and implementation of a hybrid case/problem-based learning program, PEARLS (Patient-centered Explorations in Active Reasoning, Learning and Synthesis), which received the Association of American Medical Colleges, NEGEA Innovation in Medical Education Award. She continues to propel medical education forward, working with UME faculty leadership in operating an educational program that closely integrates basic, clinical and social sciences to train learners capable of putting knowledge into action with the goal of achieving effective outcomes to improve the health of patients. Dr. Ginzburg received her Medical Degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She completed a Residency and Chief Residency in Internal Medicine, followed by a fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Mount Sinai Hospital.