Dr. Jennifer O’Toole is a pediatric and adult hospitalist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) and University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and a Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UCCOM). Dr. O'Toole was a Med-Peds resident here in Cincinnati from 2003-2007 and from 2007-2008 served as a Chief Medical Resident. She holds a Master's of Education in curriculum and instruction from the University of Cincinnati College of Education. Since 2017 she has served as Program Director of Cincinnati’s Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program, after having served as associate program director for nine years. In addition, she serves as Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Program Director of the IMSTAR Medical Education Fellowship within the Department of Internal Medicine at UCCOM. Dr. O'Toole is the current President of the Medicine-Pediatrics Program Directors Association for the 2023-2024 academic year. From 2015-2018 she served as co-chair of the APA’s Hospital Medicine Special Interest Group and was co-chair of the planning committee for the 2018 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference. In 2017 Dr. O’Toole was named a member of the inaugural Pediatric Hospital Medicine Sub-board of the American Board of Pediatrics and concluded her term in 2021.  Since 2010 she has held the role of site principal investigator at Cincinnati Children's for the I-PASS Study Group. She also serves as Chair of the ADVANCE PHM steering committee, and organization committed to achieving gender equity for women in pediatric hospital medicine. Dr. O'Toole has received the Emerging Leadership Award for an Individual from the AAMC's Group on Women in Medicine and Science, the Society of Hospital Medicine's (SHM) Award for Teaching Excellence (2018), the inaugural Med-Peds Program Director's Brendan P. Kelly Award (2017), and the Cincinnati Children's Faculty Education Achievement Award (2013). Her clinical and research interests include residency education, curriculum development and innovation, handoff communication, patient/family centered care, and achieving gender equity for women in medicine.

"Serving as program director of Cincy's Med-Peds program is an absolute privilege and one of my greatest joys! Our residents are some of the most committed, passionate, and innovative individuals I have ever had the privilege to meet. They truly are my "raison d'être" in my work life and watching them grow and excel brings me immense pride. I look forward to future generations of residents that are looking to make a difference in the world of medicine joining our ranks. Here in Cincinnati it is always a great day to be Med-Peds!!"  

Dr. Kinnear is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He is Associate Program Director for both the Med-Peds and Internal Medicine residency programs, helping to lead competency-based assessment programs, the Medical Education Pathway, coaching initiatives, and quality improvement curricula. Dr. Kinnear was a Med-Peds resident here in Cincinnati from 2009-2013, serving as Med-Peds chief resident in 2013-2014. He obtained his Master of Medical Education from University of Cincinnati in 2018 and completed a one-year education research fellowship called the Education Research Scholars Program in 2020. In 2020, he was selected for the prestigious Macy Faculty Scholars Program, during which he led efforts to pilot competency-based time-variable training in UC’s internal medicine program. He is currently a student in Maastricht University’s School of Health Professions Education PhD program focusing on validity arguments and argumentation theory. Clinically, Dr. Kinnear provides inpatient care to both adults and children and has a strong interest in point-of-care ultrasound. He spends much of his free time with his family, hiking, jogging, reading, and watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball.

Dr. Applegate is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is the Associate Program Director for Med-Peds, leading ambulatory education including the Primary Care Track. Dr. Applegate attended medical school at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, was a Med-Peds resident here in Cincinnati from 2015-2019, and served as the Internal Medicine Ambulatory Chief Resident from 2019-2020. Clinically, Dr. Applegate practices Med-Peds primary care in our Hoxworth Med-Peds clinic, alongside our other faculty members and our residents. She has a particular interest in neurofibromatosis and partners with genetics and neuro-oncology in a bi-monthly multidisciplinary clinic for adult patients with neurofibromatosis. Dr. Applegate also practices on the inpatient internal medicine wards several times throughout the year, teaching residents and medical students. She spends her free time with her family, playing with her pets, reading, and watching Bengals football.