We serve, and lead, in every place and everywhere, in many diverse roles and settings. Internal medicine training instills a sense of leadership and collaboration at its core which can be leveraged in any profession throughout one’s career. Some examples of internal medicine physician leaders include:
George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA, FRCP
Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Emeritus President, Â鶹ֱ²¥app
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Hanny Al-Samkari, MD
The Peggy S. Blitz Endowed Chair in Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, MACP
CEO
Council for Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)
Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH
Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Administrator of the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Ricardo Correa, MD, EdD
Endocrinology Program Director, Cleveland Clinic
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine from CWRU
Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Garth Graham, MD, MPH
Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health
Google/Youtube
Shikha Jain, MD, FACP
Tenured Associate Professor
GI Oncology Lead, Director of Communication Strategies and Digital Innovation
University of Illinois Cancer Center, CEO and Founder Women In Medicine
Julia Loewenthal, MD
Geriatrician
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant Program Director, BWH Internal
Medicine Residency Program; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc
President and Chief Executive Officer
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
David B. Nash, MD, MBA,
Founding Dean Emeritus and Professor of Health Policy
Full time professor of health policy at Thomas Jefferson University
Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, FACP, CS-F
Physician
Immediate Past Chair - ACGME Board of Directors
Katharine Palla, D.O.
Clinical Director at Zufall Health
Swapnil V. Patel, MD, MHCM
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Hackensack Meridian Health - Jersey Shore University
Medical Center; Medical Director Jane H. Booker Family Health Center
Kenneth G. Poole, Jr, MD, MBA, FACP, CPE
Healthcare Executive
Chief Medical Officer, Clinician & Provider Experience, UnitedHealth Group & Supplemental
Consultant, Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP
President
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP
President & CEO
National Hispanic Medical Association and National Hispanic Health Foundation
Tabassum Salam, MD, MBA, FACP
Chief Learning Officer
Christiana Care
Leadership Development, Healthcare Management, Medical Education, Internal Medicine
Muhammad R. A. Shipa, PhD, MRCP (UK), MRCP (Rheumatology), MBBS
Principal Investigator and Experimental Rheumatologist, University College London
Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, University College London Hospital
Locum Consultant Rheumatologist, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospital
Honorary Clinician Scientist, Wellcome Sanger Institute
David Skorton, MD
President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges
Judith Steinberg, MD, MPH
Health Policy, Quality Improvement, and Practice Transformation Consultant and former Senior
Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health
Consultant and former Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health
Eric Topol, MD, MACP
Professor and EVP, Scripps Research
Cardiologist at Scripps Clinic
Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH
Hauser Fellow/Menschel Fellow
Harvard Kennedy School of Government/Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Baligh R. Yehia, MD, MPP, MSc, FACP
President, Jefferson Health
President of the Jefferson Health system