Spotlight: Internal Medicine Physician Leaders

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, American College of Physicians
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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
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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