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:

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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

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Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, MACP

CEO
Council for Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)

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Ricardo Correa, MD, EdD

Endocrinology Program Director, Cleveland Clinic
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine from CWRU

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Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Garth Graham, MD, MPH

Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health
Google/Youtube

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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

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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

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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)

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Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc

President and Chief Executive Officer
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

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David B. Nash, MD, MBA,

Founding Dean Emeritus and Professor of Health Policy
Full time professor of health policy at Thomas Jefferson University

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Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, FACP, CS-F

Physician
Immediate Past Chair - ACGME Board of Directors

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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

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Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP

President
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

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Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP

President & CEO
National Hispanic Medical Association and National Hispanic Health Foundation

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Tabassum Salam, MD, MBA, FACP

Chief Learning Officer
Christiana Care
Leadership Development, Healthcare Management, Medical Education, Internal Medicine

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Muhammad R. A. Shipa, MD

Consultant Rheumatologist and Honorary Clinical Researcher
Consultant Rheumatologist, Cambridge University Hospital and Honorary Clinical Researcher,
University College London

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David Skorton, MD

President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges

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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

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Eric Topol, MD, MACP

Professor and EVP, Scripps Research
Cardiologist at Scripps Clinic

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Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH

Hauser Fellow/Menschel Fellow
Harvard Kennedy School of Government/Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

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Baligh R. Yehia, MD, MPP, MSc, FACP

President, Jefferson Health
President of the Jefferson Health system

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