The Medicine Mentors Podcast

Joseph Hill MD is a Professor of Medicine & Molecular Biology, the James Willerson Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Diseases, the Frank Ryburn Jr Chair in Heart Research, the Director of the Harry Moss Heart Center and the Chief of Cardiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.  Dr. Hill graduated from Medical school at Duke with an MD-PhD, worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institut Paste...

Mark Metersky MD is a Professor of Medicine, the Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and the Director of Center for Bronchiectasis Care at UConn Health. He is also the associate Chief of Service in the Department of Medicine at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Metersky earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and completed his residency in...

Kevin O'Leary MD is the Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, Associate Chair for Quality in the Department of Medicine and John Clarke Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is the founding Director of the Northwestern Medicine Academy for Quality and Safety Improvement. Dr. O'Leary completed his medical school at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and...

Calvin Thigpen MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Mississippi. He completed his medical school, residency, and chief residency in internal medicine from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and then obtained  ABIM Oncology Board Certification. Dr. Thigpen serves on the ACP Board as the Mississippi chap...

Michael Hochman MD is the Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director, Gehr Family Center for Implementation Science at Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dr. Hochman completed his Medical school from Harvard Medical School and Residency in Internal Medicine from Cambridge Health Alliance. A practicing internist, Dr. Hochman also hosts the Healthy Skeptic podcast which focuses on taking a d...

Rebecca Gruchalla MD is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and Director of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where she holds the William A. Sellers MD and Joyce M. Sellers Distinguished Chair in Allergy and Immunology. Dr. Gruchalla received her PhD and MD from UT Southwestern, went to UPenn to complete her...

Naftali Kaminski MD is the Boehringer-Ingelheim Endowed Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief of the Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, at Yale School of Medicine. After completing his medical school residency and fellowship in pulmonary medicine in Israel, Dr. Kaminski was appointed head of functional genomics at Sheba Medical Center. In 2002, he was recruited to head the Simmons Cen...

Sriram Narsipur, MD, FASN, FACP, MRCP is the Edward C. Reifenstein professor and chairman of the department of medicine at Upstate Medical University. In addition to serving as the chief and medical director of the division of nephrology, he's also a professor of pediatrics and surgery at the institution. Dr. Narsipur earned his medical degree from University of Michigan Medical School. He then pu...

Michael Karp MD is the Chief of the Division of Geriatrics, Hospital, Palliative and General Internal Medicine and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs for the Department of Medicine at University of Southern California Medical Center. He is a clinician educator and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine where he enjoys mentoring young physicians. Dr Karp completed his Medica...

John Pandolfino MD is the Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine and the Hans Popper Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University. Dr. Pandolfino completed his medical school from Loyola and residency from Northwestern, where he stayed to pursue a fellowship in gastroenterology. He is the President of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society and a...

David Reuben MD is the Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology and Chief, Division of Geriatrics at UCLA. He is the Archstone Foundation Chair and Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Director of the UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program. Dr. Reuben completed his medical school at Emory and residency at Rhode Island Hospital. He pursued a fellowshi...

Michael Saag, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Director of the UAB Center for AIDS Research and the Associate Dean for Global Health at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Dr. Saag completed his Medical school from University of Louisville and Residency from UAB where he continued to pursue a fellowship in infectious diseases and molecular virology. D...

Gurpreet Dhaliwal MD is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and site director of the internal medicine clerkship at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Dr Dhaliwal completed his medical school from Northwestern University and residency in internal medicine from University of California, San Francisco, where he stayed on as chief resident. He is best known as a m...

Dr George Abraham, President-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP), currently serves as the Chief of Medicine and Emeritus President of the Medical Staff at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Abraham earned his medical degree from the Christian Medical College in India, completed his res...

Oliver T.  Fein , MD, serves as a Professor of Medicine, Professor of Clinical Healthcare Policy and Research and as the Associate Dean (Affiliations) at Weill Cornell Medicine. He also chairs the New York Metro chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), and is the former president of the national organization. He completed his medical school from Case Western Reserve University S...

Dr. John R. Perfect is James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC; Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center; Faculty member in Duke University Program in Genetics; and Director, Duke University Mycology Interdisciplinary Research Unit. His researc...

Chethan Bachireddy, MD, MSc is the Chief Medical Officer for Virginia's Medicaid Program. Dr. Bachireddy studied economics at Harvard, attended medical school at Yale, trained in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and completed a master's in health policy research at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a physician, economist, and social entrepreneur dedicated to improving health...

Dr. Rollman is the UPMC Endowed Chair in General Internal Medicine, and Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, Biomedical Informatics, and Clinical and Translational Science at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Rollman completed his Medical school from Jefferson Medical College and Residency from the University of Maryland and a Fellowship in GIM from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Rollm...

Dr. Sam Brondfield, MD, MA, is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/ Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned his medical degree, completed a residency in internal medicine and pursued a fellowship in Medical Oncology at UCSF. He also served as the Chief Resident during his residency. He has a Masters in Education fro...

Dr. Richard Baron is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and the ABIM Foundation. Prior to this role, he served as group director of seamless care models at the centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center. Dr. Baron received a bachelor's degree in English from Harvard, and his medical degree from Yale. He completed house staff traini...

Katrina Armstrong, MD, is the Jackson Professor of Clinical medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chair of the Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is an internationally recognized investigator in medical decision making and quality of care in cancer prevention and outcomes. An award-winning teacher and a practicing primary care physician, Dr. Arms...

Amber Deptola, MD is an Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Washington University in St. Louis and Director of the Explore Program for medical students, which fosters career exploration and scholarship in advocacy, education, innovation and research. She is also an Assistant Director of the Teaching Physician Pathway. Dr. Deptola completed her medical school fr...

Charles Hatem, MD, is the Harold Amos Distinguished Academy Professor and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Medical Education at Mt Auburn Hospital. Dr Hatem completed his Medical school from Harvard Medical School and Residency from Boston City Hospital. Dr. Hatem has pioneered the application of educational theory to medical training of both...

Jessica Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA is an Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She is board certified in internal medicine, infectious disease, palliative care, and addiction medicine. Dr. Merlin is a  PhD-trained behavioral scientist and an NIH-funded clinician-investigator. Her research includes foundational work on the pathophysiology, clini...

Eric Warm, MD, holds the endowed Richard Vilter Chair of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. He is the Vice-Chair for Graduate Medical Education, the Medical Director of the Resident Ambulatory Practice and the Internal Medicine Program Director. Dr. Warm served as the first chair of the ACGME Educational Innovations Project Council and was the principal architect of the University of Cincin...