Furman S McDonald, MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor of Medicine (Medicine Affiliates)
Clinical Associate, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
American Board of Internal Medicine
510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700
J. Edwin Wood Clinic
700 Spruce Street, Suite 304
Philadelphia, PA 19106
510 Walnut Street, Suite 1700
J. Edwin Wood Clinic
700 Spruce Street, Suite 304
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Office: 215-399-4063
Education:
BS (Physics)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1991.
MD (Medicine)
Mayo Medical School, 1997.
MPH (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Medical Education Research)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005.
Permanent linkBS (Physics)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1991.
MD (Medicine)
Mayo Medical School, 1997.
MPH (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Medical Education Research)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr. McDonald is an ABIM Board Certified Internist. His clinical background is in hospital and outpatient internal medicine.Description of Other Expertise
Dr. McDonald, a board certified internist, is the Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), where he provides physician leadership for the effective functioning of the Council and Specialty Boards, Graduate Medical Education (GME) related leadership and oversight for the consistent quality/integrity of ABIM certification programs. In these roles, he supports the development and implementation of integrated policies and standards for the Certification and Maintenance of Certification programs of the specialty and subspecialties of Internal Medicine. Dr. McDonald leads the ABIM Academic Affairs and Medical Specialties departments.Prior to joining ABIM, Dr. McDonald held many GME-related positions, including being the program director of one of the largest internal medicine residencies in the nation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. There, he led the program's participation in the ACGME's Educational Innovations Project. Dr. McDonald holds the rank of Adjunct Professor of Medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and continues to practice as a supervising physician for resident continuity clinic in the J. Edwin Wood Clinic of the Pennsylvania Hospital.
He was also a member of the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine (RRC-IM) during the transition to the Next Accreditation System. As a longtime member of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), Dr. McDonald chaired the APDIM Survey Committee from 2007 – 2011, leading the development of longitudinally tracked surveys with questions of importance to program directors resulting in many publications related to GME. He remains on the RRC-IM as an ex officio member for ABIM.
In 2019 Dr. McDonald received the Alliance for Academic Medicine (AAIM) Special Recognition Award “…presented to an individual who has contributed most to helping the Alliance meet its mission which "promotes the advancement and professional development of its members who prepare the next generation of internal medicine physicians and leaders through education, research, engagement, and collaboration."”
He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the Society of Hospital Medicine reflecting his medical practice expertise in both general and hospital internal medicine.
Description of Research Expertise
The focus of Dr. McDonald's professional career has been the training of internal medicine residents and fellows to provide better care to patients by incorporating the best evidence available for both medical care and medical education. The scholarly focus of his career has been to establish the evidentiary link between graduate medical education and patient-relevant outcomes supported by both internal and external funding sources and resulting in over 100 peer reviewed publications as well as numerous abstracts, letters, books and book chapters.Selected Publications
Hauer KE, Jurich D, Vandergrift J, Lipner RS, McDonald FS, Yamazaki K, Chick D, McAllister K, Holmboe ES.: Gender Differences in Milestone Ratings and Medical Knowledge Examination Scores Among Internal Medicine Residents. Acad Med 96: 876-884, Jun 2021.Berns JS, Weng W, Jaar BG, Lipner RS, Brossman BG, McDonald FS.: Analysis of Performance Trends from 2010-2019 on the American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology Certifying Exam. J Am Soc Nephrol 2021.
Reddy ST, Kisielewski M, Willett LL, Wahi-Gururaj S, Arora VM, McDonald FS, Kaushal H, Chaudhry S.: Where Do International Medical Graduates Matriculate for Internal Medicine Training? A National Longitudinal Study. J Gen Intern Med 2021.
Akinboboye O, McDonald FS.: Letter by Akinboboye and McDonald Regarding Article, "A Blueprint for Productive Maintenance of Certification, but Is the American Board of Internal Medicine up to the Challenge?" Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2021.
Finn KM, Zaas AK, McDonald FS, Melfe M, Kisielewski M, Willett LL.: Misinterpretation of the American Board of Internal Medicine Leave Policies for Resident Physicians Around Parental Leave. Ann Intern Med 172: 570-572, Apr 2020.
O'Connor AB, Halvorsen AJ, Cmar JM, Finn KM, Fletcher KE, Kearns L, McDonald FS, Swenson SL, Wahi-Gururaj S, West CP, Willett LL. : Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Burnout and Program Director Turnover: Results of a National Survey. Am J Med. 132(2): 252-261, February 2019.
Holt KD, Miller RS, Vasilias J, Byrne LM, Cable C, Grosso L, Bellini LM, McDonald FS. : Relationships Between the ACGME Resident and Faculty Surveys and Program Pass Rates on the ABIM Internal Medicine Certification Examination. Acad Med. 93(8): 1205-1211, August 2018.
McDonald FS, Duhigg LM, Arnold GK, Hafer RM, Lipner RS.: The American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Examination and State Medical Board Disciplinary Actions: a Population Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 33(8): 1292-1298, August 2018.
Hauer KE, Vandergrift J, Lipner RS, Holmboe ES, Hood S, McDonald FS. : National Internal Medicine Milestone Ratings: Validity Evidence From Longitudinal Three-Year Follow-Up. Acad Med. 93(8): 1189-1204, August 2018.
Ricotta DN, Smith CC, McSparron JI, Chaudhry SI, McDonald FS, Huang GC. : When Old Habits Train a New Generation: Findings From a National Survey of Internal Medicine Program Directors on Procedural Training. Am J Med Qual. 33(4): 383-390, July 2018.