Janae Kathleen Heath - Faculty Biosketch

Janae Kathleen Heath, MD MSCE

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Chair of the Clinical Competency Committee for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Associate Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Co-Director, Pulmonary Diagnostic Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at the University of Pennsylvania

Assistant Program Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Chair of the Perelman School of Medicine Program Evaluation Committee, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division
3400 Spruce Street
838 West Gates Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Education:
BS
Pennsylvania State University, 2007.
MD (Medicine)
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2011.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2018.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2011-2012.
Resident in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 2012-2014.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2015-2018.
Measey Medical Education Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2017-2018.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 2014.
American Board of Pulmonary Medicine, 2017.
American Board of Critical Care Medicine, 2019.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

Advanced Consultative Pulmonology

Description of Research Expertise

Assessment in Medical Education
Bias within Assessment

Selected Publications

Karikari, N, Kaur, K, Oldridge, O, Heath, JK, Kogan, JR Dine, CJ, Anderson, H, Berns, J, Aizenberg, D, Bird, A, DeAgostino-Kelly, M, Brothers, T, Myers, J, Mamtani, M.: Using Co-Design and Quality Improvement Principles to Achieve Fairer, More Equitable Narrative Assessments of Resident Physicians in the Clinical Learning Environment  Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting Nov 2025 Notes: poster presentation.

Liebling, SP, Lefler, DS, Aizenberg, DJ, Bird, A, Dingfield, LE, Barton, TD, Heath, JK.: Structured Behavioral Interview Questions as Predictors of ACGME Milestone Performance among Internal Medicine Residents. Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) Fall Meeting Oct 2025 Notes: poster presentation.

Kapania, E, Warbuton, K, Parsons, A, Coruh, B, Heath, JK.: “An obligation to the fellow, our colleagues, and future patients”: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine program directors’ perspectives on fellow remediation. CHEST Annual Conference Oct 2025 Notes: poster presentation.

Heath, JK, Clancy, CB.: Resilient Scores, Residual Scars: Unpacking the Pandemic’s Impact on Fellow Education. CHEST Page: epub ahead of print, Sept 2025.

King, SI, Neumeier, A, Graney, B, Kreider, ME, Peterson, R, Huie, T.: Defining Interstitial Lung Disease Education in Pulmonary Fellowship: A Mixed Methods Study. CHEST Page: epub ahead of print, Sept 2025.

Amin, BZ, Dine, CJ, Tabakin, ER, Trotter, M, Heath, JK.: Inequities in a Standardized Assessment Tool: Impact of Gender and Underrepresented in Medicine-Status on Medical Student National Clinical Assessment Tool for Medical Students in the Emergency Department (NCAT-EM) Scores. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. Page: epub ahead of print, Sep 2025.

Ramadurai, D., Flack, K., Wu, L., Kass-Gergi, S., Heath, J.K., Kreider, M.E., Dine, C.J., Secunda, K.: Multimodal interprofessional mechanical ventilation education for critical care trainees: A pilot curriculum. ATS Scholar Page: epub ahead of print, Aug 2025.

Heath, JK, Devlin, S, Leiter, RE, MD, Lindenberger, E, Shameklis, J, Dingfield, L.: Innovating in Graduate Medical Specialty Training Targeting Mid-Career Physicians: A Novel Time Variable Competency-Based Fellowship Program in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Academic Medicine 100(6): 684-688, Jun 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005998.

Heath, JK, and Adelman, M.: ACGME Clinician Educator Milestones for Faculty Development. ATS Section on Medical Education (SoME) Webinar. June 2025.

Patel, BP, Clancy, CB, Halpern, SD, Kohn R.: Comparison of inpatient subspecialty care delivery models: Clinical outcomes and racial disparities in dedicated versus consultative pulmonary care. Journal of Hospital Medicine Page: epub ahead of print, May 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/jhm.70078.