UPENN SOM || Cultural Competency Medical Education Program || Lisa Bellini, MD

Lisa Bellini, MD

Bellini Dr. Bellini is Vice Chair for Education and Inpatient Services in the Department of Medicine. Her primary responsibilities revolve around directing educational programs for students, residents and fellows. As the director of the core clerkship in Medicine, as well as the director of the medicine sub-internships, Dr. Bellini supervises the clinical experiences of over 300 students annually. Additionally, she is the Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency program that has 150 residents. The residency program at Penn is one of the nation's best and is regarded by the faculty as the gem of the department. In her role as Vice Chair, she is also responsible for overseeing all 12 of the subspecialty fellowship programs. She spends a large portion of her time teaching students and residents. Given the concentration of teaching experiences on the inpatient services, Dr. Bellini is responsible for the organization and maintenance of the inpatient medicine services that cover over 220 beds and 15,000 admissions per year. This includes oversight for the Penn Hospitalist Program for general medicine inpatients. Her primary research interests involve the design, implementation and evaluation of new educational initiatives. Current interests involve issues related to house staff quality of life including sleep deprivation, depression, burn out and empathy. Her clinical interests include general pulmonary medicine, particularly advanced lung disease. In 2005, she assumed responsibility for all of graduate medical education for the health system. As Associate Dean, she oversees the education and training of over 850 residents across 61 different programs. Her primary research interests involve the design, implementation and evaluation of new educational initiatives. Current interests involve issues related to house staff quality of life including sleep deprivation, depression, burn out and empathy. Her clinical interests include general pulmonary medicine, particularly advanced lung disease.