Stanford University
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94304
USA
Please note: Department of Medicine Teaching Awards will be awarded at this Grand Rounds.
Presenter: Kelley Skeff, MD, PhD
George DeForest Barnett Professor in Medicine
Stanford University
Dr. Skeff is co-director and founder of the Stanford Faculty Development Center for Medical Teachers that has trained more than 350 faculty from over 150 institutions to train their own faculty and housestaff. Kelley was a residency program director for two decades, overseeing the education of Stanford internal medicine residents from 1989 to 2009. He has recently served on the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the nation’s largest medical specialty organization. He has also received Stanford and national teaching awards, including Stanford’s Walter J. Gores Faculty Achievement Award, the APDIM Distinguished Medical Educator Award, and the Abraham Flexner Award from the AAMC. His research is focused on the process of clinical teaching, including the development of methods to assist clinical and basic science teachers in improving their performance.