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Institute for Excellence in Education

Our Leadership

On September 22nd, 2009, Dr. Edward Miller, then Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Dr. David G. Nichols, then Vice Dean for Education announced the creation of the School of Medicine’s Institute for Excellence in Education (IEE), naming Associate Professor of Medicine Joseph Cofrancesco Jr., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., as its inaugural director.

Dr. Cofrancesco, whom the Deans acknowledged as “one of our most respected educators and clinicians at Hopkins,” directs the IEE toward fulfilling its charge to “lead the way by developing methods to measure and critically evaluate teaching and educational programs, set standards, inspire and support new educational techniques, methods and technologies, encourage educational scholarship, and give value to and reward the teaching done by all faculty.”

On July 10, 2014, Dr. Cofrancesco was named the inaugural Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Education Professor of Medicine.

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School of Medicine Leadership

  • Theodore DeWeese, MD

    • The Frances Watt Baker, M.D., and Lenox D. Baker Jr., M.D. Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine
    • Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences

  • Roy Ziegelstein, MD

    • Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Professor of Medicine
    • Professor of Medicine

IEE Leadership

Joseph Cofrancesco, MD

  • Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education
  • Professor of Medicine

Board of Directors

Roy Charles Ziegelstein, M.D.
Roy Charles Ziegelstein, M.D.

Members of the Board

2025 Board of Directors Meetings

Thursday, April 3, 2025
12:30 to 2 p.m.

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
12:30 to 2 p.m.

Managing Board

Director, IEE

Joseph Cofrancesco Jr, M.D., M.P.H.

Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education
Director, GIM Clinician-Educator Mentoring and Scholarship Program
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Department of Acute and Chronic Care Professor of Medicine
Joseph Cofrancesco Jr, M.D., M.P.H.

Board Members

Chair, Small Grants Program Advising/Mentoring Committee

Kamna Balhara, M.D.

Upcoming Managing Board Meetings

Unless otherwise noted, all meeting will be held via Zoom from 8 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.
  • January 22, 2025
  • February 26
  • March 26
  • April 23
  • May 28
  • June 25
  • July 23
  • August 27
  • September 24
  • October 22
  • November 19
  • December 17

Ambassadors

Our IEE Ambassadors are vital to the continued success and growth of the Institute. Broadly, the role of an ambassador is to ensure that SOM faculty are aware of and have opportunity to participate in the IEE’s programs.

If you have questions about the IEE or would like to be more involved in our community of educators, please contact us at [email protected].

Our Ambassadors

Lead Ambassador: W. Christopher Golden, M.D.

Neurology

Neurosurgery

  • TBD

Oncology

Ophthalmology

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • TBD

Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

Pathology

Pediatrics

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences

Radiology

Surgery

Urology

  • TBD

Senior Editors of the Improve Your Teaching Website

  • Joseph Cofrancesco, MD

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Excellence in Education
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Internal Medicine

  • Jules Joan Jung, MD MED

    • Director of Medical Student Education, Department of Emergency Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

    Expertise: Emergency Medicine

  • Rachel Levine, MD MPH

    • Associate Dean for Faculty Educational Development
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Internal Medicine

  • Michael Melia, MD

    • Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Infectious Diseases

  • Sean Tackett, MD MPH

    • International Medical Education Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    • Associate Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Hospital Medicine

  • Jed T. Wolpaw, MD

    • Residency Program Director
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

    Expertise: Anesthesiology