New Chief of Academic Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Muriel Jean-Jacques, MD, MAPP Heading link
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Muriel Jean-Jacques, MD, MAPP as chief of the Division of Academic Internal Medicine and Geriatrics effective February 2025.
Dr. Jean-Jacques is and associate professor of medicine. She previously served as Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Dr. Jean- Jacques received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, completed Internal Medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and completed a fellowship in health services research at the University of Chicago. She is an unwavering advocate for improving the healthcare experiences and health outcomes of communities that have long faced health disparities. She has worked to advance health equity through research, medical education, institutional leadership, and clinical care. As a health services researcher, she has implemented and evaluated interventions aiming to reduce health disparities and has received funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Health Research Services Administration, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As a medical educator, she led curricular overhaul of the Health Equity and Advocacy Thread to reinforce the idealism and commitment to equity espoused by students at the onset of their training with the competency and skills to provide equitable care throughout their careers. Clinically, she serves a medically complex panel of patients as a general internist and busy primary care physician and works to ensure that patients are treated not just equally but equitably.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Jean-Jacques and welcoming her as our new chief of the Division of Academic Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.