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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

  • Sanjay Virendra Desai, MD

    • Mary Wallace Stanton Professor for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    • Professor of Medicine

IEE Leadership

Joseph Cofrancesco, MD MPH

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

Board of Directors

Chair, Board of Directors

Sanjay Virendra Desai, MD

  • Mary Wallace Stanton Professor for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Professor of Medicine

Members of the Board

2026 Board of Directors Meetings

Thursday, April 2, 2026
12:30 to 2 p.m.

Thursday, October 15, 2026
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 28, 2026
  • February 25
  • March 25
  • April 22
  • May 27
  • June 24
  • July 22
  • August 26
  • September 23
  • October 22
  • November 18
  • December 16

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

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

Senior Editors of the Improve Your Teaching Website

  • Joseph Cofrancesco, MD MPH

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

    Expertise: Internal Medicine

  • Julianna 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

    • Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine
    • 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
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Hospital Medicine

  • Jed T. Wolpaw, MD

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

    Expertise: Anesthesiology