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.

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.

Members of the Board

Jessica Linda Bienstock, M.D., M.P.H.
Dana Boatman, Ph.D.
Joseph Cofrancesco Jr., M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P. (non-voting member)
Peter J. Espenshade, Ph.D.
Andrew Ewald, Ph.D.
Matthew Guo
Peter Michael Hill, M.D.
Nancy Hueppchen, M.D., M.S.
Maeve Jones-O'Connor, M.D.

Kenneth Ludmerer, M.D.
Majd Marrache, M.D.
Mattea Miller
Zinia Mohanta, Ph.D.
Margaret Moon, M.D.
Maria M Oliva-Hemker, M.D.
Kristin Janson Redmond, M.D.
Eileen P. G. Vining, M.D.
Rodney Eric Williams

2024 Board of Directors Meetings

Thursday, April 4, 2024
12:30 to 2 p.m.

Thursday, October 17, 2024
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

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 24, 2024
February 28
March 27
April 24
May 22
June 26

July 24
August Meeting Cancelled
September 25
October 23
November Meeting Cancelled
December 18

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].