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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), and named Dr. Joseph Cofrancesco, Jr., its founding director and led IEE for seventeen years.

We are pleased to announce that on October 13, 2026, Jed T. Wolpaw, M.D., M.Ed., FASA, was named director and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Education Professor.

Dr. Wolpaw is a widely recognized leader in medical education. He founded and hosts Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC), a podcast on anesthesia and critical care that reaches more than 60,000 unique listeners each month in over 100 countries. His research interests include resident well-being, asynchronous teaching and learning, and improving how we teach trainees. He also speaks nationally and internationally on resident education, feedback, communication and well-being. A dedicated teacher and mentor, Dr. Wolpaw has received numerous awards for teaching excellence, including a three-time winner of the Charles Beattie Teacher of the Year Award, the highest teaching honor in his department; in 2020 he received the Lisa J. Heiser Award for Junior Faculty Contribution to Medical Education from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Education; and in 2026 received the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching.

National honors include the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the Society for Education in Anesthesia Distinguished Educator Award, as well as the Association of University Anesthesiologists Education Innovation Award, of which he was the inaugural recipient. In 2021, he received his specialty’s highest award for education: the ASA Excellence in Education Award.

We welcome Dr. Wolpaw to this role and are confident he will bring the same spirit of innovation and dedication to our learners that he has shown throughout his career. 

On This Page

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

Jed T. Wolpaw, MD

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

Jed T. Wolpaw, MD

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

  • 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