Background
Scott Wright is a professor in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his M.D. from McGill University and he then completed his internal medicine residency training at the Montreal General Hospital. After pursuing fellowship training at Hopkins, he joined the faculty in 1997.
Dr. Wright’s contributions to the field of medical education, through his own research and the mentoring of others, have been published in leading biomedical research journals. In recognition of his research accomplishments, Dr. Wright was elected to membership in the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
Dr. Wright is the Deputy Director for Medical Education Research at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and he serves as the director of the medical education track of the GIM fellowship at Hopkins. He is also the research mentor for the Hospitalist Division at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Dr. Wright has been providing longitudinal primary care to patients in Baltimore since 1995 and he serves as a teaching attending on the inpatient general medical service. For his teaching efforts, he was elected to membership in Alpha Omega Alpha. With colleagues, he launched the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence at Hopkins. Dr. Wright serves as Director of the Academy, which is committed to recognizing and promoting excellence in patient care.