Jed D. Gonzalo, MD

Dr. Gonzalo received his MD degree from the Penn State College of Medicine in 2006, and completed his internal medicine and chief residency at the Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston, where he was an instructor at the Harvard Medical School. While in medical school he was inducted into the AOA Honor Society and chosen as the "classmate you would most want as your physician." In residency he received the Lowell McGee Award, given to the resident who most demonstrates the "fundamental importance of teaching and to the spirit and substance of being a physician." He returned to Pennsylvania after residency to complete a fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in General Internal Medicine/Medical Education while earning a Master of Science in Medical Education and Clinical Research. In 2012 he joined the Penn State College of Medicine as an assistant professor of medicine and public health sciences.

Over the past 10 years Dr. Gonzalo has served in multiple and progressive leadership roles supporting medical education at Penn State. His contributions span strategic planning, curriculum development, direct teaching, clinical site development, accreditation preparation, and dissemination. He has directed courses across all phases of the curriculum, provided oversight of all clerkships, and led teams focused on medical student education, graduate medical education, and curriculum leadership. He has led strategic initiatives to re-envision the Interprofessional Education Office, create an assessment plan across curricular phases, facilitate the creation of the College of Medicine education strategic plan, and develop a plan for master's degree programs. He contributed to the development of Penn State's University Park Regional Campus curriculum and the internal medicine residency program's coaching program 3+3 accelerated program.

As a national thought leader in medical education, Dr. Gonzalo has served on several AMA committees, on the ACGME's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force, and as a consultant and invited speaker for multiple US medical schools and residency programs. He has led the development of the HSS framework that unifies the academic missions of education, research, and clinical operations for the Improvement of patient and population health. Dr. Gonzalo's research portfolio includes over $3 million in extramural grants from organizations fueling innovations in medical education: the AMA (co-­Pl - Accelerating Change In Medical Education Initiative, Pl - Reimagining Residency Initiative), AAMC (including the Herbert Nickens Faculty Fellowship Award awarded to faculty who are committed to addressing inequity in healthcare and education), HRSA (co-Pl on a primary care education grant), and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation (Macy Faculty Scholar Award). He has co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications and 4 textbooks (5th being completed this fall) that together have been cited over 2,000 times, with 26 publications cited at least 26 times (h-index) and 48 publications cited at least 10 times (i10-index).