Medical Education Leadership
Track Leadership
W. Scott Schroth, MD, MPH
Track Co-Director
Dr. Schroth completed his medical education at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He attended residency training in Internal Medicine at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas before completing a fellowship in Primary Care Internal Medicine at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He also received a Masters of Public Health from George Washington in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. He is currently the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at George Washington after holding positions as Associate Dean for Curriculum and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the School of Medicine and in the Department of Prevention and Community Health in the GW School of Public Health and Health Services. His expertise in education includes teaching skills, curriculum development and evaluation, faculty development, and educational research methodology.
Benjamin Blatt, MD
Track Co-Director
Dr. Blatt received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia where he also attended residency training in Internal Medicine. He currently serves as Director of the Office of Interdisciplinary Medical Education and as Medical Director of the CLASS Standardized Patient Center at the George Washington University. Additionally, Dr. Blatt is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the George Washington University. Conceiving and implementing curriculum and medical education research, especially at the intersection of medicine and the humanities, is his primary academic focus. His special interests include doctor-patient communication, teaching, teaching how to teach, and training and evaluation using standardized patients. Education projects, programs, and research developed in these areas at George Washington have received recognition at national meetings and in national publications.