Program Overview

Introduction to the Johns Hopkins Academic Women's Health Fellowship Track in General Internal Medicine

The Johns Hopkins Academic Women's Health Fellowship Track in General Internal Medicine (GIM) aims to train women's health providers to deliver exceptional, comprehensive care for women and become academic leaders in the field of women's health.

Program Overview

The women's health fellowship is one of the fellowship tracks housed within the GIM Fellowship, one of the nation's premier fellowship training programs in academic general internal medicine. The GIM Fellowship has produced more than 140 alumni who have made their marks as clinicians, researchers, educators, and leaders.

Longitudinal Clinical Curriculum

Clinical women's health fellows will partake in a one-year longitudinal curriculum in clinical women's health. The clinical curriculum includes:

• Longitudinal curriculum on core women's health topics
• Providing women's health consultations
• Providing primary care for women
• Rotating through subspecialties with women's health experts (including obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, oncology, dermatology, obesity, urology, pelvic floor physical therapy, psychiatry, and more)
• Pursuing certification to become a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP)

Education and Research Tracks

Applicants interested in either medical education or clinical research focused on women's health can apply to the appropriate track:

• Medical Education Track: Fellows will gain additional expertise in curriculum development and teaching skills for women's health and pursue education scholarship on women's health topics. They will teach women's health topics to medical students and residents and continue to provide longitudinal and consultative care for women.
• Clinical Research Track: Fellows will work with a research mentor to pursue scholarly work around women's health research topics and continue to provide longitudinal and consultative care for women.

Research Opportunities

The Women's Health Fellowship benefits from a strong foundation of women's health research and clinical opportunities at Johns Hopkins, including:

• The Johns Hopkins Center for Women's Health, Sex, and Gender Research (JH CWHSGR): Expanding scientific leadership and promoting discovery in women's health, sex, and gender research.
• The Johns Hopkins-Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (JH BIRCWH) Program: Promoting an appreciation for women's health as well as sex and gender differences.
• Seed Grant Program: Stimulating innovative research in sex/gender differences conducted by early-stage investigators.
• Annual networking and mentoring events to promote interdisciplinary mentorship.
• Annual Women's Health, Sex and Gender Research Symposium to showcase junior faculty and trainee research.

Clinical Training Opportunities

• Women's health consultations are offered for patients within the Division of GIM at Johns Hopkins.
• The Johns Hopkins Women's Wellness and Healthy Aging Program (WWHAP): A program dedicated to coordinating women's healthcare before, during, and beyond menopause.
• Collaboration with many women's health-focused clinics at Johns Hopkins, including the Women's Cardiovascular Health Center, the Healthful Eating, Activity, & Weight Program, Menopause Clinic, Colposcopy Clinic, the Reproductive Mental Health Center, and more.

Leadership and Faculty

The program is led by:

• Tina Zhang, MD: Director, Academic Women's Health Fellowship Track.
• Nisa Maruthur, MD: Director, General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program. The core faculty includes:
• Wendy Bennett, MD, MPH: Research Director, General Internal Medicine & Johns Hopkins Community Physicians.
• Wen Shen, MD: Director, Women's Wellness & Healthy Aging Program. Administrative support is provided by:
• Julie Kurtz: Fellowship Coordinator, General Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine Fellowships, and Senior Administrative Coordinator, General Internal Medicine.