Dr. Shana Zucker is currently a PGY-3 internal medicine resident at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in the Urban Health Track and Medical Educator Track. She will begin University of Pittsburgh's Academic Clinician-Educator Scholars Fellowship, Women's Health Track in July 2024.
Dr. Zucker graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a bachelors degree in French Language and Literature as well as Biology, with a minor in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology. She then attended Tulane University School of Medicine, where in addition to her MD she concurrently attained an MS in Anatomy and an MPH in Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences in conjunction with the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Upon graduation, she was the recipient of the Jules B. Puschett MD Award, “given annually to a senior medical student who most demonstrates the professionalism, caring, extraordinary dedication to and compassion for their patients that are characteristic of Dr. Jules B. Puschett.”
Her curricular and research interests include medical education, LGBTQ+ inclusive and affirming care, and trauma-informed care. She is the co-author of Teaching LGBTQ+ Health, a free, online curriculum designed for health professions educators to fortify knowledge of queer health and how to teach these core concepts to learners. The course can be found on Stanford’s Medical Education website and Coursera.