John

Choe

MD

MPH

Education & Training 

• MD, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY (1993–1997)
• Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (1997–2000)
• MPH, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA (2000–2002)

Honors 

• Councilor, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (2021-2024)
• Hepatitis B Coalition of Washington Advocate Award (2009)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholar (2008–2011)
• Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, CDC (2004–2007)
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Community Action Award (2005)
• Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar (2000–2002)
• New York University President’s Service Award (1995)

Research Interests 

• Internal medicine residency curriculum development and evaluation
• Individualizing learner training from UME to GME settings
• Evidence-based medicine and clinical decision-making
• Health promotion and chronic disease management in vulnerable populations

Publication highlights

• Choe JH, Koepsell TD, Heagerty PJ, Taylor VM. 2005. Colorectal cancer among Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.: Survival disadvantage for the foreign-born. Cancer detection and prevention. 29(4):361–8. PMID: 16081223. 
• Choe JH, Knight CL, Stiling R, Corning K, Lock K, Steinberg KP. Shortening the Miles to the Milestones: Connecting EPA-Based Evaluations to ACGME Milestone Reports for Internal Medicine Residency Programs. Acad Med. 2016 Jul;91(7):943–50. PMID: 27028030.

• Choe JH. Two weeks. Annals of Internal Medicine 2020 May 19; 172(10): 697-8. PMID 32227239

• Zetkulic M, Moriarty JP, Amin A, Angus S, Dalal B, Fazio S, Hemmer P, Laird-Fick, HS, Muchmore E, Nixon LJ, Olson A, Choe JH. Through the looking glass: Competency-based education and training through the lens of the UME/GME transition. Academic Medicine 2024 Jan; 99(1): 83-90, PMID 37699535

• Pincavage AT, Gandhi A, Falk E, DiMarino L, Carbajal DR, Ayyala U, Boppana C, Chandrasekar J, Dentino AN, Ferris AH, Forster RM, Hemmer PA, Masucci N, Singh T, Surkis WD, Ward K, O V, Choe JH. An Individualized Learning Plan pilot to improve the transition to residency. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 2023 Oct; 15(5): 597-601. PMID 37781434