John

Sheffield

MD

FACP

Education & Training

• MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (1985–1989)
• Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Primary Care Track, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (1989–1992)
• Chief Residency in Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle,  WA (1992–1993)

Honors

• ACP National Award for Outstanding Educator of Residents and Fellows (2021–2022)
• Gold Humanism Society (2017)
• Laureate of the Washington Chapter, American College of Physicians (2009)
• Best Doctors in America  (2003–)
• UW Teacher Superior in Perpetuity (2001)
• Fellow, American College of Physicians (2000)
• Dr. Paul Beeson Award (1996)
• Harborview Housestaff Achievement Award (1992, 1993)

Clinical Interests 

• Keeping fellow internists up-to-date with advances in medical knowledge
• Medical education
• Primary HIV care

publication highlights

• Sheffield JVL, Wipf JE, Buchwald D. Work activities of clinician-educators. J Gen Intern Med. 1998;13:406–9.
• Sheffield JVL, Root RK. Smoking and pneumococcal infection [editorial]. N Engl J Med. 2000;342:732–4.
• Sheffield JVL, Larson EB. Update in general internal medicine. Ann Intern Med. 2001;135:269–78.
• Sheffield JVL, Young A, Goldstein EA, Logerfo JP. The public hospital mission at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center: high-quality care for the underserved and excellence in medical education. Acad Med. 2006; 81:886–90.
• Ash S, Sheffield JVL. Pneumococcus. in: D. S. Paauw (ed.): Infectious disease threats. Medical Clinics of North America 2013;97 (4):647–66.
• Sheffield JVL, Paauw DS. We sent them home. The Pharos. Summer 2020: 38-41.