Donna Windish, MD, MPH

Donna M. Windish, MD, MPH has a passion for medical education and educational scholarship. She has created and led many programs to train fellows and faculty in educational scholarship. She founded the General Internal Medicine Medical Education Fellowship in 2016 which has produced national leaders and scholars in UME, GME and CME education. She developed a novel faculty development program in educational scholarship for Yale's Department of Internal Medicine called ACES (Advancement of Clinician Educator Scholarship). She mentored all 30 ACES participants and ran the program for 5 years. She developed a similar faculty development program for Yale School of Medicine in 2024: the Educator Scholar Fellowship. This program trains faculty who are interested in educational scholarship across all Departments of the School. Dr. Windish also established and co-leads a national education scholarship faculty development program for faculty across the country through the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Windish has mentored numerous students, residents, fellows and faculty at Yale and across the country in educational scholarship initiatives. Her mentorship has been recognized nationally through the Society of General Internal Medicine who awarded her with the Frederick L. Brancati Mentorship and Leadership Award and most recently the Mid-Career Education Mentorship Award.