Priya Sinha Garg, MD
Associate Dean, Office of Medical Education
Biography
Dr. Garg completed her pediatric residency and chief residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center. After completing her training, she joined the faculty at Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine. At Tufts, Dr. Garg served in several leadership roles across the continuum of medical education including Pediatric Clerkship Director for Tufts University School of Medicine (2008-2010), Pediatric Inpatient Medicine Acting Internship Director (2008-2017), Pediatric Residency Director (2010-2017) and as the Associate Director for Graduate Medical Education Quality and Safety (2014-2017). She has also led multiple faculty development programs related to educational leadership and teaching and is a faculty mentor in the Academic Pediatric Association’s Educational Scholars Program.
Dr. Garg has worked with many medical students and residents as a pediatric hospitalist and has received several awards in medical education including the Tufts University School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award, Outstanding Teacher in the Clerkship Years, the Natalie Zucker Award for Outstanding Innovation and the J. David Naparstek Community Mentor Award from Tufts University School of Public Health. Dr. Garg will continue her clinical work as a pediatric hospitalist in the Department of Pediatrics.
Other Positions
- Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Director, Office of Medical Education, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- St. George's University School of Medicine, MD
- Tufts University, BA
Publications
- Published on 2/21/2024
Nathan AS, Del Campo D, Garg PS. Where are we now? Evaluating the one year impact of an anti-racism curriculum review. Med Teach. 2024 Feb 21; 1-6. PMID: 38382447.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/29/2024
Reidy JA, Brizzi K, Chan SH, Day H, Epstein SK, Fischer M, Garg PS, Gosline A, Jaramillo C, Livne E, Mitchell S, Morgan S, Olmsted MW, Stebbins P, Stumpf I, Vesel T, Yeh IM, Young ME, Goldman RE. Curricular Reform in Serious Illness Communication and Palliative Care: Using Medical Students' Voices to Guide Change. Acad Med. 2024 Jan 29. PMID: 38277443.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/17/2023
Reidy JA, Chan SH, Boelitz KM, Chavez M, Clark MA, Epstein SK, Gosline A, Healy R, Livne E, Peirce H, Schaefer KG, Streid J, Vesel T, Young ME, Zehm A, Garg PS. A Call to Action: Using Curriculum Mapping at Four Medical Schools in Massachusetts to Advance Serious Illness Communication Training in Undergraduate Medical Education. J Palliat Med. 2024 Jan; 27(1):39-46. PMID: 37976143.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/10/2023
Garg PS, Barber A. Developing Antiracism Metrics: Steps Forward to Drive Change in Medical Education. Acad Pediatr. 2023; 23(8):1522-1523. PMID: 37572977.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/19/2022
Erb EC, Randolph MN, Cohen-Osher M, Garg PS. Identifying Student Mistreatment Through Peer-Facilitated Learning Environment Sessions. Acad Med. 2022 Nov 01; 97(11):1623-1627. PMID: 35857397.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/14/2022
Buitron de la Vega P, Dimitri N, Araujo Brinkerhoff C, Stern A, Damus K, Miselis H, Garg PS, Sarfaty S, Sprague Martinez L. Virtual Reality Simulated Learning Environments: A Strategy to Teach Interprofessional Students About Social Determinants of Health. Acad Med. 2022 12 01; 97(12):1799-1803. PMID: 35703204.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/23/2021
Green KA, Wolinsky R, Parnell SJ, Del Campo D, Nathan AS, Garg PS, Kaplan SE, Dasgupta S. Deconstructing Racism, Hierarchy, and Power in Medical Education: Guiding Principles on Inclusive Curriculum Design. Acad Med. 2022 Jun 01; 97(6):804-811. PMID: 34817407.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/1/2020
Garg PS, Halley R, Osher MC. Boston University School of Medicine. Acad Med. 2020 Sep; 95(9S A Snapshot of Medical Student Education in the United States and Canada: Reports From 145 Schools):S220-S222. PMID: 33626686.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/27/2018
Kolachalama VB, Garg PS. Machine learning and medical education. NPJ Digit Med. 2018; 1:54. PMID: 31304333.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/14/2015
Aragona E, Ponce-Rios J, Garg P, Aquino J, Winer JC, Schainker E. A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Nurse Attendance on Pediatric Family Centered Rounds. J Pediatr Nurs. 2016 Jan-Feb; 31(1):e3-9. PMID: 26382966.
Read at: PubMed
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