Priya Sinha Garg, MD

Associate Dean, Office of Medical Education

Priya Garg
617.358.7479
prgarg@bu.edu
72 East Concord Street
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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

  • Associate Professor, Hospital Medicine, Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Director, Office of Medical Education, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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Education

  • St. George's University School of Medicine, MD
  • Tufts University, BA

Publications

  • Published on 6/20/2024

    Tong L, Wang J, Rapaka S, Garg PS. Can ChatGPT generate practice question explanations for medical students, a new faculty teaching tool? Med Teach. 2025 Mar; 47(3):560-564. PMID: 38900675.

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  • Published on 4/28/2024

    Stein GH, Garg PS. A critical juncture in antiracism education: From classroom to bedside. J Hosp Med. 2024 Jul; 19(7):652-653. PMID: 38678443.

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  • 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. 2025 Jan; 47(1):58-63. PMID: 38382447.

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  • 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 May 01; 99(5):550-557. PMID: 38277443.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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