Jane Abernathy, MD, MS

I am an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where I serve as the Program Director for the Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. I also co-chair the Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital Ethics Committee and teach bioethics across all Johns Hopkins residency programs through the Berman Institute of Bioethics.

I completed medical school at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, where I also earned a Master’s in Bioethics, and subsequently trained in Primary Care Internal Medicine.

My scholarly and professional interests center on primary care workforce development, bioethics, and care for the underserved. I am particularly focused on preparing the next generation of physicians to navigate the moral and structural challenges of modern healthcare with humility, curiosity, and compassion, and on building educational systems that sustain meaning and humanism in clinical practice. My current work also explores ethical and structural barriers to care for undocumented patients and seeks to design training models that equip clinicians to advocate effectively for access, dignity, and justice in the care of marginalized populations.