Joanna Bonsall, MD, PhD, SFHM

Joanna Bonsall, MD, PhD, SFHM, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and is the Chief of Emory Medicine Services at Grady Memorial Hospital. She completed her undergraduate training at Emory University and her medical and graduate training at Emory University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Emory University and was hired as a hospitalist at Emory University Hospital Midtown in 2009, before transferring to Grady Memorial Hospital in 2017 to establish a direct care service line. For her work at Grady, she was awarded the first Emory University School of Medicine Distinguished Service Award in 2018.

Dr. Bonsall’s clinical interests are in the management of pneumonia as well as care transitions. Dr. Bonsall also has a strong interest in medical education and career development. She was the Hospital Medicine Associate Division Director for Faculty Development from 2014 to 2019 and sat on the Department of Medicine’s Promotions and Tenure Committee from 2018-2020. In the School of Medicine, she is the Co-director of the MD/PhD program and played a key role in transforming the MD/PhD training curriculum. She work with the Society of Hospital Medicine includes chairing of the Academic Committee from 2016 to 2019, co-directing the 2015, 2016 and 2017 Academic Summits and the Southern Hospital Medicine Conference from 2014 to 2018, and serving on the Annual Conference Committee.