She chairs the Internal Medicine Clinical Competency Advisory Committee. She received her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University where she was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa and her medical degree from NYU School of Medicine. She completed residency in Internal Medicine as well as a fellowship in General Internal Medicine at The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. After completing her training, she joined the General Internal Medicine faculty at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where she worked as a hospitalist from 2002 - 2007. In 2007, she joined the Division of Hospital Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital. She also serves as Medical Director for MedStar Washington Region Hospital Medicine. She enjoys working with housestaff and medical students, and her interests include medical education, quality improvement, and patient safety. Sarah Thornton, M.D.