Daniel Marchalik, MD, MBA

Daniel Marchalik, MD, MBA is the Executive Director of the MedStar Health Center for Wellbeing. He received his medical degree from the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, a master’s degree in literature from Georgetown University, and his MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

He is an associate professor of urology and the founding director of the literature and medicine track at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. He directs the Kidney Stone Program at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and is the author of a monthly medical humanities column in The Lancet.

Research Interests

• Wellbeing

Selected Research

Apathy N, Hartman-Hall H, Tran A, Kim D, Ratwani R, Marchalik D. “Accounting for taste: preferences mediate the relationship between documentation time and ambulatory physician burnout.” JAMIA. Jul 2024. PMID: 39018492.

This study underscore our research focus on practice redesign as a core pillar of provider wellbeing.

Smirniotopoulos J, Jain N, Lamberti M, Marchalik D, McClure T, “Safety and Effectiveness of Large-Bore Percutaneous Cholangioscopy-Assisted Gallstone Retrieval for Inoperable Calculous Cholecystitis: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study.” Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

This is an ongoing study of a novel technique for percutaneous extraction of large gallstones as an alternative to cholecystectomy.

Marchalik D, Shanafelt T. “Surgeon Wellbeing in the 21st Century.” British Journal of Surgery. June 2023 PMID: 37300546

This is an example of my collaborative work on helping define the role and scope of wellbeing leaders and wellbeing science.