Stephanie Detterline, MD, FACP, is the interim vice president, Medical Affairs at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She also serves as the Associate Dean for Medical Education in Baltimore, overseeing the educational experiences of our Georgetown students as they rotate in our Baltimore hospitals. Finally, Dr. Detterline is heavily involved in graduate medical education and is the Associate DIO providing oversight for the MedStar Baltimore residency and fellowship programs. Dr. Detterline is Board certified in Internal Medicine. She received her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis and completed internship and residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. Dr. Detterline has a particular interest in effective patient-physician communication, career mentorship of physicians in internal medicine, and promoting equity and reducing bias in healthcare.
Dr. Detterline is serving as the co-chair of the 2022 MedStar Health Research Symposium and is a member of the Georgetown MedStar Educational Council. She is also the director of the Baltimore sites for the MedStar Summer Research Program, which pairs Georgetown medical students with Baltimore based faculty for an immersive 8-week experience in various disciplines. Dr. Detterline has been honored with the Golden Apple Teaching Award from the internal medicine residency in Baltimore, and she was selected to participate in the very first cohort of MedStar Teaching Scholars in 2008 and MedStar Leader of the Future Physician Leadership Development Program in 2015. She was recently accepted to be a participant in the Georgetown Bias Reduction Program.
Dr. Detterline has authored or co-authored two book chapters, one on community-acquired pneumonia and the other on evaluation of the patient with head and neck cancer. Additionally, her research has been published in the Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives and BMC Infectious Diseases. Dr. Detterline is board certified in internal medicine. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and she is a member of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine.
Her medical degree is from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, and she completed an internship and residency at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL.
Research Interests
Dr. Detterline’s research interests include
- Medical education
- Patient-physician communication
- Effect of the use of interdisciplinary teams on communication and accessibility to patients
- Determinants of positive inpatient experiences
- Effect of residency training on residents’ physical and mental health
- Patient handoff during transitions in care
Selected Research
Patient Evaluation of Resident Physicians’ Communication Skills
Dr. Detterline is an investigator on this study of communication skills among resident-level physicians. In this study, the Communication Assessment Tool is being used to survey patients about their experiences with their resident-level physicians. This tool evaluates communication metrics and has been validated and used extensively in the ambulatory setting. This study is novel in that this tool is being used in the inpatient setting.
Research Areas
- Medical EducationPrimary Care/Pediatrics