Daniel Hunt
- Department of Medicine
Professor
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Emory Division of Hospital Medicine
Medicine
1784 North Decatur Road, Room 428
Overview
Dan Hunt, MD received his MD degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at Vanderbilt with his third year at Baylor College of Medicine. He then spent eleven years in private practice of general internal medicine in Houston, becoming a partner with the Medical Clinic of Houston in the Texas Medical Center. He was subsequently recruited as a clinician educator by Baylor College of Medicine where he focused much of his clinical effort on the inpatient wards and participated in a variety of medical education activities, including direction of the Patient, Physician and Society-3 course and of a major CME course for the Department of Medicine. During his time at Baylor, Dr. Hunt received over 35 major teaching awards.
Dr. Hunt was recruited in 2005 by the Massachusetts General Hospital to develop and lead the Inpatient Clinician Educator Service for the Department of Medicine. In 2010, Dan became the Chief of the Hospital Medicine Unit that combined the Clinician Educator Service and the larger direct-care Hospital Medicine Group under a unified administrative and academic structure. Dan is also a Deputy Editor for the Journal of Hospital Medicine. He is an active member of the Society of Hospital Medicine, the Society of General Internal Medicine, and the Association of Chiefs and Leaders in General Internal Medicine.
Dans scholarship has focused primarily on medical education and perioperative management. In addition, Dan has been the primary discussant for five Clinicopathologic Case Conferences (CPCs) published by the New England Journal of Medicine and has served as the unknown case discussant at national conferences. Dr. Hunt received the Alfred Kranes Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching at the MGH in 2006 and 2011, the Best Clinical Instructor Award from Harvard Medical School in 2008, and the Society of Hospital Medicine Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2011. Dr. Hunts current academic interests are venous thromboembolic disease, perioperative management, bedside application of evidence-based medicine, innovative approaches to medical education, faculty development of clinician educators, and mentoring of junior faculty.
Academic Appointment
- Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- BS Mathematics from Frostburg State University
Research
Publications
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The magnificent seven: An assembly of educational opportunities within an academic hospital medicine program.
J Hosp Med
02/11/2025 Authors: Smith DT; Ajala K; Amin M; Hall MAK; Kim E; Kobaidze K; Moussa M; Hunt DP; Massart A -
Development and Implementation of a Hospitalist Faculty Development Program in a University- and Community-Based Multihospital System.
South Med J Volume: 117 Page(s): 483 - 488
08/01/2024 Authors: Maleque N; Hemrajani R; Hunt D; Massart A; Shin YM; Hall MAK; Bonsall J -
Looking to the Past to Improve the Future: A Narrative Review of Lessons Learned from Inpatient Cardiac Arrest Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Brown J Hosp Med Volume: 2 Page(s): 73426
01/01/2023 Authors: Shin YM; Neurgaonkar S; Nave J; Hall MAK; Hunt DP; Akwe J -
Evaluation of a Multifaceted Protocol in Reducing Unnecessary Telemetry Monitoring across a Large Healthcare System.
South Med J Volume: 115 Page(s): 930 - 935
12/01/2022 Authors: Patidar V; Park JM; Khasnavis T; Baker D; Leong T; Crichlow V; Hunt DP; O'Donnell C -
Trends in ICU Mortality From Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Tale of Three Surges.
Crit Care Med Volume: 50 Page(s): 245 - 255
02/01/2022 Authors: Auld SC; Harrington KRV; Adelman MW; Robichaux CJ; Overton EC; Caridi-Scheible M; Coopersmith CM; Murphy DJ; Emory COVID-19 Quality and Clinical Research Collaborative -
An Epidemic Supplanted by a Pandemic: Vaping-Related Illness and COVID-19.
South Med J Volume: 115 Page(s): 8 - 12
01/01/2022 Authors: Shin YM; Hunt DP; Akwe J -
Management of Refractory Breathlessness: a Review for General Internists.
J Gen Intern Med Volume: 36 Page(s): 1035 - 1040
04/01/2021 Authors: Massart A; Hunt DP -
COVID-19 coagulopathy and thrombosis: Analysis of hospital protocols in response to the rapidly evolving pandemic.
Thromb Res Volume: 196 Page(s): 355 - 358
12/01/2020 Authors: Parks AL; Auerbach AD; Schnipper JL; Anstey JE; Sterken DG; Hecht TEH; Fang MC; Hospital Medicine Reengineering Network (HOMERuN) -
Academic Hospital Medicine 2.0: If You Aren't Teaching Residents, Are You Still Academic?
J Hosp Med Volume: 15 Page(s): 622 - 624
10/01/2020 Authors: Herzke CA; Hunt DP; Brotman DJ -
Transforming traditional shadowing: engaging millennial learners through the active apprenticeship.
Clin Teach Volume: 17 Page(s): 31 - 35
02/01/2020 Authors: Restrepo D; Hunt D; Miloslavsky E