Katherine Chretien

Dr. Katherine Chretien is associate dean for medical student affairs and director of medical student wellness at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Previously, she was associate dean for student affairs and professor of medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She earned her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Brown University and attended the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, graduating with Alpha Omega Alpha honors. She completed her internal medicine training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Chretien is the recipient of the Women Leaders in Medicine Award from the American Medical Students Association and the Charles H. Griffith III Educational Research Award from Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine. Dr. Chretien has published her research and writing in JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Medical Education, and USA TODAY. She is editor of the book Mothers in Medicine: Career, Practice, and Life Lessons Learned (Springer 2018). She is married her medical school classmate, Jean-Paul, and has three children.