Dr. Armitage is the Program Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, as well as a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.
Dr. Armitage completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas in 1981; his medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1986; his internship, residency, chief resident year in Internal Medicine and then an infectious Diseases fellowship all at University Hospitals of Cleveland all by 1991, eventually joining the faculty at Case Western in 1992.
Dr. Armitage’s primary professional focus has been on postgraduate medical education. Dr. Armitage currently serves as the Past President of the Council of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, and in 2002, received the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award bestowed by the ACGME in recognition of the fact that that program directors face many challenges in administering a residency program and that those directors who find innovative ways to teach residents alongside the demands of caring for their own patients should be celebrated.
Please enjoy with Dr. Keith Armitage!
Selected Show Notes
The American College of Physicians website.
The American Board of Internal Medicine website.
The Society for General Internal Medicine website.
Books:
- My Own Country by Abraham Verghese.
- The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese.
- House of God (the book Dr. Armitage doesn’t think you should read)
Twitter: @keitharmitage
Email: keith.armitage@case.edu
