President of AMEE, An International Association for Health Professions Education
Subha Ramani, MBBS, MPH, MMEd (Dundee), PhD (Maastricht), FAMEE
Dr. Subha Ramani graduated from Stanley Medical College, University of Madras with an MBBS in 1986, completed Internal Medicine residencies at the Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India and James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA; a Fellowship in General Internal Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine along with a Masters in Public Health at the Boston University School of Public Health in 1998. In 2005, she graduated with a Masters in Medical Education from the University of Dundee in Scotland and a PhD from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Her academic roles include the following: Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professions Education; Director of evaluation for the Internal Medicine residency programme, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH); Director of the BWH Internal Medicine Residency Scholars in Medical Education pathway; Director of the Program for research, innovation and scholarship in medical education (PRISE) for the Department of Medicine; Assistant Director for global perspectives and community for the Brigham Education Institute, Boston, USA. Dr. Ramani is also a senior core faculty at the Harvard Macy Institute.
Dr. Ramani has been a longstanding member of AMEE, completed two terms of three years each on the Executive board, chaired the Fellowship Committee for 4 years and served on the AMEE Postgraduate Education committee for 3 years. She serves on the Editorial board of Medical Teacher, Teaching and Learning in Medicine and Neurology Education and is an Associate Editor for The Clinical Teacher. Dr. Ramani has published widely in peer-reviewed medical education journals and authored book chapters. Areas of scholarly interest include application of theory to educational practice, sociocultural factors that influence teaching, learning and feedback, mentoring relationships and increasingly, the intersection of culture and education from a global perspective. Her professional goals are driven by the desire to give back to the profession.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, she formed an informal community of educational leaders with a passion for mentoring and conducted several interactive world café style events for educators around the world including the AMEE student task force and junior doctor group. She is an Honorary Professor of Medical Education, University of Manchester, UK; External faculty at SHE, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; and the 2022 Ronald Harden Visiting Professor at International Medical University, Malaysia.
