Adam Possner is an assistant professor of general internal medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Before joining the faculty of the George Washington University in 2010, Dr. Possner completed his medical degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview in Baltimore, where he served as chief resident. His areas of clinical interest include general internal medicine, preventive medicine, and medical student and resident education. A Liberal Arts major at heart, Dr. Possner also enjoys writing, especially poetry. He is published in several medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the Annals of Internal Medicine
Training
- Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 2006-2009, followed by a Chief Year, 2009-2010
Expertise
- General internal medicine
- Preventive care
- Medical student and resident education
Teaching
Dr. Possner directs the Clinical Apprenticeship Program (CAP), through which 1st-year GW medical students are matched with clinicians at GW and in the community to practice their nascent interviewing and examining skills.
He teaches classes on interviewing and clinical skills and reasoning to 1st- and 2nd-year medical students, and oversees physicians-in-training in the General Internal Medicine Residency clinic.
Furthermore, he co-teaches several classes in the medical humanities at the medical school with Dr. Linda Raphael, English professor and medical humanities expert.
Community Service
Faculty Advisor for Cuentos, a humanities magazine featuring photographs, poems, and prose from general internal medicine residents and attendings, available in waiting rooms throughout the Medical Faculty Associates and online.
- Adam Possner, “Bed B” (poem), American Journal of Nursing, vol. 114, no. 7, p. 37, July 2014
- Adam Possner, “Mutually Assured Destruction” (Poem), Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 311, no. 4, p. 411, January 2014
- Adam Possner, “Reading Music” (poem), Academic Radiology, vol. 21, no.1, p. 134, January 2014
- Adam Possner, “Frozen Section Sonnet” (poem), Human Pathology, vol. 44, no. 12, p. 2619, December 2013
- Adam Possner, “Judgment of Solomon” (Poem), Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 310, no. 21, p. 2315, December 2013
- Adam Possner, “Habeas Corpus” (poem), The Pharos, p. 49, Autumn 2013
- Adam Possner, “Fruit of Knowledge” (Poem), Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 31, no. 30, p. 3841, October 2013
- Adam Possner, “Reading the Tumor Its Rights” (Poem), Journal of Clinical Oncology, vol. 31, no. 30, p. 3841, October 2013
- Adam Possner, “As If He Were Family” (narrative), Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 310, no. 14, pp. 1447-8, October 2013
- Adam Possner, “The Doctor Magnet” (poem), Journal of General Internal Medicine, online March 2013; vol. 28, no. 10, p. 1382, October 2013
- Adam Possner, “Words of Comfort” (poem), Academic Medicine, vol. 88, no. 9, p. 1201, September 2013
- Adam Possner, “Respiratory Embarrassment” (poem), Journal of General Internal Medicine, online February 2013; vol. 28, no. 9, p. 1249, September 2013
- Adam Possner, “6 O’Clock, 3 CM from the Nipple” (poem), The Healing Muse, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 89, Fall 2013
- Adam Possner, “Family History” (poem), Journal of Medical Humanities, online June 2013; vol. 34, no. 3, p. 405, September 2013
- Adam Possner, “Habitus” (poem), Journal of Medical Humanities, online June 2013; vol. 34, no. 3, p. 406, September 2013
- Adam Possner, “On the Count of Three” (poem), Neurology, vol. 81, no. 13, e97, September 2013
- Adam Possner, “Epley Maneuver” (poem), Neurology, vol. 81, no. 13, e97, September 2013