Amy
WEINSTEIN
FACE #13
Asst. Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
What was your path/journey after you graduated from Cornell?
After I graduated from Cornell, I received my MD from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and was an internal medicine resident at Northwestern University. I then completed the Harvard General Internal Medicine Fellowship and a Master of Public Health at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. For the last 20 years (!), I have been on staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) as a General Internist and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School (HMS). My career has been devoted to medical education and innovation, and I’ve held many different roles in education, in addition to caring for patients.
Highlights include leading the team that started the BIDMC Crimson Care Collaborative Student-Faculty practice and serving as the Director of Education for all seven Crimson Care Collaborative practices. I currently serve as the Director of Student Education for the BIDMC Department of Medicine and the BIDMC Clerkship Director for the HMS Core Medicine Clerkship. I have become involved nationally in the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine organization, and as Vice Chair of the Survey and Scholarship Committee, I help to better understand and advance medical education nationally.
On a personal note, I live with my husband and three children, ages 16, 14, and 8, in Needham, MA. I spend my nights and weekends watching softball, diving, gymnastics, rugby and baseball - and I love traveling with my family!
What was your favorite class AT Cornell? what has proven to be your most useful class from Cornell?
I think about all of the people interacted with, the friends I made, how Cornell supported my ability to think deeply and independently - and how my experience helped me better understand who I was and who I wanted to be. In particular, Slope Day gave me the chance to connect with friends from all different groups and celebrate the end of the year with them. But meeting Ruth Bader Ginsberg through Cornell-in-Washington was also very special!
What is your favorite memory from your time at Cornell?
My favorite class at Cornell was Human Sexuality. It improved my understanding of the social sciences and gave me the language and skills to talk about sensitive topics, which has been especially helpful in medicine. I also served as a TA to this course; this was one of my first experiences teaching and empowering learners to explore complex topics, while working on a team. I still do this today as a medical educator and I am sure that this was one of the experiences that led to my interest and career in medical education.
What advice would you give to a student starting at Cornell in Fall 2025?
I would tell incoming Cornell students to take advantage of all that Cornell has to offer, to think broadly about their learning, to explore what makes them unique and to try to avoid putting too much pressure on themselves. I majored in Biology since I planned to attend medical school, but what influenced me the most at Cornell were the classes outside my major and the activities I participated in outside of class.