Elisa A Zenni

Elisa A Zenni, M.D.

Professor; Senior Associate Dean For Educational Affairs

Department: Dean's Office – Administration
Business Phone: (904) 244-3149
Business Email: elisa.zenni@jax.ufl.edu

About Elisa A Zenni

Elisa A. Zenni, M.D., is a University of Florida professor of pediatrics and a board-certified pediatrician at UF Health in Jacksonville. She also serves as senior associate dean for educational affairs at the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, as well as the campus designated institutional official, ensuring the campus’ accredited graduate medical education programs comply with ACGME requirements.

Dr. Zenni received her undergraduate degree in child study and her medical doctorate from Tufts University in Massachusetts. After an internship in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, she completed her residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in academic general pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University. After serving on the faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine, she joined the faculty at the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville in 1995.

Dr. Zenni has won numerous teaching awards and is a member and former chair of the University of Florida Society of Teaching Scholars. She has facilitated numerous workshops on teaching skills at local, regional and national levels. She holds current or past leadership positions on several local and national committees, including the Academic Pediatric Association’s Board of Directors, Education Committee, Educational Scholars Program and School & Community Health Special Interest Group. She is a senior faculty member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Young Physicians Leadership Alliance. She received the Northeast Florida Pediatric Society Educator of the Year award in 2015 and was selected as an inaugural member of the National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics in 2020.

Dr. Zenni’s research interests focus primarily on medical education. She has published numerous peer-reviewed papers on curriculum evaluation, teaching residents in the community, faculty development, peer review of teaching, mentoring and assessment of medical educators. She has also given many oral and poster presentations on medical education topics at regional and national conferences and has moderated plenary sessions on medical education.

Additional Positions:
Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs
2022 – Current · University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
Professor of Pediatrics
2009 – Current · University of Florida

Accomplishments

Member, National Academy of Distinguished Educators in Pediatrics
2020-2023 · Academic Pediatric Association
20-Year Service Pin
2015 · University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2018
MDT7400 Elect Top/Pediatrics

Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics
    American Board of Pediatrics

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Pediatrics
Subspecialties
  • Pediatric Primary Care

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

Publications

2022
Tuesday’s Teaching Tips-Evaluation and Feedback: A Spaced Education Strategy for Faculty Development.
MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources. 18 [DOI] 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11281. [PMID] 36475014.
2021
Academic General Pediatrics Hiring Practices and Completion of Academic General Pediatrics Fellowships.
Academic pediatrics. 21(5):912-916 [DOI] 10.1016/j.acap.2021.04.014. [PMID] 33895319.
2021
How Full Is Your Tank? A Qualitative Exploration of Faculty Volunteerism in a National Professional Development Program.
Academic pediatrics. 21(1):170-177 [DOI] 10.1016/j.acap.2020.06.140. [PMID] 32619544.
2021
Planning and Presenting Workshops That Work: A Faculty Development Workshop.
MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources. 17 [DOI] 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11158. [PMID] 34041360.
2021
Tuesdays Are Great for Teaching Tips: A Spaced Education Strategy for Faculty Development.
Journal of graduate medical education. 13(3):434-435 [DOI] 10.4300/JGME-D-20-01249.1. [PMID] 34178279.
2013
Peer review: a tool to enhance clinical teaching.
The clinical teacher. 10(5):287-90 [DOI] 10.1111/tct.12039. [PMID] 24015732.
2011
Graduate medical education leadership development curriculum for program directors.
Journal of graduate medical education. 3(2):232-5 [DOI] 10.4300/JGME-D-10-00180.1. [PMID] 22655147.
2010
Strategies to design an effective mentoring program.
The Journal of pediatrics. 156(2):173-4.e1 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.012. [PMID] 20105633.
2009
Evaluating the performance of medical educators: a novel analysis tool to demonstrate the quality and impact of educational activities.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 84(1):58-66 [DOI] 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819045e2. [PMID] 19116479.
2008
A model to begin to use clinical outcomes in medical education.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. 83(6):574-80 [DOI] 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318172318d. [PMID] 18520464.
2007
USMLE step 1 scores as a significant predictor of future board passage in pediatrics.
Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. 7(2):192-5 [PMID] 17368416.
2006
A walk in the patients’ shoes: a step toward competency development in systems-based practice.
Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. 6(1):54-7 [PMID] 16443184.
2005
Teaching community pediatrics to pediatric residents: strategic approaches and successful models for education in community health and child advocacy.
Pediatrics. 115(4 Suppl):1150-7 [PMID] 15821300.
2001
Adolescent medicine faculty development needs.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 29(1):46-9 [PMID] 11429305.
1996
Effects of structured encounter forms on pediatric house staff knowledge, parent satisfaction, and quality of care. A randomized, controlled trial.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 150(9):975-80 [PMID] 8790131.
1996
Pediatric resident training in a school environment. A prescription for learning.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 150(6):632-7 [PMID] 8646315.
1994
A case-study approach. Fellows’ perceptions of a teaching course.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 148(3):311-5 [PMID] 8130868.

Education

General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship
1993 · Boston Children's Hospital
Pediatrics Residency
1992 · Boston Children's Hospital
Pediatrics Residency
1990 · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Doctor of Medicine
1989 · Tufts University School of Medicine

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
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Emails:
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653-1 W 8TH ST
PEDIATRICS
JACKSONVILLE FL 322096511
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653-1 W 8TH ST
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JACKSONVILLE FL 322096511