James Scott, MD
Course Faculty
Dr. Scott has been on the faculty of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University for 33 years. He served as Dean of the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) from 2003 to 2010. Previously he served as student clerkship director, residency director, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs in the SMHS.
Since stepping down as dean, Dr. Scott has devoted his time and energy to improving medical education in Africa. He served as Senior Academic Adviser to the Global Health Service Partnership, a program that places U.S. medical educators in African medical schools. He was one of the principal faculty members on the Medical Education Partnership Initiative, to improve the quantity, quality and retention of doctors in sub-Saharan Africa. He is founder of synDRME.org, a Website dedicated to delivering high quality medical educational resources to medical schools in resource-challenged parts of the world. He is also the co-director of the health policy fellowship for residents that has trained over 500 residents from GW and Children’s National Medical Center.