Daniel Ricotta, MD is an academic hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency training and chief medical residency at BIDMC before pursuing the Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education, where he implemented a “resident as leader” curriculum.

                                                                     

Dan is also Co-Director of the BIDMC Academy and Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is also Director of Simulation Education for the Department of Medicine and the Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at BIDMC. Nationally, he serves as course director for “Physiology on the Fly,” a faculty development program held at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories in Maine. Dr. Ricotta’s research focuses on resident leadership development, simulation based training, and team-work communication.