Jakob McSparron

Dr. McSparron attended medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY and completed residency in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell, New York, NY. He went on to complete fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Harvard Combined Training Program. Dr. McSparron has extensive training in medical education and is a graduate of The Academy at Harvard Medical School Fellowship in Medical Education Research and The Rabkin Fellowship in Medical Education at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. McSparron was an Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 2013 through 2017, where he served as Associate Program Director for the Beth Israel Deaconess Internal Medicine Residency and the Harvard Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship. In 2017, he joined the University of Michigan Health System as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine. He currently serves as Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship.

Honors and Awards:

• 2001, Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University
• 2001, B.A. with distinction in all subjects, Cornell University
• 2004, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Summer Research Fellowship
• 2007, Leonard P. Tow Award, Weill Cornell Medical College
• 2007, Yvette and Seymour Feil Prize in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
• 2007, George G. Reader Prize, Weill Cornell Medical College
• 2011, Academy of Medical Educators, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• 2012, Soma Weiss Award, Brigham and Women's Hospital
• 2013, Innovation in Fellowship Education Award, American Thoracic Society
• 2014, Nominee, Donald O'Hara Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years I & II), Harvard Medical School
• 2016, Herrman Blumgart Faculty Award, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• 2016, Off-Service Teaching Award, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Credentials:

Degrees

• 2001, B.A., Psychology, Cornell University
• 2007, M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College

Residency

• 2010, Internal Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell

Fellowships

• 2013, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Combined Harvard Program (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital)
• 2014, Medical Education Research, The Academy at Harvard Medical School
• 2014, Medical Education, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Certifications

• 2010: Board Certification in Internal Medicine
• 2012: Board Certification in Pulmonary Disease
• 2013: Board Certification in Critical Care Medicine