Jessica Bunin MD, MHPE

Education

Masters in Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine, National Capital Consortium, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Residency, Internal Medicine/Psychiatry, National Capital Consortium, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
BS (Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering), United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

Biography

COL (ret) Jessica Bunin is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Immediately following graduation, she attended Tulane University School of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. After completing her residency, she returned to West Point where she served as a Psychiatrist. After completing her billet at West Point, she returned to Walter Reed for a Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. After completing her Fellowship, she stayed on as Medical Director of the ICU, Chief of the Critical Care Medicine Service, and Associate Program Director of the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. In July of 2014, she transitioned to Tripler Army Medical Center where served as the Chief of Critical Care and the Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency. In 2019, she transitioned to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) where she served as the Assistant Dean for Faculty Development and to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where she serves as Program Director for the Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She is now a Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Community and Educational Culture at USUHS. She has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as a Psychiatrist and an Intensivist, respectively.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Associate Dean for Community and Educational Culture

Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director

Chief, Critical Care, Tripler Army Medical Center

Chief, Critical Care, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Intensive Care Consultant, 10th Combat Support Hospital, Bastion Hospital, Afghanistan

Chief, Psychiatric Services, Detainee Operations, Theater Internment Facility at Camp Cropper, Baghdad, Iraq

Chief, Psychiatric Services, 31st Combat Support Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq

Representative Bibliography

Bunin J, Servey J, “Meeting the needs of clinician-educators: An innovation faculty development community of practice” The Clinical Teacher, Jul 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.13517

Leazer S, Collen J, Alcover K, Tompkins, E, Ambardar S, Allard R, Foster B, McNutt R, Leon M, Haynes Z, Bascome M, Williams M, Bunin J, OMalley P, Moores L, Chung K. “Outcomes associated with intensive care and organ support among patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” Military Medicine, 2022; usac143, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usac143

Bunin J, Durning S, Weber L, “Harnessing followership to empower critical care trainees” Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. 2022 May;9:23821205221096380

Weber L, Bunin J, Hartzell J, “Building Individual and Organizational Wellness through Effective Followership,” Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 21 April 2022 Volume 2022:14 Pages 47—53. https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S357107.

Pflipsen M, Lustik M, Bunin J. Increasing Faculty Participation and Mentorship in Quality Improvement with an Experiential Four-Hour Workshop. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. January 2022. doi:10.1177/23821205221078104.

Bunin JL, Shohfi E, Meyer H, Ely EW, Varpio L, “They burden they bear: A scoping review of physician empathy in the intensive care unit,” Journal of Critical Care, Oct 2021, Vol 65, p156-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.05.014

Bunin JL, Chung K, Mount C, “Ten Leadership Principles from the Military Applied to Critical Care,” American Thoracic Society Scholar. 2021 Sep;2(3):317-26. https://doi.org/10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0170PS

Bunin JL, Meyer, H, Durning S. “Could Leader Member Exchange Theory Have Saved a Residency Mentorship Program,” Perspectives on Medical Education, May 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s40037-020-00584-2