Paul Hemmer MD, MPH, MACP

Education

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. BS, Medical Science, 1985
Medical College of Wisconsin. MD, 1988
Uniformed Services University. Master of Public Health, 2002.

Biography

Dr. Paul A. Hemmer received his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1988 and his Master in Public Health from the Uniformed Services University in 2002. He served on active duty with the United States Air Force from 1991 to 2012, retiring with the rank of Colonel and received the Defense Superior Service Medal. He has served as the Uniformed Services University internal medicine clerkship director, President of the USU Faculty Senate, and was the first active duty officer to receive the Carol Johns Medal, the highest award USUHS faculty can bestow on a fellow faculty member. In 2018, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Association. He was awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians in 2019. He received one of the 2020 Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards from the Association of American Medical Colleges. He is Professor of Medicine and the Vice-Chair for Educational Programs, Department of Medicine, USUHS since 2008. He has been involved with US national leadership in undergraduate medical education, including serving as President of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM)—the national organization representing those who teach internal medicine to medical students—and as a member of Group on Educational Affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges, service on the Research in Medical Education (RIME) Steering Committee and he chaired the RIME nominating committee. He is the Chair of the Executive Curriculum Committee for the USU School of Medicine. Each year, he co-leads a week-long 40 hour CME course for residency program directors on the Assessment of Clinical Competence. He is a member of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine. He has more than 100 peer reviewed publications, book chapters, and invited articles. His interests include improving the descriptive evaluation of trainee performance, professionalism, and academic leader professional development.

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

Professor and Vice-Chairman, Educational Programs, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (2008- )

Director, Third Year Internal Medicine Clerkship, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (2003-2008)

Chair, Executive Curriculum Committee, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine (2015-)

President, USUHS Faculty Senate (2004-2005)

President, Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (2006)

Chair, Nominating Committee and member Steering Committee, Research in Medical Education Section of the AAMC Group on Educational Affairs (2008-2012)

Carol Johns Medal, USUHS (2010)

Defense Superior Service Medal (2012)

Lifetime Achievement Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Association. 2018

Mastership, American College of Physicians. 2019

Representative Bibliography

Frye AW, Hemmer PA. Program evaluation models and related theories: AMEE guide no. 67. Med Teach. 2012;34(5):e288-99. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.668637.

Maranich AM, Hemmer PA, Uijtdehaage S, Battista A. ACGME Milestones in the Real World: A Qualitative Study Exploring Response Process Evidence. J Grad Med Educ. 2022;14 (2): 201–209.

Melton JL, Hemmer PA, Pock A, Moores LK, Pangaro LN, Durning SJ, Witkop CT, Zapota R, Schreiber-Gregory DN, Dong T. “Primum Non Nocere” – First, Do No Harm – a retrospective review of the impact of curricular reform on USUHS graduates’ performance during their PGY-1 year. Mil Med. 2023;188(S2):63-68.

Zetkulic M, Choe JH, Moriarty JP, Amin A, Angus S, Dalal B, Fazio S, Hemmer P, Laird-Fick HS, Ledford C, Muchmore E, Nixon LJ, Olson A. Through the Looking Glass - Competency Based Education and Training seen through the lens of the UME/GME Transition. Acad Med. 2024 Jan 1;99(1):83-90.

Pincavage AT, Gandhi a, Falk E, DiMarino L, Carbajal DR, Ayyala U, Boppana C, Chandrasekar J, Dentino AN, Ferris AH, Forster RM, Hemmer PA, Masucci N, Singh T, Surkis WD, Valerio WK, Choe JH. An Individualized learning plan pilot to improve the transition to residency. J Grad Med Educ. 2023;15(5):597-601.

Andrews MA, Okuliar CA, Whelton SA, Windels AO, Kruse SR, Nachnani MG, Topol DA, McBee EC, Stein MT, Singaraju RC, Gao SW, Oliver DS, Mangal JP, LaRochelle JS, Kelly WF, DeZee KJ, Chen HC, Artino AR Jr, Hemmer PA, Dong T, Cleary TJ, Durning SJ. Using Self-Regulated Learning Microanalysis to Examine Regulatory Processes in Clerkship Students Engaged in Practice Questions. Perspect Med Educ. 2023 Oct 13;12(1):385-398.

DiMarino LM, Boppana RC, Pincavage AT, Hemmer P, Ferris A, Chandrasekar J, Choe J, Dentino A, Forster R, Masucci N, Carbajal DR, Surkis W, Ward K, O V, Ayyala US. AAIM Recommendations for Undergraduate Medical Education to Graduate Medical Education Transition Curricula in Internal Medicine. Am J Med. 2023 May;136(5):489-495.

Burke Harry B, Hoang A, Lopreiato Joseph O, King Heidi, Hemmer Paul, Montgomery Michael, Gagarin Viktoria. Assessing the ability of a large language model to score free text medical student clinical notes: A quantitative study. JMIR Med Educ. 2024 Jul 25;10:e56342. doi: 10.2196/56342.

Olapeju B, Dong T, Soh M, Mushtaq O, Chang H, Riegleman D, Hemmer PA, Schwab SD, Shanahan P, Johnson K, Durning SJ. Socioecological Drivers and Solutions of Burnout -a Mixed Methods Study of Military Health Providers. 2024 Nov 18:12:1410825. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1410825.

Torre D, Hemmer PA, Durning SJ, Pangaro LN. Theoretical considerations of the Reporter-Interpreter-Manager-Educator Assessment Framework. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Aug;40(11):2697-2702. doi: 10.1007/s11606-025-09580-w. Epub 2025 May 13. PMID: 40360870; PMCID: PMC12405122.