Seham Haddad
Peachtree Corners
Summary
Experienced clinician-educator with a strong background in graduate medical education and hospital medicine. Served as a full-time core faculty member and subsequently as Associate Program Director in a community Internal Medicine residency program for six years.
Recognized for excellence in teaching and mentorship, with leadership experience in hospital and educational committees.
Seeking a leadership opportunity to utilize teaching and clinical expertise in a meaningful academic role.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Hospitalist
Northside Hospital Forsyth
Forsyth
01.2025 - Current
- Provide comprehensive inpatient care to adult medical patients, managing daily censuses of approximately 15-20 patients across medical-surgical units in an acute-care hospital setting.
- Care for patients with high medical complexity and multiple comorbidities, including sepsis, heart failure, COPD exacerbations, acute kidney injury, and complex infectious and metabolic conditions.
- Achieve efficient throughput and safe transitions of care, collaborating with nursing, case management, pharmacy, and consulting services to support timely discharges and continuity of care.
- Maintain high standards of quality and patient safety, adhering to institutional protocols, evidence-based guidelines, and documentation best practices.
- Demonstrate strong communication with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams, contributing to positive patient experience and team collaboration metrics.
- Member, P&T Committee.
Associate Program Director - Inpatient Medicine, Internal Medicine
Wellstar Cobb Hospital
Austell
11.2022 - 01.2025
- Provided comprehensive leadership support for the Internal Medicine residency program, including clinical instruction, curriculum development, rotation scheduling, conference planning, and administrative oversight, in close collaboration with the Program Director.
- Demonstrated expertise in ACGME accreditation and compliance, including resident evaluation systems, Annual Program Evaluation (APE), and continuous readiness for ACGME site visits; possessed strong working knowledge of the ACGME Milestones and competency-based assessment framework.
- Chair, Program Evaluation Committee (PEC): Led annual program review, data analysis, action-plan development, and longitudinal quality improvement initiatives to enhance educational outcomes and program effectiveness.
- Member, Clinical Competence Committee (CCC): Participated in semiannual resident milestone assessments, remediation planning, and promotion decisions, ensuring fair, consistent, and evidence-based evaluations.
- Served as attending hospitalist physician, overseeing inpatient teaching services and coordinating core and elective hospital medicine rotations, including subspecialty inpatient experiences.
- Supervised, coached, and mentored interns and residents across training levels; delivered timely, individualized formative and summative feedback to promote progressive independence, professionalism, and clinical competency.
- Assisted with resident recruitment and selection, including application review, interview days, ranking meetings, and holistic applicant assessment.
- Oversaw or contributed to resident remediation, performance improvement plans, and wellness interventions, in collaboration with faculty and institutional GME leadership.
- Mentored residents on career planning, fellowship applications, scholarly activity, and quality improvement and research projects.
- Fostered a supportive, psychologically safe learning environment that emphasized resident growth, autonomy, accountability, and preparedness for independent practice.
Core Faculty, Internal Medicine
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center
Atlanta
02.2019 - 10.2022
- Served as core teaching faculty on the inpatient medicine service, providing direct bedside instruction, case-based teaching, and clinical supervision for interns and residents across all levels of training.
- Delivered structured teaching aligned with ACGME competencies and Milestones, incorporating observation-based assessment and timely, constructive feedback to support progressive resident development.
- Actively participated in resident evaluation and promotion processes through service on the Clinical Competence Committee (CCC), contributing to fair, evidence-based milestone assessments.
- Contributed to program quality improvement and curriculum refinement through membership on the Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), including review of educational outcomes and implementation of targeted improvements.
- Supervised residents on hospital medicine rotations, ensuring high-quality clinical learning experiences aligned with curricular objectives.
- Mentored residents in clinical reasoning, professionalism, and career development; fostered a supportive, inclusive learning environment that emphasized autonomy, accountability, and readiness for independent practice.
- Collaborated with residency leadership and faculty colleagues to support conference planning, scheduling, and educational innovation within the Internal Medicine training program.
- Received Attending of the Year Award (2022).
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Hospitalist
Emory University School of Medicine
Johns Creek
08.2012 - 01.2019
- Served as an academic hospitalist providing comprehensive inpatient care to adult medical patients, managing complex and high-acuity conditions within a multidisciplinary academic hospital environment.
- Functioned as teaching faculty on inpatient medicine services, delivering bedside teaching, case-based instruction, and direct clinical supervision for medical students and physician assistant learners.
- Served as Site Director of Education (2017-2019) for medical students and physician assistants, coordinating clinical learning experiences, supervising trainees, and supporting competency-based education.
- Served as Associate Program Director of Hospital Medicine (2015-2019) with responsibilities including scheduling, QI activities/quality metrics, and implementation of ACP Choosing Wisely Campaign for Department of Hospital Medicine.
- Appointed Director of the Accountable Care Unit (Med-Surg Unit) (2015-2018), integrating principles of high-value care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and quality improvement into inpatient clinical practice and education.
- Engaged in extensive institutional committee service, including: Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee (2015-2019), Physician Advisory Group (2015-2016), Provider Experience Optimization Committee (2015-2017), Education Department of Hospital Medicine (EDHM) Council Committee (2016-2019), EDHM Quality Council Committee (2012-2019), ABIM Recertification Review Committee (2016).
- Recognized for excellence in clinical care and professionalism, receiving the Director's Award (2015) and Physician of the Month honors (November 2015; January 2019).
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams including nursing, pharmacy, case management, and subspecialty consultants to promote patient safety, care coordination, and effective transitions of care.
- Contributed to a collegial, learner-centered academic environment aligned with Emory University's missions of clinical excellence, education, and service.
- Served as ACP Poster Presentation Judge (2018) and Emory resident poster judge (2017-2018).
- Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Education
Resident - Internal Medicine
Atlanta Medical Center
Atlanta, GA06.2012
M.D. -
University of Tichreen
Latakia, Syria01.1998
Skills
- Electronic Medical Records
- EPIC
- CERNER Superuser
- EClinicalWorks
Certification And Licensure
- Georgia Medical Licensure, #68437, Currently active
- ACLS/BLC, Currently active
- DEA Licensure, Currently active
- ABIM Certification, #335423, Initial Certification 2012, Participating in MOC
Teaching And Clinical Experience
- Wellstar Cobb Hospital, Austell, GA, 11/01/22, 01/31/25, Associate Program Director - Inpatient Medicine, Internal Medicine, 04/01/23, 01/31/25, Core Faculty, 11/01/22, 03/31/23
- Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, 02/01/19, 10/31/22, Core Faculty, Internal Medicine
- Emory University School of Medicine, Johns Creek, GA, 08/01/12, 01/31/19, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Hospitalist
- Northside Hospital Forsyth, Forsyth, GA, 01/01/25, Current, Hospitalist
Quality Improvement Scholarship
- Heart Wellness Connect: Monitor & Learn - A Community-Based Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Initiative, Agadu A, Admassie A, Al-Haddad S, Wellstar Health System. Resident Quality Improvement Abstract Presentation, 2024., Dr. Seham Al-Haddad
- A Single-Center Retrospective Study on the Effects of SGLT-2 Inhibitors on Diuresis, Length of Stay, and Re-Hospitalization in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure, Zakka K, Azam M, Al-Haddad S, IRB-Approved Resident Research Project, 10/2022
- Knowledge and Practice of Resident Physicians Regarding Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients, Berhe L, Surur N, Al-Haddad S, IRB-Approved Resident Research Project, 07/2021. Presented at Wellstar AMC Research Day; Spring 2022
- Reducing Inappropriate Telemetry Use in Hospitalized Patients: A Choosing Wisely Initiative, Al-Haddad S, Muhammad, Seedahmad, Hunt D, Emory University School of Medicine. Resident Quality Improvement Abstract Presentation, 2017., NIH, ABIM Foundation, American College of Cardiology, CHEST Society, Dr. Seham Al-Haddad
- Orthopedic-Hospital Medicine Co-Management Pathway to Reduce Opioid Use, Length of Stay, and Post-Operative Complications, Al-Haddad S, Richard T, Emory University School of Medicine, Johns Creek Hospital. Resident QI Abstract Presentation, 2015., Dr. Seham Al-Haddad
Professional Memberships
- American College of Physicians (ACP), Georgia ACP - Speaker's Bureau Committee, 11/01/25, Current
- American Medical Association (AMA)
Awards
- Attending of the Year, Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center - Internal Medicine Residency Program, 2022
- Director's Award, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, 2015
- Physician of the Month, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, 11/2015
- Physician of the Month, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, 01/2019
Volunteer Experience
U-Beyond - Charity Organization, Member, 2015, 2023, Chairman, Mentorship Committee, 2023, Current, Providing underserved communities with the foundations of higher learning, professional networks, and educational opportunities through our innovative community-based approach.
References
Available upon request
Post Graduate Training
Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, 07/01/09, 06/30/12, Resident, Internal Medicine
Research
Emory University School of Medicine / Winship Cancer Center, Atlanta, GA, Research Assistant, 01/01/11, 12/31/13, Retrospective study: 'Adherence Rates to Hormonal Therapy in Caucasian and African American Patients with Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer and Relation to Risk of Disease Recurrence'; Amelia Zelnak (PI) presented at ASCO Annual meeting 2013
Timeline
Hospitalist
Northside Hospital Forsyth
01.2025 - Current
Associate Program Director - Inpatient Medicine, Internal Medicine
Wellstar Cobb Hospital
11.2022 - 01.2025
Core Faculty, Internal Medicine
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center
02.2019 - 10.2022
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Hospitalist
Emory University School of Medicine
08.2012 - 01.2019
Resident - Internal Medicine
Atlanta Medical Center
M.D. -
University of Tichreen