G. Dodd Denton, MD MPH is Professor and Deputy Director of Student Affairs at The University of Queensland’s Ochsner Clinical School in New Orleans. He received his MD degree from the University of Mississippi, his MPH from Johns Hopkins University, and is board certified in internal medicine. He completed residency training at the National Naval Medical Center and served as Chief Resident. He received the master teacher award from the Navy chapter of the American College of Physicians in 2006, the Teacher of the Year Award from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2012, was a finalist for the 2013 Teacher of the Year at the Ochsner Clinical School, and won the 2014 Academic Contributor of the Year Award for the Ochsner Health System. He practiced general internal medicine for 23 years in the US Navy, retiring as a Captain in 2012 before moving to New Orleans to join Ochsner Health.
On a national level, Dr. Denton has been very active in the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine organization. He served 6 years on the council and finished his term as president in 2017. He has been awarded the Chipper Griffith Educational Research award and the Louis Pangaro Education Program Development award.
Dr. Denton has published over 40 peer-reviewed publications and has presented numerous workshops and invited lectures on educational topics at national and international meetings during his career.