Oana Tomescu

Oana Tomescu serves as Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine, with multiple leadership roles including Associate Program Director for the Med/Peds Residency Program, Director of the PennIM Longitudinal Resilience and Reflection Curriculum, and Director of Well-being Interventions for Trainees in the Department of Medicine.

Her research interests focus on physician well-being, burnout prevention, resilience training, and medical humanities. Dr. Tomescu has developed innovative curricula that integrate mindfulness practices and arts-based interventions into medical training, with particular emphasis on student-driven approaches to wellness programming. Her work addresses critical challenges in medical education including pass/fail grading systems, mental health disclosure requirements, and crisis response in healthcare settings.

Analysis of her recent publications (2019-2024) reveals a consistent focus on well-being interventions across medical training stages, with increasing emphasis on longitudinal curriculum design and the integration of positive humanities approaches. Her research spans multiple medical specialties while maintaining a core focus on trainee wellness and professional identity formation.

• Extensive publication record on physician well-being since 2019
• Multiple leadership roles in medical education and wellness programming
• Focus on innovative, student-driven approaches to resilience training
• Integration of humanities and mindfulness practices in medical education

Dr. Tomescu maintains an active clinical practice seeing adult patients at Penn Internal Medicine, where she has received consistently excellent patient reviews with a 5.0 average rating from 214 reviews. Her work bridges clinical practice, medical education, and well-being research, creating comprehensive support systems for medical trainees at the University of Pennsylvania.