Taj Mustapha, MD

Dr. Mustapha went to University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and then completed her internal medicine and pediatric residency training at the University of Minnesota. She spent a year as Chief Resident in the Department of Pediatrics prior to joining the faculty in both the departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, as a clinician educator and hospitalist. She is currently the Associate Program Director of the Med-Peds Residency Program and the Director of Clinical Coaching for the medical school. Her academic interests include both undergraduate and graduate medical education, with a focus on clinical performance and equity, diversity, and inclusion in the clinical learning environment.

• Golden Apple Teaching Award, Pediatrics Residency Program (2018)
• Distinguished Mentoring Award, University of Minnesota Medical School (2017)
• Minneapolis - St. Paul “Top Doctors, Rising Star Edition” (2017)
• Outstanding Faculty Educator Award, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota (2013)
• Educational Excellence Award, Internal Medicine (2011)
• Best Doctors in America® (2007-2008, 2009-2010)
• Susan Vincent Outstanding Resident Teacher, Pediatrics
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
• Fellow, Echoing Green Social Entrepreneurs

• Society for General Internal Medicine (2016-present)
• Med-Peds Program Directors Association (2012-present)
• Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (2012-present)
• Association for Pediatric Program Directors (2012-present)
• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
• Fellow, American College of Physicians

• Rogers EA, Moser-Bleil EK, Duffy BL, Gladding S, Wang Q, Mustapha T. Gender Matters: Internal medicine resident perceptions of gender bias in medical training, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s11606-020-05772-8 
• Mustapha T, Ho Y, Andrews JS, Cullen MJ. See no evil, hear no evil, stop no evil: Institution level tracking to combat mistreatment of residents and fellows, Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 2019; 11(5): 601-605. 
• Taj Mustapha, MD. “Resident Perceptions of Gender Bias During Training” Abstract only. Association for Pediatric Program Directors National Meeting, Underrepresented Minorities in Pediatrics Learning Community Symposium, March 28. 2019
• Emily Borman-Shoap, MD, Keri Hager, PharmD, Patricia Adam, MD, Nicole Chaisson MD, Mary Dierich, PhD, APRN, CNP, Heather Thompson-Buum, MD, Mumtaz Mustapha, MD, “Essentials of Ambulatory Care: An Interprofessional Workshop to Promote Core Skills and Values in Team-based Outpatient Care” MedEdPORTAL. 2018;14:10714. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.1071
• M. Patrice Eiff, MD, Larry A. Green, MD, Eric Holmboe, MD, Furman S. McDonald, MD, Kathleen Klink, MD, David Gary Smith, MD, Carol Carraccio, MD, Rose Harding, Eve Dexter, MS, Miguel Marino, PhD, Sam Jones, MD, Kelly Caverzagie, MD, Mumtaz Mustapha, MD, and Patricia A. Carney, PhD, “A Model for Catalyzing Educational and Clinical Transformation in Primary Care: Outcomes From a Partnership Among Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics”, Academic Medicine, 2016 Mar 29. [Epub ahead of print]