Following medical school and residency in Dublin, Ireland, David Power, MB BS, MPH, moved to the U.S. He completed a fellowship in faculty development and an MPH in epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. He directs the department's medical student education activities, co-directs the medical school's public health thread in the curriculum across all four years, and sees patients at Fairview Bethesda Clinic in St Paul, where he has practiced for nearly 30 years. In addition to teaching and advising medical students at multiple levels and precepting residents, he has also published on various topics of clinical medicine and medical education and is a full professor on the academic track. Since 2023, he has served as a departmental representative on the Medical School's promotion and tenure committee. He has received many teaching awards and in 2018, Dr. Power was inducted into the AHC Academy for Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. He enjoys painting and writing narratives about patient care.
