Faculty Profile

Bio-Lindsay Sonstein

  • Dr. Lindsay Sonstein is the Program Director for the IM residency program, Vice Chair of Graduate Medical Education and the Clinical Vice Chair for the department of Internal Medicine. She joined the faculty in 2008, after completing her medical school, residency and chief residency at UTMB in Galveston.

    She has a passion for quality and gained training in the field of health care quality by attending MD Anderson cancer center clinical safety, effectiveness course and AAMC teach for quality program. She has presented her quality work locally and regionally and has won awards for her work at the UT System Building Bridges conference as well as received funding from the UT system for development of a Train the Trainer Education model for QI.

    Her interests and current projects focus on quality of care, patient satisfaction, innovative health delivery systems and residency education. She is a member of Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine and has been an active member of the program planning committee since 2018. Additionally, she is a national member of the PD advisory board for NEJM knowledge +. She has won numerous teaching and educational awards and was inducted as a member of the UTMB Academy of Master Teachers in September 2012 and UTMB Academy of Master clinicians in 2018.

    She currently attends on the wards in Jennie Sealy Hospital, is a faculty preceptor, and sees private patients on Daniels Team.

  • Medical/Professional School:

    University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, TX, MD, 2005

    Internships:

    Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, TX, 2008

    Residencies:

    Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, TX, 2008


    Certifications:

    American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine