Brian Jenkins, MD, is the Founder and President of Doctors In Training. A native Texan, he earned his BS in 1998 at the University of Texas at Austin and his MD in 2003 at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Dr Jenkins recognized the need for better study materials as a medical student and began developing a novel set of high-yield notes for medical students in 2000. Those notes developed into a Step 1 review course that began in 2002 with a class of 30 students. The DIT Step 1 and Step 2 reviews are now global courses helping medical students in over 150 U.S. and 50 foreign medical schools. Drawing from his own experiences as a medical student, resident, and practicing physician, he now works with the DIT team to develop DIT in new directions to continue to provide the highest-quality medical education resources. Dr Jenkins recharges his batteries by spending time with family, gardening, reading, and playing sports.
Michael McInnis, MD, is a physician educator at Doctors In Training. He studied chemistry as an undergraduate at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and attended medical school at the University of Texas in Houston. He has seven years of experience as a general internist in Arlington, Texas, specializing in the management of chronic disease, including diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity. He is married, and has 3 young children (all boys). His interests include music (trombone, guitar, writing/arranging, and record-collecting), backpacking, cooking, and reading biographies. Follow him on Twitter @DrMcInnisDIT.
Chris Lewis, MD, is a chief educator at Doctors In Training. He attained his medical doctorate at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. Today he maintains a busy Family Medicine practice in Round Rock, Texas. He also enjoys cooking exotic gourmet food, video gaming and playing with his four above average children. Dr. Lewis strives to infuse his lecturing with humor and excels at telling bad jokes. Follow him on [email protected].
Jennifer Shuford, MD, is a guest educator at Doctors In Training. She attended University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. She completed her fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Mayo Clinic and received her Master of Public Health degree from Harvard School of Public Health. She is currently practicing infectious diseases in Austin, Texas, enjoying the year-round warm weather. A few of her favorite things include: her husband Clark, her two beautiful kids, running, reading mystery books, and playing the string bass.
Hampton Richards, MD, is a third generation physician with a busy private practice in Dallas Texas where he works with his father. He specializes in general gynecology, minimally invasive surgery, and both low and high risk pregnancy. He obtained a bachelors degree in English at Washington & Lee University, Virginia. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio and was chief administrative resident at the prestigious Northwestern University in Chicago. Dr. Richards is a talented chef (probably the best one at D.I.T.), a terrible golfer, and father of young twin boys that fascinate him every day.
Mary Beth Cox, MD, is a guest educator at Doctors In Training. She earned her bachelor’s degrees in Genetics and Biochemistry from Texas A&M University. She became a Doctor of Medicine after studying at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. She then moved to North Carolina for an Internal Medicine residency, followed by an Endocrinology fellowship and a Master’s in Health Sciences at Duke University Medical Center. She is currently working for an Endocrinology practice in Fort Worth, Texas. In her free time, she enjoys running, tennis, yoga, eating good food and playing outside with her geriatric dogs, sweet children and handsome husband (not necessarily in that order).
