Tia Kostas, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Interprofessional Education

TIa Kostas

Dr. Kostas serves as Director of Interprofessional Education in addition to her role directing the Longitudinal Program at the Pritzker School of Medicine. She has significant experience developing and implementing unique curricular opportunities at the University of Chicago to support our students’ effectiveness in the clinical environment as part of an interprofessional care team. Her work includes such initiatives as the first-year interprofessional workshop and physical therapy clinical experience, the second-year clinical experiences in pharmacy and speech language pathology, and the third-year post-acute care workshop, among many other curricular innovations.

Dr. Kostas developed her skills as a medical educator through completion of the Harvard Macy Program for Educators in the Health Professions as well as the Medical Education Research Innovation, Teaching, and Scholarship (MERITS) Fellowship here at the University of Chicago. 

Dr. Kostas is a graduate of the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a clinical fellowship in Gerontology at Harvard. She also completed an advanced fellowship at the Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Centers at the Boston VA.