Steve Barczi, MD

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Education

• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois – MD   
• University of Minnesota Affiliated Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota – Residency in Internal Medicine  
• University of Wisconsin (UW) Hospital and Clinics and the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Madison Wisconsin – Clinical Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine 
• UW Hospital and Clinics – Fellowship in Sleep Medicine  ​​

Professional Activities 

Dr. Barczi is a faculty member in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine. He is the acting director of the Madison VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center and an attending physician at the William S. Middleton VA Hospital. He also serves as director of the VA Geriatrics Patient Aligned Care Team and site-PI of the Madison VA GRECC Connect Telemedicine Program. 

Dr. Barczi is recognized nationally for his role as a geriatric educator who promotes competency-based education innovations across the graduate medical education continuum, including developing and disseminating interprofessional education products and approaches; mentoring and promoting early career geriatricians and other geriatric clinicians; and enhancing elder care through the creation, evaluation and dissemination of new care models. He has also helped develop ACGME milestones in geriatrics and national geriatric competencies for internal medicine and family medicine residents.

He serves in leadership roles on a number of professional societies, including the president of the Association of Specialty Professors, chair of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Education Committee and is on the Board of Directors for the Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) and the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs. In these roles he has worked to advance education initiatives and shape a national agenda for streamlined transitions across the medical education continuum.

Clinical Specialties 

Dr. Barczi is board certified in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and sleep medicine. 

Research Interests 

Dr. Barczi's academic research interests include telemedicine, education innovation and sleep medicine.