Dr. Cifu is a Professor of Medicine and general internist at the University of Chicago. He received his M.D. degree from Cornell University Medical College in 1993. He completed his residency training at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston before joining the University of Chicago faculty in 1997. Dr. Cifu is a general internist, practicing in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, an educator, and a researcher. He is the author of over 140 peer-reviewed publications, the co-author of the textbook Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide, and a book about medical decision making for the lay audience, Ending Medical Reversal. Since 2022, he has written for Sensible Medicine, a Substack website.
Dr. Cifu’s honors include the Department of Medicine Award for Clinical Teaching, the Department of Medicine Award for Preclinical Teaching, the Distinguished Educator/Mentor Award from the Biological Sciences Division, and the University’s Academic Communicators Network Excellence Award. He is a Master in the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators at The University of Chicago. Dr. Cifu was selected as a Favorite Faculty Member by the graduating class of the Pritzker School of Medicine 17 times.