Chase J. Webber, DO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division
General Internal Medicine and Public Health
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Professional Bio
Chase J. Webber, DO, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine within the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health within the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
As an academic hospitalist (VUMC and the Nashville VA) and VUSM Master Clinical Teacher, Dr. Webber has a special interest in the education of residents and medical students. He serves as co-director of the How Doctors Think Clinical Reasoning course for VUSM medical students as well as a small group facilitator. He received the Outstanding Preceptor—Inpatient Award in 2020 and the Hugh J. Morgan Teaching Award for Best Faculty Teacher (VA) from the Internal Medicine Housestaff in 2021. His research interests include clinical reasoning, microlearning, and narrative medicine, and he is a member of the Gold Humanism Honors Society.
Dr. Webber grew up in Middle Tennessee and is a graduate of Brentwood High School. He completed his BA in English and German literature at Tufts University in Boston, where he was a Tisch College Public Service and Citizenship Scholar. He attended medical school at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, and then in 2014 returned to New England for his residency in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty as Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in 2017.
As an academic hospitalist (VUMC and the Nashville VA) and VUSM Master Clinical Teacher, Dr. Webber has a special interest in the education of residents and medical students. He serves as co-director of the How Doctors Think Clinical Reasoning course for VUSM medical students as well as a small group facilitator. He received the Outstanding Preceptor—Inpatient Award in 2020 and the Hugh J. Morgan Teaching Award for Best Faculty Teacher (VA) from the Internal Medicine Housestaff in 2021. His research interests include clinical reasoning, microlearning, and narrative medicine, and he is a member of the Gold Humanism Honors Society.
Dr. Webber grew up in Middle Tennessee and is a graduate of Brentwood High School. He completed his BA in English and German literature at Tufts University in Boston, where he was a Tisch College Public Service and Citizenship Scholar. He attended medical school at Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, and then in 2014 returned to New England for his residency in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty as Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in 2017.
Education
DO - Osteopathic Medicine - Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine - 2014
Residency - Internal medicine - University of Massachusetts Medical School - 2017