Office of Academic Affiliations
Acting Chief of Health Professions Education Biography
Anthony P. Albanese, MD
Acting Chief of Health Professions Education
Office of Academic Affiliations
Veterans Health Administration
Anthony Albanese, M.D. is the Acting Chief of Health Professions Education for the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA), Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. In his role he oversees the largest health professions educational portfolio in the nation that includes over 120,000 students and trainees annually in more than forty different health professions. Over 40,000 physician and dental residents train and learn in the VA health system each year.
Dr. Albanese is a gastroenterologist/hepatologist and addiction medicine specialist who has over 25 years of experience in medical education. He works with VA medical centers and their university affiliates to develop and enhance Graduate Medical Education (GME) in accordance with the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability (VACAA) initiative. Dr. Albanese is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine and is based in Sacramento with the VA Northern California Healthcare System.
CAREER CHRONOLOGY:
| 2019 - Present | Acting Chief, Health Professions Education, Office of Academic Affiliations, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
| 2018 - Present | Chief of Hepatology, VA Northern California Healthcare System, Mather, CA |
| 2016 - Present | Attending Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist, VA Northern California Healthcare System, Mather, CA |
| 2016 - 2019 | Affiliations Officer, Office of Academic Affiliations, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
| 2015 - 2016 | Deputy Chief of Staff & Chief of Hepatology, VA Northern California Healthcare System, Mather, CA |
| 2009 - 2015 | Associate Chief of Staff for Education, VA Northern California Healthcare System, Mather, CA |
| 2001 - 2015 | Chief, Hepatology & Chemical Dependency Programs |
| Chief, Inpatient Medical Service | |
| Lead Clinician Hepatitis C Program | |
| Attending Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist, VA Northern California Healthcare System, Mather, CA | |
| 1995 - 2001 | Addiction Treatment Program Co-Medical Director, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL |
| 1993 - 1995 | Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology/Addiction Medicine Specialist, Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami, FL |
| 1992 - 1994 | Medical Director of Nutrition Support Team, VA Medical Center, Miami, FL |
| 1992 - 1993 | Attending Physician, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology |
| 1989 - 1991 | Attending Physician, Smithers Detoxification Program |
| 1989 - 1989 | Staff Physician, St. Luke’s Hospital Detoxification Program |
| 1988 - 1989 | Staff Physician, Roosevelt Hospital, Methadone Maintenance Clinic |
EDUCATION:
Hepatology Fellowship, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, FL
Gastroenterology Fellowship, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Luke’s Roosevelt
Hospital, New York, NY
Internal Medicine Internship & Residency, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY
Doctor of Medicine, Oral Roberts University, School of Medicine, Tulsa, OK
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK
Board Certified, Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
Publication record highlights scholarly interests in opioid and alcohol use disorders, intestinal microbiotica,
hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease.
