Joel B. Yednock, MD

Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
Program Director, MSIII Clerkship

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

• MD, WVU School of Medicine

Candida meningitis in an immunocompetent patient detected through (1→3)-beta-d-glucan.  Mark K. Farrugia (primary author), along with co-authors Evan P. Fogha, Abdul R. Miah, Joel Yednock, H. Carl Palmer, John Guilfoose.

Awards/Achievement

Clinician of the Year Department of Medicine  2011, 2013, and 2014

Outstanding Faculty Award Department of Medicine  2012

Nominated for Outstanding Teacher Award WVU School of Medicine  2016, 2018

AOA honor society inductee  2008

Team member of state winning ACP Doctor’s Dilemma competition  2008

Coach of WVU Medicine Residents and 4^th year students in ACP Doctor’s Dilemma.  2010-present competition       

Graduate of WVU Teaching Scholar's Program  2012

Press-Ganey Top Provider For Excellence - Patient Satisfaction Award (inpatient)   2011 and  2013 (Given to providers who achieve the 98^th percentile or above)

Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee  2013

Press-Ganey Top Provider for Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Award  (outpatient)  2015 and 2016 Medical Practice in outpatient setting. (Given to providers who achieve the 98^th percentile or above)

Exemplary Outcomes  CG-CAHPS, Highest Performing  2015 and 2016

Professional Societies:

Member  Society of American College of Physicians  2007-present, became a fellow (FACP)  in March 2017

Committees:

Member.    ACP Doctor’s Dilemma Writing Competition (began writing questions for the national ACP competition and MKSAP). 2018-present

Chair   WVU Dept of Medicine Medical Student Committee               2016-present

Member   WVU School of Medicine Curriculum Committee.              2016-present

Member   IM Residency Clinical Competency Committee                  2013-present

Member   Infectious Disease Clinical Competency Committee.         2016-present

Member.   Program Evaluation Committee                                         2016-present

Member    Pharmacy, Nutrition and Therapeutics                               2012-June 2015

Member    CUSP Committee Kardex Clean-up Team                         2010-present

Member     Anticoagulation Committee                                                2009-present

Member     Lab Performance Improvement Team                                2009-2014

Member     Medical Student Committee                                               2008-2013, July 2016-present

Member     Housestaff Committee                                                        2007-present

Member     Department of Medicine Advisory Committee                    2014-2016

Member     WVU Medical School Academy of Advisors                       2014-present, 

Spotlight Advisor                                                                                  June 2016-present

Member      Readmission PI Committee                                               2012-2013

Member      Pain Committee                                                                 2013

Dr. Joel Yednock, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine for the Department of Medicine at West Virginia University.   He obtained his medical degree from the West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2006 and completed residency in Internal Medicine through the Department of Medicine at WVU in 2009. He served as Chief Resident for the Department of Medicine in 2009-2010.  He is board certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He recognized that the training he received was one that was very supportive and conducive to his growth as a young physician and hoped to share this with his students and residents. He served as Medical Director of Hospitalists at WVU from September of 2010 through July 2015. He has served as WVU School of Medicine Internal Medicine Clerkship Director beginning in July 2016, a role that he has greatly enjoyed.  He enjoys caring for patients in the hospital and in clinic.  He is a previous participant of the Doctors’ Dilemma Medical Jeopardy competition at ACP medical conferences as a resident and helps to teach and support the residents in this activity yearly.  He is a prior recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award and a multi-year winner of the Department of Medicine Clinician of the Year Awards.  He also won the national Press Ganey Top Provider and Patient Satisfaction Awards.

Dr. Yednock is a Mountaineer at heart and cherishes his role as a provider for the people of the state and as a medical educator.  His teaching philosophy can be described as supportive and encouraging. He hopes to stimulate his students’ and residents’ learning and inspire learners to become life-long learners. He encourages and believes in the use of technology as teaching tools.  He routinely uses Turning Point to help give interactive case based lectures and loves to play medical jeopardy with his learners.  Dr. Yednock is also a fellow for the American College of Physicians. His strongest interests include medication safety, geriatrics and medical education.

Medical Specialties

• Internal Medicine

Board Certifications

• Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine

Special Training

• Residency, Internal Medicine
  WVU School of Medicine, 2009