Barbara Tobias, M.D.

Medical Director/Vice Chair
University of Cincinnati

Fellowship Profile

Fellowship Year: 2009-2010
Fellowship Placement: HHS Office of the Secretary
Sponsoring Institution: University of Cincinnati

Biography

Barbara Tobias, M.D., is a family physician and Associate Professor of Family Medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is Director of Medical Education and the Family Medicine Clerkship. She has developed medical curricula for special populations including adolescents and geriatrics in collaboration with community partners and is recognized by medical students and her colleagues with awards in teaching and clinical excellence, including the Dean’s Teaching Award for Excellence and the Leonard R. Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. Dr. Tobias was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism where she served from 2005-2008.

In addition to her academic responsibilities, Dr. Tobias practices clinical family medicine. She has provided volunteer patient care at local shelters and practiced for over a decade at the Lincoln Heights Health Center, established in 1967 as Ohio’s first community health center. She currently practices family medicine in her hometown of Cincinnati.

Dr. Tobias received her B.A. from Cornell University in Asian Studies and her M.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She completed her residency and chief residency at the University of Cincinnati.