Johanna Busch, M.D., Ph.D.

Jo Busch is a board-certified internal medicine hospitalist within the Division of Hospital Medicine. She received her Master of Philosophy in bioscience enterprise from the University of Cambridge and then her M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. After her M.D. and Ph.D., she completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center before coming to Dell Medical School in 2019 as a hospitalist.

Busch has been the hospitalist lead for the abdominal transplant program since its inception in 2020. In this role, she collaborates with a multidisciplinary team, including transplant surgeons, nephrologists, hospitalists, pharmacists and nurses, to improve care for transplant patients. In addition to her transplant and hospitalist roles, Busch is involved in the clinical management of patients with long COVID and contributes to both basic and clinical research on COVID-19. Additionally, she has published and presented on the impact of COVID-19 on women hospitalists.

Busch enjoys mentoring students and residents and working with all members of Dell Med to deliver excellent care.