Laura Barrett MD, FACP

Education

2014 - 2017
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Portsmouth, VA
Internal Medicine Residency

2010 - 2014
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA
Doctor of Medicine Degree, May 2014

2006 - 2010
The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
B.S. in Genetic Biology, May 2010
Minor in Health Policy Administration, May 2010

Biography

Dr. Laura Barrett is a US Navy Internal Medicine physician at the District of Colombia Veterans Affairs Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at USUHS, where she serves as the Site Director for the Medicine Clerkship at the DC VA. After attending Jefferson Medical College on an HPSP Scholarship, dr. Barrett completed residency training at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. She has experience working as a Hospitalist at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital prior to becoming the Department Head of Internal Medicine. Her operational experience includes providing medical care during Bulldog, the summer Officer Candidate School course that creates approximately 1200 new Marine Officers.

She served as the Chair of Medicine at Fort Belvoir Community hospital prior to a temporary assignment at the Office of the Attending Physician, providing medical care to our Legislative and Judicial branches of government. Her research interests include heart failure and cardiogenetic syndromes.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Physician- Office of the Attending Physician

Chair, Department of Medicine, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital

Department Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital