Geeda Maddaleni, MD - Laurel House Mentor

Dr. Geeda Maddaleni was born and raised in Massachusetts. She completed her undergraduate studies in Pharmacology and Spanish Language at McGill University in Montreal, QC, Canada before returning to the U.S. to earn her medical degree at UMass Chan. She completed internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA where she had the opportunity to further her passion for teaching by completing the Clinician Educator Track and pursuing educational research prior to rejoining UMass in 2020.

 Dr. Maddaleni is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine and practices as an academic hospitalist. In addition to clinical teaching on the wards, Geeda has continued to grow her career as a clinician educator in both undergraduate and graduate medical education. She has a passion for patient centered care, communication, education and high value care which she brings to both pre-clinical and clinical teaching arenas. She previously served as leader of the Clinical Care Pathway since its inception in 2022 and built its longitudinal curriculum which is rooted in adult learning and teaches high yield topics for the bedside clinician. She is also part of the Internal Medicine Leadership team, serving as Master Clinician Educator for the Tatnuck Firm, as well as core faculty for the Medical Education Track. She had the honor of being inducted as a faculty GHHS member by the Medical School Class of 2025.

Geeda lives with her husband (med school sweetheart and current Sports Medicine/Family Medicine faculty Mike), two daughters and cat. While not running around after a toddler and infant, in her free time, Geeda loves traveling, watching New England sports and playing anything competitive!