Amy N. Sussman, MD

Professor, Medicine (Clinical Scholar Track)
Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship
Internal Medicine Clerkship Director
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Medicine

A professor of medicine, Dr. Sussman is the Vice Chair of Education in the UA Department of Medicine, as well as the department's clerkship director, and program director of the UA Nephrology Fellowship. She completed her medical schooling at the University of Arizona and her Internal Medicine Residency training at the University of Washington. She was selected and served as Chief Medical Resident following completion of her residency. She subsequently pursued a Nephrology Fellowship at the University of Washington during which time she spent three years dedicated to bench research focusing on mechanisms of podocyte detachment utilizing both cell culture and animal models under the direction of Dr. Stuart Shankland. Dr. Sussman was recruited to the University of Arizona in 2009 and has served as a clinician educator with a strong emphasis in medical student teaching and has been distinguished with multiple teaching awards in the College of Medicine. She assumed the role of Program Director of the Nephrology Fellowship in 2013. Dr. Sussman maintains an active interest in Glomerulonephritis and is a sub-investigator of the Membranous Nephropathy Trial of Rituxan (MENTOR) clinical trial. She additionally serves as the Medical Director of DCI Desert Dialysis units, Sahuarita, and South Tucson. She has developed and is the Clinical Director of the nocturnal in-center dialysis program at DCI South Tucson.

Degree(s)

  • MD: University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, 2001
Residency
University of Washington School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency 2001-2004
University of Washington School of Medicine, Chief Medical Residency, 2004-2005
Fellowship
University of Washington School of Medicine, Nephrology, 2005-2008
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine - General
American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology - Subspecialty
Honors and Awards
College of Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, Outstanding Clinical Instructor in a Clerkship, 2023
College of Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, Commitment to Quality Feedback, 2023
College of Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, Recognizing Excellence in Professionalism, 2023
College of Medicine – Tucson Faculty Teaching Awards, Basic Science Educator of the Year Lifetime Award, 2018
College of Medicine – Tucson Faculty Teaching Award, Educator of the Year, 2017, 2018
College of Medicine – Tucson Faculty Teaching Award, Outstanding Teacher in a Block, 2013, 2015, 2017
College of Medicine – Tucson Vernon and Virginia Furrow Awards, Excellence in Basic Science Teaching, Undergraduate Curriculum, 2017
College of Medicine – Tucson Faculty Teaching Award, Dean’s List for Excellence in Teaching, 2014, 2016