Faculty

David L. George, MD, FACP, MBA

Program Director, Preliminary and Categorical Medicine
Associate Chair, Department of Medicine
Dr. David George is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Medical School. He completed training in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as well as a Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of North Carolina. Dr. George’s current professional interests include education in behavioral change, skin manifestations of rheumatic disease, and immune mediated hearing disorders. He serves as mentor to the preliminary medicine interns, attending on the inpatient teaching service, and educator in rheumatology and acute ambulatory medicine. Dr. George also oversees training in quality improvement and patient safety. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College and serves on the School’s Simulation Committee.

Cecilia Smith, DO, FACP

Chair, Department of Medicine
Dr. Cecilia Smith is a graduate of Villanova University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital (now Drexel University) and a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Medical Center. Dr. Smith was a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine before joining the Department of Medicine at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center in 2004. Dr. Smith is an educator in pulmonary medicine. Dr. Smith's professional interest incudes interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary arterial hypertension. She is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College.

Lisa M. Motz, MD

Student Clerkship Director
Dr. Lisa Motz is a graduate of Moravian College and Temple University School of Medicine. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, where she also served as Chief Resident prior to joining the faculty in 2000. As Clerkship Director, she enjoys teaching and mentoring medical students who rotate through the Department of Medicine and its subspecialties, and working with our affiliated medical schools to improve undergraduate medical education. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Jefferson Medical College, and holds adjunct faculty appointments at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Temple University School of Medicine. She serves as a key academic hospitalist member of our faculty, teaching regularly on the inpatient medicine and consultative services. Special interests include medical ethics and end-of-life care.

In addition to these principal faculty members, physicians within the Department of Medicine's 13 specialties also assist with training.

Allergy/Immunology
Cardiology
Dermatology
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
Hematology/Oncology
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Neurology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Pulmonary Medicine
Rheumatology

The active medical staff at The Reading Hosptial includes 828 physicians who are also involved in the teaching program for medical residents.