Todd D. Barton, MD, FACP
(Southeastern Region)

Todd D. Barton, MD, is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He was raised in St. Louis, where he warmed the bench on varsity sports teams, did a bit better on the chess team, and began a life-long commitment to the 11-time World Champion St. Louis Cardinals. Todd attended Swarthmore College where he met his future wife, won an intramural volleyball championship, called radio play-by-play for the school’s football and basketball teams, and was president of the Movie Committee. He also occasionally studied synthetic organic chemistry and English literature, especially Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Todd subsequently went to the University of Rochester School of Medicine, where he led an AIDS education task force. During medical school, Todd took a year out and worked at Penn in the ID division, working predominantly in the Immunodeficiency Program and with the oncology ID service.

After medical school graduation, Todd returned to Penn for internship, residency, chief residency, fellowship, and a faculty career now lasting over 20 years. He has won several teaching awards from medical students, residents, and fellows, and spent 20 years as either an Associate Program Director or eventually Program Director of the internal medicine residency program. Todd was recently (2024) elected to the Gold Humanism Society by Penn medical students. His wife, Maryl Kreider, is the Program Director of the pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Penn.