Oana Tomescu, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Internal Medicine - Edward S. Cooper Internal Medicine
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About me

  • Associate Program Director, Med/Peds Residency Program
  • Core Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • Director, PennIM Longitudinal Resilience and Reflection Curriculum
  • Director, Well-being Interventions for Trainees in the Department of Medicine
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

273 reviews

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Anonymous
July 2026
i am feeling better than i have in a long time. thank you
Anonymous
June 2026
she is a great doctor
Anonymous
June 2026
dr. tomescu is an amazing person
Anonymous
May 2026
i felt very cared for and listened to

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Tomescu is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Orr, Andrew R. MD, MSEd; Hussain, Farah MD; Silver, Michelle MD; Tomescu, Oana MD, PhD; Balmer, Dorene F. PhD Patients, Peers, and Personal Identity: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study Exploring the Transformative Potential of the Arts and Humanities in Intern Training , Academic Medicine, 10.1097: 2024

Andrew Orr, Farah Hussain, Oana Tomescu, Horace DeLisser, Karen M Grundy, Suzannah Niepold, Adam Rizzo, Sarah Shaw, Dorene Balmer. Extending Arts-Based Interventions in Graduate Medical Education through the Positive Humanities: the Re-FRAME Workshop. , J Gen Intern Med : 2023

Hussain Farah, Yaden Mary E.; Tomescu Oana Individually Focused Well-Being Interventions (chapter) , Caring for Caregivers to Be: A Comprehensive Approach to Developing Well-Being Programs for the Health Care Learner: 2023

Tamminga M.A. and Tomescu O. Medical student knowledge and concern regarding mental health disclosure requirements in medical licensing. , General Hospital Psychiatry , 72: 2021,31-35

Yaden M.E., Yaden D.B., Tomescu O. High Mindfulness is Protective Against Burnout During Internal Medicine Internship (poster) , Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Fall Conference (virtual): 2020

Handley N.R., Tomescu O., Lopez A.M. Wellbeing During a Time of Crisis and Beyond: Supporting a Culture of Mindfulness in Oncology Practices (editorial) , JCO Oncology Practice: 2020

Bird A., Tomescu O., Oyola S., Houpy J., Anderson I., & Pincavage A. A Curriculum to Teach Resilience Skills to Medical Students During Clinical Training , MedEdPortal: Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources , 16: 2020,10975

Jamil A., Ginzberg S., Duckworth E., Tomescu O. The Impact of Changing to a Pass/Fail Curriculum on Burnout ​at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania​ (poster) , Northeastern Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) Conference; Philadelphia, PA: 2019

Ganta N., Heath J.K., Tomescu O. Prevalence and Contributors to Subspecialty Trainee Burnout and Impact of Innovative Wellness Consultative Service (poster) , Northeastern Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) Conference; Philadelphia, PA: 2019

Bird A.N., Tomescu O., Pincavage A. A Novel Medical Student-Driven Multicenter Resilience Curriculum (poster) , Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, Annual Meeting; Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine, Annual Meeting; San Antonio, TX: 2019