Dr. Wallach's clinical interests focus on hypertension, dyslipidemia, preventive cardiology, and primary care. His educational interests include interprofessional education, learner assessment, and POCUS. His research interests center on medical education and POCUS education.
- BA, Chemistry, Rollins College, 1980
- MD, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, 1984
- Internal Medicine Residency, University of South Florida, 1986
- Chief, Internal Medicine Residency, University of South Florida, 1987
- General Internal Medicine Faculty Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1992
Education & Training
Wallach PM, Birnbaum DR, Ryan ER, Pieczko BT, Hess JL. Medical school without walls: 50 years of regional campuses at Indiana University School of Medicine. Academic Medicine. 2022; 97(12):1765-1772.
Russell FM, Herbert A, Peterson D, Wallach PM, Ferre RM. Assessment of medical students' ability to integrate point-of-care cardiac ultrasound into a case-based simulation after a short intervention. Cureus. 2022; 14(7):e27513.
Ferre RM, Kaine JC, Lobo D, Pterson D, Sarmiento E, Adame J, Herbert A, Wallach PM, Russell FM. A shared point of care ultrasound curriculum for graduate medical education. BMC Med Educ. 2024; 24(843).
Freed S, Birnbaum DR, Schwartz JE, Ko P, Christman M, Wallach PM. Fostering interprofessional education during required clerkships for medical students across regional campuses. JRMC. 2024; 7(4).
Schwartz JE, Ko P, Freed S, Safdar N, Christman M, Page R, Birnbaum DR, Wallach PM. Integrating an interprofessional educational exercise into required medical student clerkships - a quantitative analysis. BMC Med Educ. 2025; 25(1):168.
- USMLE Step 2 Committee Chair, 2011
- Faculty Election to Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2017
- Executive Board Vice Chair, National Board of Medical Examiners, 2021
- Inaugural Chair, Medical Education Senior Leaders, AAMC, 2023
