Bernard “Beau” Landry-Wegener, MD

Bernard “Beau” Landry-Wegener is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, practicing clinically as an Internal Medicine Hospitalist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He began his career with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theater from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, followed by a successful run as a Broadway National Tour actor. Transitioning to medicine, he completed a post-baccalaureate program at Columbia University and earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. He completed his residency at the Osler Medical Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and further specialized in medical education with a Master’s in Education in the Health Professions from Johns Hopkins University. His educational scholarship focuses on interpersonal and communication skills, emotional intelligence, and patient centered care with an academic footprint spanning undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education both locally and across the nation. At the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he co-leads the Taussig College as part of the Colleges Advisor Program. In this role he teaches as part of the Clinical Foundations of Medicine course, facilitates a 4-year longitudinal curriculum on professional identity formation, and serves as the academic and career advisor for his cohort of students. He also is the Associate Clerkship Director and Johns Hopkins Hospital site director for the Medicine core clerkship and the Co-Director of the Osler Apprentices in Medicine course, mentoring Internal Medicine bound fourth year students in educational scholarship. Within the Division of Hospital Medicine, he created and leads the Peer Observation of Teaching program to promote bedside teaching excellence and serves as the Director of Recruitment. He is also currently co-leading the Division’s efforts to create a Scholars Program in Hospital Medicine to begin in 2026. Beau has adapted his previous training in the theater to build medical-improv-based communication and emotional intelligence workshops that he has presented at regional and national conferences as well as across the country at other academic institutions. He is a member of the Medical Improv Collective, serving on their research committee. His work on communication skills also includes continuing medical education for hospitalists on behaviorally challenging patients, for which he has been invited for multiple grand round presentations and a visiting professorship.