Dr. Wright received a PhD in Immunology from Stanford University School of Medicine in 2001, and an MD in 2002. His graduate work was in stem cell biology in the laboratory of Irving Weissman. During residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, he decided to pursue a career in teaching of clinical medicine. Dr. Wright has been a member of the Inpatient Clinician Educator Service in the Department of Medicine at MGH since its inception in 2005. His academic work is focused on rational utilization of medical testing, consultative medicine, and physical diagnosis. Dr. Wright is on the editorial board of the Journal of Hospital Medicine and is editor of \"Chalk Talks\", which is a monthly feature of \"SGIM Forum\".