Biography

Dr. Barker completed his Internal Medicine residency training at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 2010.  He served there an additional year as a teaching hospitalist, supervising inpatient internal medicine teams of residents and medical students where he received a teaching award.  He subsequently joined the faculty at UT Southwestern in the Department of Medicine in the fall of 2011.  He maintains a busy general internal medicine primary care practice and also frequently supervises inpatient teaching teams at both Parkland Memorial Hospital and Clements University Hospital throughout the year.  In addition to patient care, he quickly identified a passion for medical education and became Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Clerkship in 2014.  He was honored to be selected as a Graduation Marshal by the UT Southwestern Medical School graduating class of 2016.  He then transitioned to Associate Dean of Student affairs in 2017 where he is thrilled to be part of team that supports the development of the next generation of physicians.

Education
Graduate School
Georgetown University School of Medicine (2003), Physiology & Biophysics
Medical School
Baylor College of Medicine (2007)
Residency
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University (2010), Internal Medicine

Research Interest
  • Medical Education

Honors & Awards
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society
    Selected by GHHS students as faculty inductee (2019)
  • Graduation Marshal
    UT Southwestern Medical School Class of 2019 (2019)
  • Excellence in Clinical Education
    Southwestern Academy of Teachers (2018)
  • Graduation Marshal
    UT Southwestern Medical School Class of 2017 (2017)
  • Graduation Marshal
    UT Southwestern Medical School Class of 2016 (2016)
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
    Medical Honor Society (2015)
  • DFW Best Doctors
    D Magazine (2014-2018)
  • Cardiac Care Recognition
    Bridges To Excellence (2013-2017)
  • Diabetes Care Recognition
    Bridges To Excellence (2012-2017)
  • Faculty Teaching Award
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Department of Medicine (2011)
  • Dr. Gerald M. Grumet Teaching Award
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital Department of Internal Medicine Residency Intern Class (2010)

Professional Associations/Affiliations
  • Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (2014)
  • American College of Physicians (2011)
  • Dallas County Medical Society (2011)
  • Society of General Internal Medicine (2011)
  • Texas Medical Association (2011)