Gretchen Fuller, MD, FACEP, FACH

Gretchen Fuller, MD, FACEP, FACH is a dual-boarded Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician. Gretchen completed medical school at Harvard University, Emergency Medicine residency and Chief Residency at University of California, San Francisco and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School and teaches communication skills across the undergraduate, medical student, resident, fellow, faculty continuum. She was the recipient of the 2024 Dell Medical School Compassion and Character Faculty Award and several Dell Medical School Graduate Medical Education Clinical Learning Environment Awards. Her professional focus is interpersonal and team communication and how these skills can foster human connection and improve the lives of healthcare professionals and patients.

She is a member of the Faculty and Board of Directors of the Academy of Communication in Healthcare and facilitates workshops locally, nationally and internationally on individual and team communication skills, conflict, inclusion, coaching, feedback and leading teams. Gretchen is a certified Physician Development Coach through the International Coaching Federation-accredited Physician Coaching Institute. She previously served as National Director of Patient Experience for US Acute Care Solutions, an acute care contracting company with over 5,000 clinicians caring for over 9 million patients annually. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and 3 children.