About

Dr. Michael J. Neuss is a hospitalist, or physician who specializes in managing the care of patients within the hospital. He practices at UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Hillsborough. Dr. Neuss joined the Division of Hospital Medicine at UNC in 2024, and he is privileged to care for the people of North Carolina.

Dr. Neuss’s primary research interest is in the history of science and medicine. The focus of his doctoral dissertation was William Harvey’s description of the systemic circulation of blood (ca. 1620s). His current research is on the early history (ca. 1960s-1970s) of what we now call the electronic health record. He has contributed to projects including “COVID-19 and Vanderbilt: A Community Oral History Project,” for which he served as PI, in addition to serving on CHEST’s “Humanities in Chest Medicine” editorial section.

Mike is also interested in medical education, especially improving how students and house staff learn on the wards. He was the editor-in-chief of the inaugural edition of Vanderbilt’s internal medicine residency handbook, which provides specific, systems-based guidance for residents on clinical practice at Vanderbilt and the Nashville VA. He later served as faculty lead for the handbook. Recently he and colleagues have been studying how readers interact with—and learn from—the handbook. A web version is available freely to all readers.