Gregory Adam Harlan, MD, MPH

Dr. Harlan is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Education. He oversees Career advising, Student well-being, Academic support services, and Student government.

Dr. Harlan joined Keck in 2014 and directed/co-directed Keck’s foundational course: the Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) for 10 years. Dr. Harlan works clinically in outpatient pediatrics at LA General Medical Center. His professional interests center on professional identify formation, faculty development, well-being, lifestyle medicine and culinary medicine.

Dr. Harlan received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award in 2019 and 2026, and the Tree of Life Compassionate Care in Medicine award in 2025. Dr. Harlan serves on the National Board for the American College of Culinary Medicine (ACCM), and served on the Executive Board for the Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS) from 2020-2024.

Dr. Harlan has worked over the past 7 years to increase Nutrition education in the Keck School of Medicine curriculum, working with interested medical students and Deans. KSOM uses the ‘Health meets Food’ curriculum to help medical students engage with Nutrition concepts in a hands-on way. He works with pediatric residents on Quality Improvement projects centered on promoting healthy habits and reducing childhood obesity in their clinic.

Dr. Harlan graduated from Princeton University and Keck School of Medicine. He completed Pediatrics residency at UCSF, and a Masters in public health from the University of Utah. Dr. Harlan was Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and a pediatric hospitalist in Utah for 7 years, then spent 5 years at IPC The Hospitalist Company as Director of Medical Affairs.

He enjoys travelling, skiing, hiking, tennis, golf, and cappuccino-making.

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• Defining the evolving field of culinary medicine across multiple domains. Front Nutr. 2025; 12:1588449.. View in PubMed
• Clinical Intervention to Reduce Dietary Sugar Does Not Affect Liver Fat in Latino Youth, Regardless of PNPLA3 Genotype: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Nutr. 2022 07 06; 152(7):1655-1665.. View in PubMed
• Bringing the “Joy of Healthy Eating” to Advanced Medical Students: Utilizing a Remote Learning Platform to Teach Culinary Medicine: Findings from the First Online Course Based on the ACLM’s Whole-Food Plant-Based Culinary Medicine Curriculum. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2022 Jul-Aug; 16(4):447-459.. View in PubMed
• The impact of a new curriculum on medical students’ interest in and knowledge of health systems science. Healthc (Amst). 2020 Jun; 8(2):100409.. View in PubMed
• Improving transitions of care at hospital discharge–implications for pediatric hospitalists and primary care providers. J Healthc Qual. 2010 Sep-Oct; 32(5):51-60.. View in PubMed
• Pediatric hospitalists and primary care providers: a communication needs assessment. J Hosp Med. 2009 Mar; 4(3):187-93.. View in PubMed
• Rheumatic fever presenting as monoarticular arthritis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Aug; 25(8):743-6.. View in PubMed
• The incidence of fibromyalgia and its associated comorbidities: a population-based retrospective cohort study based on International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision codes. J Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Jun; 12(3):124-8.. View in PubMed

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