Jennifer Good

Jennifer L. Good, MD
Associate Director

Biography

How does a pulmonologist become a full-time faculty member in a family practice residency program? While there were several pulmonary opportunities in the Altoona area when I moved here with my family in 1995, no opportunity was more enticing than working with the family practice residents at Altoona Family Physicians. Working with the residency program has been more personally and professionally fulfilling than I would ever have imagined. Other pulmonologists in Altoona have asked me where they can get such a great job.

I'm a Midwesterner, born and raised in the Chicago area. My extended family has since left the urban sprawl and relocated north to Milwaukee (actually, they all liked Milwaukee so much when I was training there that they came to visit and never left! In spite of this, don't leave this Web page and start looking at family practice opportunities in Milwaukee.) I have lived in Altoona since 1996. I have two children, Ryan, 13, and Ellen, 11 and a golden retriever named Maddie. Ryan also has a tarantula named "Fang".

Facts:

Undergraduate Wheaton College, Wheaton IL
Medical school   Penn State University
Residency        Medical College of Wisconsin--Internal Medicine
Fellowship        Medical College of Wisconsin - Pulmonary/CCM
Board Certification   ABIM: Internal Medicine 1992 / recertified 2002
                                    Pulmonary Medicine 1994 / recertified 2004
                                    Critical Care Medicine 1995 / recertified 2005
Years at AFP Since 1996

Areas of responsibility

Inpatient family practice service
Internal medicine (and related subspecialties) curriculum
Evidence-based medicine curriculum

Areas of interest:

Pulmonary medicine
Medical ethics and end-of-life issues

After hours interests

Reading
Playing softball
Skiing
Hangin' with the kids