Gretchen Holmes PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Gretchen Holmes, PhD serves as the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and DIO for Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Formerly, she oversaw all medical education, including graduate and undergraduate medical education, continuing medical education, and clinical research for Memorial Hospital System. Dr. Holmes has also served as the Director of GME Research for multiple hospital systems and as the DIO/Director of GME for Orange Park Medical Center in Orange Park, Florida. As DIO, she has started ten residency programs, achieved full accreditation for existing programs, and has started multiple fellowships.
Dr. Holmes is an experienced researcher having published in top journals including Health Communication, Psycho-Oncology, and Injury Epidemiology. Her published research includes work in obesity management, rapport, provider-patient communication, health literacy, decision-making, and rural cancer health disparities. She regularly taught Behavior Change Theory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has served as a national-level patient advocate for the National Cancer Institute since 2002 and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Patient Experience.
She was named one of the Top 100 Successful Women to Know in 2022 by Gulf Coast Woman Magazine. A three-time cancer survivor, Dr. Holmes is a motivational and keynote speaker and is the host of the podcast, “The Work in Between,” that focuses on the daily behaviors and actions necessary to achieve our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health goals. Her bestselling book, “The Work in Between: A Memoir about Stepping out of my Shadows” was released September 23, 2024 by Page and Podium Press.
Dr. Holmes is an experienced researcher having published in top journals including Health Communication, Psycho-Oncology, and Injury Epidemiology. Her published research includes work in obesity management, rapport, provider-patient communication, health literacy, decision-making, and rural cancer health disparities. She regularly taught Behavior Change Theory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has served as a national-level patient advocate for the National Cancer Institute since 2002 and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Patient Experience.
She was named one of the Top 100 Successful Women to Know in 2022 by Gulf Coast Woman Magazine. A three-time cancer survivor, Dr. Holmes is a motivational and keynote speaker and is the host of the podcast, “The Work in Between,” that focuses on the daily behaviors and actions necessary to achieve our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health goals. Her bestselling book, “The Work in Between: A Memoir about Stepping out of my Shadows” was released September 23, 2024 by Page and Podium Press.
