Wendy Klein, MD
Internal Medicine
After completing pre-medical studies at Columbia University, Dr. Klein received her medical degree in 1984 from Case Western Reserve University. After completing her training in Internal Medicine in 1988 at the Medical College of Virginia, she joined the faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine, and quickly rose to numerous leadership positions within the Department of Internal Medicine and at the University.
Dr. Klein was co-founder of the interdisciplinary women’s health center at the Stony Point ambulatory care facility, where she was named as Medical Director for Internal Medicine in 1995. An outstanding clinician, Dr. Klein was consistently recognized in Richmond Magazine’s listing of the “Best Doctors in Richmond”, as well as in The Best Doctors in America. In 1996, Dr. Klein was named as the department’s first Program Director for an innovative internal medicine residency in women’s health. In 1999, she co-founded the VCU Institute for Women’s Health, which was subsequently designated as a National Center of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Active in numerous organizations, Dr. Klein is the founding Past President of the VCU Women in Medicine & Science Organization, founder of the annual Pathways to Leadership Conference for women physicians and scientists, and past chair of the School of Medicine Committee on the Status of Women & Minorities. In 1996, Dr. Klein was recognized for her dedication to women’s health and named VCU’s Woman of the Year. In 2006 she received the Virginia Commonwealth University WISDM Professional Achievement Award, and in 2007, the Institute for the Advancement of Multicultural & Minority Medicine Leadership Award.
Dr. Klein founded and continues to chair the annual multidisciplinary clinical update conference in Women's Health, sponsored in the past by National Speaking of Women’s Health, which has grown to become one of the largest such programs in the country. She also is Deputy Editor of the Journal of Women's Health and is Associate Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology at the VCU School of Medicine.
