Dr. Stoller is Chairman of the Education Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He holds the Jean Wall Bennett Professorship of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and the Samson Global Leadership Academy Endowed Chair. He is a pulmonary/critical care physician in the Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute.

In 1979, Dr. Stoller earned a medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and later completed an internship and residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. He then completed fellowships in pulmonary/critical medicine (Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Yale), clinical epidemiology (Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale) and respiratory intensive care (the Massachusetts General Hospital) before joining the Respiratory Institute Staff at Cleveland Clinic in 1986.

His clinical research has focused on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, especially alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and on strategies of care delivery, especially respiratory therapy. He has authored/edited 20 books (including Egan’s Fundamentals of Respiratory Care), over 315 peer-reviewed reports, 88 chapters and more than 125 abstracts, and serves on editorial boards for Respiratory Care and Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, and previously, Critical Care Medicine.

Throughout his career at Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Stoller has served in various leadership roles, including the Head of the Section of Respiratory Therapy, Vice Chairman of the Division of Medicine, Associate Chief of Staff, and the Executive Director of Leadership Development. He also currently serves on the Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Executive Committee (Board of Governors).

Over the years, Dr. Stoller has been invited to speak extensively and has been honored with numerous awards, including being named the 27th Egan Lecturer by the American Association for Respiratory Care, receiving the Forrest M. Bird Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award from the American Respiratory Care Foundation, Best Morning Report Attending in the Cleveland Clinic Division of Medicine, and the Cleveland Clinic “Master Educator” award (2016).

In 2001, Dr. Stoller earned a Masters of Science in Organizational Development and Analysis from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). His organizational development activities have included launching and co-directing the “Leading in Healthcare” course for Cleveland Clinic faculty, forming and directing the Cleveland Clinic’s Samson Global Leadership Academy, leading the American Thoracic Society’s “Emerging Leaders Program,” and teaching in leadership development curricula offered by various healthcare organizations (e.g., Hartford Healthcare, McLeod Healthcare, American Association for Physician Leadership, Cass School of Business, UK’s National Health Service). His organizational development scholarship focuses on the impact and outcomes of leadership development training in healthcare and he has recently co-authored the book “Exception to the Rule: The Surprising Science of Character-Based Culture, Engagement, and Performance” (McGraw-Hill, 2018).

He currently also serves as a Professor of Organizational Behavior at CWRU’s Weatherhead School of Management and as an Honorary Visiting Professor, Cass School of Business, City, University of London (UK). Community and organizational service include membership on the Board of Directors of the Alpha-1 Foundation and of the American Respiratory Care Foundation.

Dr. Stoller is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society Fellow, and the American Association for Respiratory Care.