Ebrahim Barkoudah, M.D., M.P.H.

Biography

Ebrahim Barkoudah, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., is the inaugural Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine and an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He leads hospital medicine programs across UT Southwestern (William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital), Parkland Memorial Hospital, Texas Health Frisco, and the VA North Texas Health Care System.

Dr. Barkoudah earned his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine of Damascus University in Syria and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where he also completed postdoctoral training in physiology and vascular biology. He holds a Master of Public Health in clinical effectiveness from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Executive MBA from the University of Oxford Saïd Business School, St Hugh's College.

Board certified in both internal medicine and focused practice in hospital medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Barkoudah brings substantial leadership experience to UT Southwestern. Prior to joining the faculty in 2026, he served as system chief of hospital medicine and regional chief medical officer/chief quality officer at Baystate Health in Massachusetts. He previously held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School and advanced in the academic ranks for 15 years while serving at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Dr. Barkoudah is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a Senior Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine. He has served as the chair and as a senior member on multiple national committees and held leadership positions in the Society of Hospital Medicine, American College of Physicians, and Society of General Internal Medicine. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the SGIM Forum, and previously served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. His research focuses on clinical outcomes, cardiovascular therapeutics, and health care delivery innovation.

Personal Note

When he’s not at work, Dr. Barkoudah enjoys spending quality time with his family, traveling, and exploring the intersection of health care and business innovation through volunteer contributions on multiple advisory boards across the global medical community.