- Residency - Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2004-2006), Internal Medicine
- Medical School - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (1999-2003)
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Reeni Abraham, M.D.
Associate Vice Chair for Undergraduate Medical Education
- Nadine and Tom Craddick Professorship in Medical Education
- Internal Medicine - General Internal Medicine
- Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
Biography
Dr. Reeni Abraham has trained and practiced in a myriad of locales including the Texas/Mexico border, the Bronx, and in socialized New Zealand. Practicing and learning medicine in such disparate environments served to underscore the importance of seeking to empathically understand each patient’s narrative and their social context, as well as elucidating their underlying diagnosis. Even so, her most powerful medical lessons have come not as a caregiver, but at the bedside.
Dr. Abraham believe that prioritizing quality health care is multi-faceted, and that it requires our educational system to rethink how to teach health care delivery, as well as how to role model professionalism. Many of her medical education endeavors have focused on teaching and role modeling patient-centered care and communication.
She has worked as a perioperative specialist coordinating the care of patients with many co-morbidities across health care systems to ensure a safe outcome. Most recently she has focused her clinical effort as an academic hospitalist at both William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital and Parkland Hospital, as well as a palliative care physician at Parkland Hospital.
Dr. Abraham currently serves as the UT Southwestern Internal Medicine Associate Vice Chair for Undergraduate Medical Education, Head of Fashena College, and a Colleges Mentor, where her passions are creating a safe learning environment in which learners continually grow in the application of evidence-based medicine, aspire to view medicine from their patients’ perspectives with empathy, and embed reflection into their daily practice.
Education & Training
Professional Associations & Affiliations
- American College of Physicians (2006)
- American Medical Association (2009)
- Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine (CDIM) (2012)
- CDIM Council Member (2018-2024)
- CDIM President (2022-2023)
- Associate Vice Chair of Undergraduate Medical Education (2022)
- Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Faculty and Academic Societies
Honors & Awards
- Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee 2018, UT Southwestern Chapter
- Alpha Omega Alpha 2017, UT Southwestern Chapter
- Outstanding General Medicine Wards Teaching Award 2017, Internal Medicine Clerkship
- Davidoff Teaching Award 2006, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
- UTSW Core Clerkship Teaching Award 2011, UT Southwestern, Subinternship Class of 2011
- Distinguished Teaching Professor, UT Southwestern
- Kenneth I Shine, M.D. Academy of Health Science Education, The University of Texas
- Regents Outstanding Teaching Award, The University of Texas
- Southwest Academy of Teachers
- IM Clerkship Clinical Teaching Award
Books & Publications
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Publications
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Internal Medicine Applicants' Experiences with Program Signaling and Second Looks: A Multi-institutional Survey
Schafer K, Heincelman M, Adams W, Abraham RA, Kwan B, Sebasky M, Foster J, Fitz MM The American Journal of Medicine 2024 Apr -
Impact of Applicants' Characteristics and Geographic Connections to Residency Programs on Preference Signaling Outcomes in the Match
Benjamin WJ, Lenze NR, Bohm LA, Thorne MC, Abraham R, Sepdham D, Mihalic AP, Kupfer RA Academic Medicine 2024 Apr 99 437-444 -
Rethinking the Internal Medicine Residency Application Process to Prioritize the Public Good: A Consensus Statement of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
Catalanotti JS, Abraham R, Choe JH, Corning KA, Fick L, Finn KM, Higgins S, Mechaber HF, Mohr T, Raj J, Swails J American Journal of Medicine 2024 Mar 137 284-289 -
Evaluating the Impact of the Novel Geographic Preferences Section on Interview Rate and Residency Match Outcomes
Benjamin WJ, Lenze NR, Bohm LA, Thorne MC, Kupfer RA, Sepdham D, Mihalic AP, Abraham R Journal of general internal medicine 2024 Feb 39 359-365 -
Personal Actions to Create a Culture of Inclusion: Navigating Difficult Conversations With Medical Colleagues
Sulistio MS, Chen CL, Eleazu I, Godfrey S, Abraham RA, Toft LE Annals of internal medicine 2023 Nov 176 1520-1525 -
The Impact of Internal Medicine Clerkship Characteristics and NBME Subject Exams on USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam Performance
Fitz M, Adams W, Heincelman M, Haist S, Whelan K, Cox LA, Cao UT, Hingle S, Raff A, Houghton B, Fitzpatrick J, Nall R, Foster J, Appelbaum J, Grum C, Donovan A, Kiken S, Abraham R, Hlafka M, Miller C, Bansal S, Paauw D, Lai CJ, Pincavage A, Agarwal G, Burns C, Holzer H, Lappé K, John V, Barker B, Mingioni N, Rao D, Zakowski L, Chakraborti C, Williams W, Kelly W Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Jul 37 2208-2216 -
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and the Physical Examination
Abraham RA, Brinker SK Medical Clinics of North America 2022 -
AAIM Recommendations for the 2020-2021 Internal Medicine Residency Application Cycle in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Chretien KC, Raj JM, Abraham RA, Aronowitz P, Astiz DJ, Chheda SG, Esquivel EL, Garcia MM, Ismail N, Lane S, McLaughlin SE, Pereira A, Shaheen AW, Spencer AL, Tartaglia KM, Willett LL American Journal of Medicine 2020 Oct 133 1223-1226.e6 -
Disseminated coccidioidomycosis in an immunocompetent person living in New York City
Chuang A, Thomas R, Hoffman RS Journal of Urban Health 2005 82 339-345
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Internal Medicine Applicants' Experiences with Program Signaling and Second Looks: A Multi-institutional Survey
Research
- UME to GME transitions
Clinical Focus
- Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine