Neera Ahuja

Clinical Professor, Medicine

Clinical Focus

General Inpatient Medicine, Quality Improvement
Clinical Trials
Throughput
Building new clinical care models
Artificial Intelligence/LLM
Promoting physician resilience as a tool for wellness
Development of a Perioperative Medical Service for surgical co-management
Inpatient Medical Education of Housestaff
Internal Medicine
Clinical operations

Academic Appointments

Clinical Professor, Medicine

Administrative Appointments

Medical Director, Pharmacy, Stanford (2021 - Present)
Associate Residency Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program (2009 - 2019)
Division Chief, Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine (2017 - Present)
Director, Hospitalist Program, Stanford (2011 - 2017)
Medical Director, General Medicine Inpatient Wards, Stanford (2012 - Present)

Honors & Awards

Denise O'Leary SHC Board of Director's Award for excellence in patient care, Stanford Healthcare (2022)
Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award Finalist (Remdesivir in COVID-19; Stanford site PI)., National Clinical Research Forum. www.clinicalresearchforum.org. (2021)
Malinda S. Mitchell Award for Quality and Service, Stanford HealthCare (2016)
Malinda S. Mitchell Award for Quality & Service, Stanford Hospital and Clinics (2013)
Distinguished Teacher and Mentor Award, American College of Physicians (2012)
Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, Stanford University Medical School (2011)
Divisional Teaching Award, General Medical Disciplines, Stanford University Medical Center (2010)
National Educator's Award, "Who's Who amongst Teachers and Educators" across the nation (2007)
President's Professionalism Project Award, University of Texas Medical Branch (2007)
AOA Lifetime Member, Alpha Omega Alpha Lifetime Member Induction (2006)
Clinical Women in Medicine Award, American Medical Women s Association (AMWA) National Award (2006)
Inducted as Faculty Mentor for Osler Student Society, UTMB (Texas) McGovern Academy of Oslerian Medicine (2006)
Excellence in Clinical Teaching "Golden Rattle Award", Pediatrics Dept. UTMB (Texas) (2004)
Gold-Headed Cane Award for "compassion, dedication to medicine, and a desire to serve", Awarded to one graduating medical student, UT Houston medical school (1997)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Member, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (2003 - 2019)
Member, Society of Hospital Medicine (2015 - Present)
Fellow, American College of Physicians (2009 - Present)
General Internist, Society of General Internal Medicine (2012 - Present)

Professional Education

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2017)
Residency: University of Texas Health Sciences Center Internal Medicine Residency (2001) TX
Internship: University of Texas Health Sciences Center Internal Medicine Residency (1998) TX
Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, Univ. of Texas-Houston, Med/Peds Residency (2001)
M.D., Univ. of Texas- Houston, Medical Degree (1997)
B.A. (Honors), U.C. Berkeley, Major- Biology Minor- Creative Writing (1993)

Contact

Alternate Contact Jennifer Park Administrative Associate jpark713@stanford.edu Tel: (650) 497-7304

Clinical 300 Pasteur Dr 3rd Floor East Pavilion Palo Alto CA 94305 Tel: (650) 723-7992 Fax: (650) 721-5425

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Clinical inpatient trials, Quality improvement, Assessing interventions with operations on throughput. SDOH/Health equity
Medical education research; Intergenerational teaching/learning; Analysis of effects of duty hour regulations on housestaff training and ways to improve the system

2023-24 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Medicine
  MED 299 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Early Clinical Experience in Medicine
  MED 280 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Graduate Research
  MED 399 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Medical Scholars Research
  MED 370 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  MED 199 (Aut, Win, Spr)

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Medicine (Masters Program)

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