Anita Fazal Rasheed, M.D.

Anita Fazal Rasheed, M.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern and a member of its Division of Hospital Medicine.

Dr. Rasheed received her medical education at Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. She completed internal medicine residency training at the University of Arizona in Phoenix, where she served as Chief Resident, and where she also obtained advanced training through a fellowship in geriatric medicine.

Prior to joining the UT Southwestern faculty in 2025, she served on the faculty at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Dr. Rasheed’s clinical work centers on the care of older adults, with particular focus on geriatric hospital medicine, cognitive health, delirium prevention, falls, osteoporosis management, and decision‑making in advanced dementia, as reflected in her leadership of initiatives on feeding‑tube decisions, fragility fractures, mobility, and medication challenges in aging patients. Her research interests align closely with these priorities and include geriatric quality improvement, models of interdisciplinary care, fall prevention, cognitive interventions, and mobility in hospitalized adults, demonstrated through her peer‑reviewed publications, abstracts, and presentations.

She is an active member of the American College of Physicians and the American Geriatrics Society.