Reeni Abraham, M.D. Associate Vice Chair for Undergraduate Medical Education Professor Endowed Title Nadine and Tom Craddick Professorship in Medical Education School Medical School Department Internal Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Reeni Abraham, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of General Internal Medicine. She currently serves as the UT Southwestern Internal Medicine Associate Vice Chair for Undergraduate Medical Education, Head of Fashena College, and a Colleges Mentor. Originally from Nederland, Texas, Dr. Abraham holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Texas A&M University. She earned her medical degree at Texas Tech University School of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency training at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She then earned faculty development certificates in Clinical Safety & Effectiveness, and Mentoring Excellence for Developing Leaders at UT Southwestern. She also completed the Harvard Macy Institute's Program for Educators in Health Professions. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Abraham joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2009 as an Assistant Professor. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017. Dr. Abraham is member of several committees at UT Southwestern. She is co-chair of the Internal Medicine MS4 Advising Committee and the Internal Medicine Core Clerkship Grade Evaluation Committee. Dr. Abraham is also a Medical Education Track Faculty Advisor. Dr. Abraham is an active member of the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, and the Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine (CDIM). Education Medical School Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (2003) Residency Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2006), Internal Medicine Research Interest Medical Education Mitigating the Negative Effects of the Hidden Curriculum UME to GME transitions Publications 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 Results 1-9 of 9 1 Honors & Awards IM Clerkship Clinical Teaching Award (2020) Outstanding Teaching AwardUniversity of Texas Regents (2020) Southwest Academy of Teachers (2020) Distinguished Teaching ProfessorUT Southwestern (2019) The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. Academy of Health Science EducationUT Southwestern Medical Center (2019) Gold Humanism Honor Society InducteeUT Southwestern Chapter (2018) Gold Humanism Scholar AwardThe Gold Foundation supports health profession educators who are developing and enhancing projects focused on achieving humanistic patient care that can be replicated across a variety of hospital or other healthcare settings. (2018-2019) Alpha Omega AlphaUT Southwestern Chapter (2017) Outstanding General Medicine Wards Teaching AwardInternal Medicine Clerkship (2017) UTSW Core Clerkship Teaching AwardUT Southwestern, Subinternship Class of 2011 (2011) Davidoff Teaching AwardAlbert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (2006) Professional Associations/Affiliations Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine Board of Directors (2021) American College of Physcians (2006) American Medical Association (2009) Association of American Medical Colleges Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (2022) CDIM Council Member (2018-2024) Clerkship Directors of Internal Medicine (2012) Texas Medical Association (2009)
