Department of Medicine Faculty Profile

Vineet Arora
Section of General Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Dean for Scholarship and Discovery,Pritzker School of Medicine;
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
e-mail: varora@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Referring Physician Access Line: 1-877-DOM-2730

Training:

Degree	Year	Institution	Area
BA	1994	Johns Hopkins University	Biology
MD	1998	Washington University	Medicine
Residency	2001	The University of Chicago	Internal Medicine
Residency	2002	The University of Chicago	Chief Resident
MA	2003	The University of Chicago	Public Policy Studies
Fellowship	2004	The University of Chicago	General Internal Medicine

Academic Interests:

Dr. Arora’s academic interests focus on understanding and improving the learning environment for medical trainees and the quality and safety of care delivered to hospitalized patients. Specific areas of her work include sleep deprivation in medical trainees, communication during patient handoffs, medical professionalism, and design and use of measures to assess quality of care for hospitalized older patients.

Clinical Interests:

Care of hospitalized older patients and sleep hygiene

Representative Publications:

Arora V, Dunphy C, Chang V, Ahmad F, Humphrey H, Meltzer D. The effect on-duty napping on intern sleep and fatigue. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2006;144(11):792-8
Arora VM, Johnson M, Olson J, Podrazik P, Levine S, DuBeau C, Sachs G, Meltzer D. Using ACOVE Quality Indicators to Measure Quality of Hospital Care for Vulnerable Elders. Journal of American Geriatrics Society. 2007;55(11):1705–11.
Arora VM, Johnson JK, Meltzer DO, Humphrey HJ. A Theoretical Framework and Competency-Based Approach for Improving Handoffs. Quality and Safety in Healthcare. 2008;17:11-14.
Arora VM, Wayne DB, Anderson RA, Didwania A, Humphrey H. Participation in and perceptions of unprofessional behaviors among incoming internal medicine interns. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2008;300(10):1132-4.
Arora VM, Georgitis E, Siddique J, Vekhter B, Woodruff J, Humphrey H, Meltzer D. Association of on-call workload of medical interns with sleep duration, shift duration, and participation in educational activities. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2008;300(10):1146-53.