Areeba Kara, MD

Bio

Areeba Kara MD, MS was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan where she attended medical school at the Aga Khan University. She completed her internal medicine residency at IU and joined IU Health Methodist Hospital as a hospitalist in 2003, where's she's been ever since. She enjoys the challenges of clinical hospital medicine and has obtained further training in clinical research methods. Her focus is on equity, hospital-based care quality and safety, teamwork, and education. Dr. Kara serves on local, regional, and national committees for the Division, Department, American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine. She is an associate editor for the for the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. She enjoys mentoring and directs the PACES Program in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. She has published dozens of peer-reviewed manuscripts and is one of the most highly productive scholars in hospital medicine in Indiana.