Professor of Medicine

Neera Ahuja, MD

Clinical Focus

  • Inpatient Medicine
  • Building new clinical care models
  • Health Equity
  • Clinical Trials
  • Promoting physician resilience as a tool for wellness

All Clinical Focus (11)

Academic Appointments

  • Professor - University Medical Line, Medicine

Administrative Appointments

  • Senior Vice President, Stanford Healthcare (2024 - Present)
  • Associate Chief Medical Officer, Stanford Healthcare (2023 - Present)
  • Medical Director, Pharmacy, Stanford (2021 - 2024)
  • Division Chief, Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine (2017 - 2024)
  • Medical Director, General Medicine Inpatient Wards, Stanford (2012 - 2024)
  • Director, Hospitalist Program, Stanford (2011 - 2017)
  • Associate Residency Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program (2009 - 2019)

Honors & Awards

  • Senior Fellow in Hospital Medicine (SFHM), Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) (2024)
  • 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)

All Honors & Awards (15)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Academic Hospitalist Acadamy Co-Course Director (National), Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) (2024 - Present)
  • Executive Leader in Healthcare, Executive Leader In Academic Medicine (ELAM) (2024 - Present)
  • 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)