About Vineet Arora

Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP, MHM is Associate Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Learning Environment at University of Chicago Medicine and Assistant Dean for Scholarship and Discovery at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Arora’s scholarly work has focused on resident duty hours, patient handoffs, sleep, and quality and safety of hospital care. She is the recipient of the SHM Excellence in Hospital Medicine Research Award in 2007. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including JAMA and the Annals of Internal Medicine, and has received coverage from the New York Times, CNN, and US News & World Report. She was selected as ACP Hospitalist Magazine’s Top Hospitalist in 2009 and by HealthLeaders Magazine as one of 20 who make healthcare better in 2011. She has testified to the Institute of Medicine on resident duty hours and to Congress about increasing medical student debt and the primary care crisis. As an academic hospitalist, she supervises medical residents and students caring for hospitalized patients. Dr. Arora is an avid social media user, and serves as Deputy Social Media Editor to the Journal of Hospital Medicine, helping to maintain its Twitter feed and Facebook presence. She blogs about her experiences at http://www.FutureDocsblog.com and actively tweets at @futuredocs.
August 7, 2020 |  5
I recall being a chief resident years ago and being asked to explore why the morning labs were not on time or not drawn at all. Doing due diligence, I worked with the lab “Lost Specimen Task Force” to understand why. It turned out that so many labs were ordered at 4AM “STAT” that many […]
October 17, 2019 |  0
I distinctly remember my first stint on night float rotation — it did not come until I was a third-year resident since most of my rotations were pre-duty hours. It was a “novel innovation” in our program and the job seemed simple — admit overnight, handoff to the day team, go home and sleep. Get […]
June 26, 2019 |  1
It is that time of year… it’s hotter, more humid and more hazy. However, while most of the academic world slows down in the summer for sabbatical, hospitals everywhere are frantically orienting new interns before unleashing them to take care of patients… supervised, of course. While much attention is paid to the “July effect” and […]
March 18, 2019 |  0
Recently, I was asked to present my top public speaking tips for a group of women leaders. This is a topic near and dear to my heart, and one that I teach a number of groups, from medical students to faculty. I also benefitted from just returning from the Harvard Macy Educators Course, where Victoria […]
January 8, 2019 |  0
Florence Nightingale, in her seminal 1859 Notes on Nursing textbook, reminded nurses about the importance of not waking hospitalized patients up. It is not surprising that years later, the American Academy of Nursing, through the Choosing Wisely™ campaign, recommended that hospitalized patients not be woken for routine medical care to protect their sleep, citing numerous […]
December 3, 2018 |  0
I am excited to share that I recently transitioned into a new role at University of Chicago Medicine: the Associate Chief Medical Officer for the Clinical Learning Environment. You may wonder what does that even mean? Well, five years ago, I started in a role in Graduate Medical Education to improve the clinical learning environment […]