Vineet Arora, MD

  • Herbert T. Abelson Professor of Medicine
    Vice Dean of Education & Dean for Medical Education
  • Clinical Interests: Quality and Safety in Teaching Hospitals, Sleep Disorders, Social media in healthcare
  • Websites: Research Network Profile
  • Contact: varora@uchicago.edu

Dr. Vineet Arora is a Herbert T. Abelson Professor of Medicine and Dean for Medical Education at The University of Chicago Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine. As Dean, she oversees undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education, continuing medical education and provides key leadership for the simulation-based training programs at University of Chicago. Dr. Arora is also an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine whose work improving care and learning in teaching hospitals has been funded by NIH, AHRQ and the Macy Foundation, has been cited approximately 10,000 times. Her work on improving sleep, fatigue and handoffs was influential in improving working conditions for residents. As an advocate for improving equity and opportunity in academic medicine, she has been an influential voice for women in medicine and has led NIH-funded grants to improve mentoring for diverse future physician scientists. She is a former member of the Board of Directors for the American Board of Internal Medicine and a current member of the Board of the Joint Commission. Dr. Arora is a thought leader on the topics of the healthcare workforce, medical education, patient safety, gender equity, and hospital medicine.

Student and Physician Views of How the Dobbs Decision Affects Training and Practice Location Preferences: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.
Student and Physician Views of How the Dobbs Decision Affects Training and Practice Location Preferences: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study. Interact J Med Res. 2025 Jan 07; 14:e55035.
PMID: 39773422

Wireless wearable sensors can facilitate rapid detection of sleep apnea in hospitalized stroke patients.
Wireless wearable sensors can facilitate rapid detection of sleep apnea in hospitalized stroke patients. Sleep. 2024 Nov 08; 47(11).
PMID: 38814827

Writing a Medical Education Grant Budget.
Writing a Medical Education Grant Budget. J Grad Med Educ. 2024 Oct; 16(5):617-618.
PMID: 39416403

Sleep and Wellness in Residency-Embracing the Shift.
Sleep and Wellness in Residency-Embracing the Shift. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2438294.
PMID: 39392637

Correction to: Practice Location Preferences in Response to State Abortion Restrictions Among Physicians and Trainees on Social Media.
Correction to: Practice Location Preferences in Response to State Abortion Restrictions Among Physicians and Trainees on Social Media. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Aug 05.
PMID: 39103608

Assessing actigraphy performance for daytime sleep detection following stroke: insights from inpatient monitoring in a rehabilitation hospital.
Assessing actigraphy performance for daytime sleep detection following stroke: insights from inpatient monitoring in a rehabilitation hospital. Sleep Adv. 2024; 5(1):zpae057.
PMID: 39161745

Doubling Down on Diversity: Enhancing the Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Academic Physicians in a Post-affirmative Action Era.
Doubling Down on Diversity: Enhancing the Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Academic Physicians in a Post-affirmative Action Era. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jul; 39(9):1541-1543.
PMID: 38564161

Sleeping with one cerebrum open: patient and staff perceptions of sleep quality and quantity on an inpatient neurology unit.
Sleeping with one cerebrum open: patient and staff perceptions of sleep quality and quantity on an inpatient neurology unit. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 Apr 01; 20(4):619-629.
PMID: 38063214

Association of pre-admission insomnia symptoms with objective in-hospital sleep and clinical outcomes among hospitalized patients.
Association of pre-admission insomnia symptoms with objective in-hospital sleep and clinical outcomes among hospitalized patients. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Dec 29.
PMID: 38156422

Patient-reported sleep and physical function during and after hospitalization.
Patient-reported sleep and physical function during and after hospitalization. Sleep Health. 2024 Apr; 10(2):249-254.
PMID: 38151376

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