Dr. Poonam Merai, MD

Medical Research
University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Chicago

Poonam Merai, MD, is a member of the Innerbody Research Medical Review Board. Over the past eight years, she has practiced medicine as a geriatrician and internist, having completed her residency at the University of Chicago in 2014.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Dr. Merai is a geriatric medicine physician and assistant professor at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Dr. Merai earned both her MD and BA (Philosophy) from the University of Illinois at Chicago. After she completed her residency and fellowship at the University of Chicago, Dr. Merai worked for a year as a hospitalist in the underserved U.S. territory of Guam.

PERSONAL

In her spare time, Dr. Merai enjoys spending time with her kids and lecturing in the community about aging.

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