Sima Desai, MD

Sima Desai, MD
Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
OHSU Division of Hospital Medicine

• Degrees:
  1990-1994 Doctor of Medicine
  University of New Mexico School of Medicine
  Albuquerque, NM
  
  1985-1990 Bachelor of Science with Distinction: Biology
  Bachelor of Arts: Chemistry
  University of New Mexico
  Albuquerque, NM

• Residency:
  1997-1998 Chief Resident, Department of Internal Medicine
  Oregon Health & Science University
  Portland, OR

  1994-1997 Residency, Department of Internal Medicine
  Oregon Health & Science University
  Portland, OR

• Research Interest:
  Improving care for older adults

• Representative Publications:
  

  Bowen JL, Eckstrom E, Desai SS, Joseph C, Newton P, Singer C. Pocket Card Tools for Geriatric Educators. (June 2004). http://www.ohsu.edu/sgimhartford/educationalresources.htm.

  Eckstrom, E., Bowen, J., Joseph, C., Desai, S., Ririe, M., Wolf, A. Collaborative Centers for Research and Education in the Care of Older Adults: Oregon Health Sciences University and the University of Virgina. SGIM Forum. 27(5): 6. May 2004.

  Hunter, AJ., Desai, SS., and Harrison, RA, Chan BC. Medical Student Evaluation of the Quality of Hospitalist and Non-Hospitalist Teaching Faculty on Inpatient Medicine Rotations. Academic Medicine 2004;79:78-82

  Embi, PJ., Desai, SS., and Cooney, TG. Use and Utility of Web-Based Residency Program Information: a Survey of Residency Applicants. J Med Internet Res 2003;25;5(3):e22.