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Martha Stewart Center for Living
1440 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10029
Tel
212-659-8552
Office Hours
Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Disabled Access
Yes

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  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • United Healthcare

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Business Offices

Address
Annenberg Building Floor 10 Room 30
1468 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10029
Tel
212-241-1305
Fax
212-860-9737

Reena Karani

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR  Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR  Medicine, Clinical Geriatrics
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR  Medical Education

Overview

Specialty Internal Medicine
Subspecialty Geriatric Medicine - Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests Geriatric Medicine
  Geriatric Cardiology
  Consults
Languages English
  Indian (Hindi)
  Spanish
Gender Female
Education and Training MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Residency, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Internship, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Fellowship, Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Dr. Reena Karani is an Assistant Professor of Geriatrics, Medicine and Medical Education at Mount Sinai. She is also Director of the Clinical Curriculum and Assessment for the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Integrated Internal Medicine-Geriatrics Medical Student Clerkship. Dr. Karani received her B.S. in Biology from Brown University and her M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and her fellowship, chief fellowship and research fellowship in Geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine.

Dr. Karani's clinical interests include care of the hospitalized older adult, perioperative management and consultative models of care in geriatrics. Her research and career interests include performance based learner evaluation and psychometrics of various evaluation methods. She has presented at national and international meetings and is the author of numerous print and web-based publications primarily focused on medical education.

Training

Education and Training MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Residency, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Internship, Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Fellowship, Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Board Certification Internal Medicine
  Geriatric Medicine - Internal Medicine

Clinical Practice

Specialty Internal Medicine
Subspecialty Geriatric Medicine - Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests Geriatric Medicine
  Geriatric Cardiology
  Consults
Languages English
  Indian (Hindi)
  Spanish
Board Certification Internal Medicine
  Geriatric Medicine - Internal Medicine

Publications

Stark RA, Korenstein D, Karani R. Impact of a 360-degree professionalism assessment on faculty comfort and skills in feedback delivery. J Gen Intern Med 2008 July; 23(7): 969-972.


Chheda SG, Karani R, Dunn K, Babott S, Bates CK. Update in Medical Education. J Gen Intern Med 2008 Feb; 23(2): 195-201.


Karani R, Meier DE. Systemic pharmacologic postoperative pain management in the geriatric orthopedic patient. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2004 Aug; 425(1): 26-34.


Karani R, Leipzig RM, Callahan EH, Thomas DC. An unfolding case with a linked objective structured clinical examination (OSCE): curriculum development. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 Jul; 52(7): 1191-1198.


Fernandez HM, Karani R, Brand J, Leipzig RM, Soriano RP. That was the year that was: an evidence-based clinical geriatrics update 2002-2003. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 May; 52(5): 828-837.


Karani R, Meier DE. Results from the Lasts Acts campaign: How can we improve?. J Support Oncol 2003 May-Jun; 1(1): 69-72.


Karani R, Likourezos A, Callahan EH, Thomas DC. An unfolding case with a linked objective structured clinical examination (OSCE): A curriculum in inpatient geriatric medicine. Acad Med 2002 Sep; 77(9): 938.


Karani R, McLaughlin M, Cassel C. Exercise in the healthy older adult. Am J of Geriatr Card 2001 Oct; 10(5): 269-273.


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