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Meredith Lora

  • Department of Medicine
    Associate Professor
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Overview

Meredith Lora, MD is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Grady. She received her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from Louisiana State University and her MD from Emory University. She completed internship and residency in internal medicine at University of California, San Francisco. She served as chief medical resident at UCSF following her residency training. She completed a year as an HIV fellow at University of Southern California, primarily based in LA County Jail system.

Dr. Lora's teaching interests are broad but has a special interest in teaching the language and mental framework of clinical reasoning in medical learners as a tool to facilitate more purposeful diagnostic processes and minimize medical errors. Her clinical and research interests center around the treatment and prevention of HIV in underserved populations, the treatment of Hepatitis C infection, and Latin American health.

Dr. Lora currently serves as the Clerkship Director of the Internal Medicine Core Clerkship at Emory School of Medicine. She was the previous Associate Clerkship Director for one year before beginning as Clerkship Director in 2018. Her special interests as clerkship director focus on creating innovative and engaging classroom experiences, highlighting the language and purposeful practice of clinical reasoning as a diagnostic tool, promoting practices that foster fulfillment in learners as they engage with patients, and improving the students' experience on the wards by optimizing feedback practices of faculty teachers.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Emory University

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Emory University
  • BS from Louisiana State University

Research

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