Neera Ahuja, MD, FACP, SFHM

Dr. Ahuja is the Chief Medical Officer of inpatient care at Stanford. Board certified in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, she has served as an emergency room physician, a residency program director for over a decade, a med/peds hospitalist, & was the inaugural division chief for adult Hospital Medicine at Stanford. In this role, she grew and mentored her division from 11 faculty to 100 faculty/staff and developed several novel clinical services in addition to enhancing the educational experience on the robust teaching wards. She has served as the medical director for the Inpatient Medicine and the Pharmacy department for several years, helping mitigate drug shortages and optimizing biosimilar use for value-based care.

Dr. Ahuja performs clinical drug trials and has partnered with informatics colleagues to optimize the use of AI/LLM in the realm of clinical practice, medical education, and quality research. Dr. Ahuja enjoys caring for patients in the inpatient setting, mentoring, building innovative programs, and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize hospital clinical operations.