Professional Bio
Mariam Mufti, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is board-certified in Family Medicine and Geriatric Medicine and serves as attending faculty in the ACE (Acute Care for the Elders) unit, geriatric consults, and geriatric ambulatory clinic services.
Dr. Mufti is a graduate of Ross University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, and her fellowship at the University of Florida. With her interests in delirium and dementia, she facilitated expanding the Geriatric Consult Service at Shands Hospital for which she served as chief, collaborated with a hospital-wide Delirium Task Force, and participated in national research.
Her career in Geriatric Medicine led her to the University of Texas Medical Branch as an assistant professor and served as attending faculty in various settings including the inpatient ACE unit and geriatric consults, outpatient ambulatory clinic, and multiple long-term care facilities.
Dr. Mufti was awarded the President's Cabinet Award for her pivotal role in the creation of an interdisciplinary team at the UTMB Geriatric Ambulatory Clinic which aimed to empower older adults through the establishment of a special therapeutic group called Geriatric Resilience: Engage And Treat (GREAT) for those patients identified as being high risk for dementia and social isolation. She has been an invited speaker locally and nationally at academic institutions and scientific meetings.
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Education
MD - Ross University Caribbean School of Medicine, 2015
Residency - Family Medicine and Community Health - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2018
Fellowship - Geriatric Medicine - University of Florida, 2019
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307