Professional Bio
Neeraja B. Peterson, MD, MSc, is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
She completed medical school training at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine residency training at Duke University Medical Center, and General Internal Medicine fellowship training at Boston University.
Dr. Peterson is the ambulatory section chief for the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health and enjoys mentoring junior faculty. She serves as medical director for the primary care clinics at One Hundred Oaks North, One Hundred Oaks South, Green Hills, Hillsboro Medical Group, Melrose, and Bellevue. She is Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, overseeing ambulatory education, including resident continuity clinics. She serves on the professional development steering committee and helps lead the Women in Medicine Initiative for the Department of Medicine.
Dr. Peterson is Chair of one of three IRB Health Sciences Committees. Her research interests are in cancer prevention and control and ambulatory care quality improvement. She is a practicing Internal Medicine physician at Vanderbilt One Hundred Oaks, Primary Care North, and attends on the General Internal Medicine teaching service at Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital.
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Education
MD - Vanderbilt University, 1997
Residency - Duke University, 2000
MS - Epidemiology - Boston University, 2002
Fellowship - Internal Medicine - Boston University, 2002
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307