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Rachael Petry, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Geriatric Medicine

Medical Director, Acute Care for the Elderly Unit

Geriatrics Medicine Service, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Nashville Campus

Rachael Petry
Professional Bio
Rachael Waks Petry, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine within the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She earned her medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and did an internal medicine residency at Vanderbilt, where she served as a Hugh J. Morgan Chief Resident. She subsequently completed a geriatric medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Petry's main interests include medical education and teaching communication skills to residents and students to practice more informed, patient-centered care. Her clinical interests are broad and include fall prevention and the balance between patient-priorities care and evidence-based practice. She joined the faculty in 2022, and she currently serves as the course director for the Geriatric Medicine Acting Internship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She divides her clinical time between the Acute Care for the Elderly Unit (where she is also serving as Medical Director), the Geriatric Medicine Consult Service, and the General Medicine service at the Nashville VA Hospital.
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Education

MD - University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2017

Residency - Internal Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2020

Residency - Hugh J Morgan Chief Resident - Vanderbilt University, 2021

Fellowship - Geriatric - University of California, San Diego, 2022

Contact

Email 
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org 
Address 
777 Preston Research Building 
2220 Pierce Ave 
Nashville, TN 37232-6307

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