Dr. Damari completed her residency in Med-Peds at our home program in June of 2023 and will be serving as our 5th year Med-Peds Chief for 2023-2024! Dr. Damari currently precepts in our Med-Peds Hoxworth Clinic and supervises residents on internal medicine and pediatric inpatient wards at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children’s hospital. After graduating from Brown University with undergraduate degrees in Biology and Anthropology, Dr. Damari went on to receive an MSc in pathobiology. Prior to attending medical school, she held an AmeriCorps VISTA position at the Arizona Department of Health Services in the Refugee Health Program. As a medical student at UNC Chapel Hill, she demonstrated a continued commitment to addressing health disparities at the patient and population level which resulted with her election to the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She has been involved in advocacy and service initiatives to support the health of LGBT, refugee, incarcerated, and low-income patients, and is passionate about improving care for marginalized and underserved communities. During residency Dr. Damari led the launch of a LGBTQ+ Residency Association and received multiple grant awards for work to improve care for vulnerable populations in our very own Med-Peds Clinic. We are very excited to have Dr. Damari as our Chief Resident for this academic year!