Karina Whelan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Director Community Based Longitudinal Care Clerkship
Areas of Interest
Internal medicine, primary care, quality improvement, health equity, and accessibility to care.
About
Dr. Whelan has experience teaching residents and third-year medical students and is the Course Director for Community Based Longitudinal Care (CBLC), a 16-week integrated outpatient clerkship for third-year students. She has a particular interest in Quality Improvement and teaches the third-year quality improvement curriculum during the CBLC Clerkship. She is also the Quality Improvement Clinic Lead for the UNC Internal Medicine clinic at Panther Creek. During the early COVID-19 Pandemic she directed a medical student special elective on COVID-19 Quality Improvement. She was a Clinician Leadership in Quality and Safety Scholarly Concentration Faculty Mentor for the 2021-2022 program. Dr Whelan is currently working on a grant supported project which involves developing and implementing a health equity focused quality improvement curriculum for medical students.
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi
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BS
Amherst College
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MD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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Residency
University of Michigan
As a primary care doctor, I value the lasting relationships I build with my patients. I believe in partnering with patients to find care plans that meet their goals.