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Dr. Farah Kaiksow is a faculty member in the Division of Hospital Medicine within the Department of Medicine. As a practicing hospitalist, she focuses on providing acute care to adult patients in inpatient settings at UW Health hospitals.
Dr. Kaiksow provides clinical instruction to medical students and residents on the inpatient wards. She teaches "The Intersection of Incarceration and Health," an elective course for health sciences students that includes such topics as infection control, addiction and mental health, conducting research within correctional facilities, and caring for chronic conditions after release. She regularly mentors students and residents in research and other endeavors, and in 2023 received the Patient-Centeredness Award from the residency program. She is a member of the Department of Medicine's Research Education Committee, Chair of the MD Admissions Resident Interview Selection Committee, and is affiliate faculty at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health's Center for Health Disparities Research. She is a Senior Deputy Editor at the Journal of Hospital Medicine and previously served on the Society of Hospital Medicine Research Committee. She is the Governor-Elect of the American College of Physicians-Wisconsin Chapter, and in 2024, she received the ACP-WI Early Career Internist of the Year award.
Dr. Kaiksow's clinical expertise is in caring for adult patients admitted to the hospital for a wide variety of medical conditions.
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Dr. Kaiksow’s scholarly interests include health inequities and how public and health policy can reduce these inequities. Her previous work examined the financial implications of Medicare hospitalization policies on patients of different socioeconomic status.
Dr. Kaiksow's current research is supported by a Career Development Award from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. This five-year grant examines the impact of incarceration on health, particularly among the aging population of incarcerated individuals. Dr. Kaiksow's work studies incarceration-specific care practices in the hospital to assess how they may increase the risk of delirium, a very common condition that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.