Neurologist | Disability Health & Economic Wellbeing | Disability Policy
I am a neurologist, and a health services and policy researcher.
My work focuses on understanding the drivers of economic and health outcomes of individuals with disabilities, and how they are shaped by public & health policies and institutional practices.
Kakara M*, Venkataramani AS. Earnings of US Physicians With and Without Disabilities. JAMA Health Forum.2023;4(12):e233954. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3954 (*corresponding author)
‘Why Some Doctors Make Less Money Than Their Peers’; Comments; Bloomberg, December 20, 2023
‘Oz-Fetterman debate discourse shows our ‘discomfort’ with disability’; Op-Ed, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 25, 2022
‘A lens of empathy’: disability advocates on John Fetterman and leadership’; Comments; Washington Post, October 27, 2022
'Unfit Bodies and Minds: Eugenics and Disability in the History of Neurology’
History of Neurology Section, “Perspectives on Disability in the History of Neurology” at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, April 2023, Boston, MA
‘Developing a Needs Assessment Toolkit for Disability Inclusion in Academic Neurology’
American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, April 2023, Boston, MA
‘Disability History, Eugenics, and Modern Medicine’
Disability Health Equity Elective, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; October 2022