Nafiisah Rajabalee, MD

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

• MBBS, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

The Johns Hopkins University Interprofessional Education and Interprofessional Clinical Practice: SOM, SON, and Notre Dame of Maryland School of Pharmacy (SOP).

Selected SOM Faculty Mentor, IPE Event #4 Communications & Conflict Resolution, second year pre-licensure medical, nursing, pharmacy learners (over 400 students) are required to participate in four IPE events during their studies as part of a graduation requirement from each of the respective programs. 

Selected as a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Physician Exemplar (faculty representing the field of medicine in healthcare as a physician role model for pre and post licensure learners in nursing, medicine, pharmacy and public health; 15 institutionally selected)

Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society, 2nd prize in research presentation

Resident of the Year

Recipient of Live our Values Award, St. Francis Medical Center

Chief Medical Resident & Scheduling-in-charge

Class Representative PGY I, PGY II, PGY III 

Excellence Tertiary Scholarship Grant, Mauritius

Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Mauritius, Repaired >30 episiotomies with good healing outcome 

4th year Medical School, Best Team for research project

Undergraduate Scholarship to study medicine

Diploma in Advanced French with Literature – Excellent Mention 

Nafiisah B.M.H. Rajabalee, MD is an Assistant Professor at the West Virginia University School of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. With an international background in her own medical education, she graduated from the Johns Hopkins Graduate Medical Education, Health Systems Science Distinction Track in June 2023. She contributed to mentoring students in the interprofessional education path at the Johns Hopkins University. She served as chief resident in her internal medicine residency as well as her palliative medicine fellowship and had the opportunity to mentor learners. She is interested in medical education as a tool to improving access to healthcare around the world. She is keen on the quality of delivery of healthcare education. 

Medical Specialties

• Geriatrics
• Hospice Care
• Internal Medicine
• Palliative Care

Special Training

• Fellowship, Hospice and Palliative Care Fellowship - Adult Track
  Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2023
• Fellowship, Geriatrics
  Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2022
• Residency, Internal Medicine
  Hackensack Meridian Health-Jersey Shore University Medical Center (St. Francis Medical Center) Trenton, New Jersey, USA, 2021