Mahreen Akram, MD

Dr. Mahreen Akram is a board-certified internist and Co-Chief of Hospital Medicine at One Brooklyn Health, a major healthcare system serving the diverse and underserved communities of East Brooklyn. She also serves as an Attending Physician at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, where she has been a key clinical and academic leader since 2017.

Since beginning her attending career in 2014, Dr. Akram has played a pivotal role in establishing and expanding the Surgical Co-Management Service at Brookdale Hospital. Under her leadership, the program has grown into a system-wide service across One Brooklyn Health. As Director of Surgical Co-Management, she specializes in perioperative medicine, with focused expertise in anticoagulation management, medication optimization, and thromboembolic disease—particularly in the perioperative setting.

Deeply committed to medical education, Dr. Akram serves as a clinician educator within the residency program. She supervises internal medicine residents, delivers structured lectures on internal and perioperative medicine to both medicine and surgical trainees, and conducts grand rounds for hospitalists and multidisciplinary teams. Her teaching emphasizes clinical precision, evidence-based practice, and collaborative patient care.

Dr. Akram earned her medical degree from Fatima Jinnah Medical College in Pakistan (2005–2010). She completed internships in neurosurgery, general surgery, and internal medicine through 2013, with neurosurgery as her primary focus during that period. She then completed her Internal Medicine residency from 2014 to 2017 and is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

In addition to her clinical and educational leadership, Dr. Akram is actively involved in research collaborations at Mount Sinai, focusing on myeloproliferative neoplasms and thromboembolic diseases of the liver. She has authored multiple publications since residency and remains committed to advancing both academic scholarship and high-quality patient care.

An active member of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians, Dr. Akram continues to champion innovation in hospital medicine, perioperative care, and resident education while serving the evolving healthcare needs of her Brooklyn community.

• Internal Medicine Residency - 2014-2017
• MD - Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Pakistan - 2005-2010
• Internships in Neurosurgery, General Surgery, and Internal Medicine - Pakistan - 2010-2013

• American Board of Internal Medicine

• AMA
• ACP

• Research projects at Mount Sinai for myeloproliferative diseases and thromboembolic diseases of the liver

Dr. Akram published a couple of papers during her residency. She serves as a clinician educator for the residency program at One Brooklyn Health, where she delivers regular medicine lectures for residents and perioperative medicine lectures for surgical residents. She also conducts grand rounds for her hospitalist team and the entire hospital system, contributing to ongoing medical education and knowledge sharing within her healthcare organization.