Indu Partha, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program - Tucson Campus
Vice Chair, Academy of Medical Education Scholars (AMES), University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

2023 Women In Medicine and Science Awardee

Dr. Partha did her undergrad studies in biological sciences at Stanford University in Stanford, California, and earned her medical degree at the University of California, San Diego. Her residency training in internal medicine was at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Northwestern University in Chicago. She was an assistant professor of medicine, Division of Primary Care, at Loyola University Health System in Chicago before moving to Tucson in 2004, and worked as an internist at University Medical Center (a predecessor to Banner University Medical Center Tucson) and Northwest Allied Physicians until joining the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson faculty in 2015.

Dr. Partha is now an associate program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and the director of the Primary Care Track and Ambulatory Medicine for the Department of Medicine at the college and Banner UMC Tucson. She also is a steering committee member and social media liaison for Women in Medicine and Science (WIMS) at the UArizona College of Medicine Tucson. She is an active member of several committees at the college and is the vice chair of the college's chapter of the Academy of Medical Education Scholars.

In addition, she is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and serves on the Governor's Council of the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Physicians. She served as an alumni board member for the UC-San Diego School of Medicine (2002-06).

Degree(s)

  • MD: University of California, San Diego, 1993
  • BS (Biological Sciences): Stanford University in Stanford, California, 1989
Honors and Awards
Torchbearer Award, Women In Medicine and Science Committee, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2023
UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, Faculty Mentor Award, 2023
Women in Medicine Award, Arizona Chapter, American College of Physicians, 2020
Department of Medicine Teaching Award (Outpatient, Assistant Professor), UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2020
UArizona Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson Campus, Attending of the Year, 2019
Department of Medicine Teaching Award (Outpatient, Assistant Professor), UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2018
Residency
Internal Medicine: McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, 1995-96
Internal Medicine: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, 1993-95
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine