Keme Carter, MD

Dr. Keme Carter is a Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

where she serves as Associate Dean for Admissions at the University of Chicago Pritzker

School of Medicine, Associate Vice-Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Education

for the Department of Medicine, and the Director of the Emergency Medicine Clerkship.

Dr. Carter obtained her bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, her medical degree

from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and completed her residency

training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine.

Dr. Carter has been recognized for her excellence as a medical educator by her peers,

residents, and students. At the Pritzker School of Medicine, she has been inducted as a

Master in the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators. She has been honored for

her contributions to medical education with the Doroghazi Outstanding Clinical Teaching

Award, the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, and the Biological Sciences

Division Distinguished Educator/Mentor Award for Excellence in Clinical Education.

Through Dr. Carter’s research, writing, public speaking engagements, and medical school

admissions work, she continues to advocate for and work towards optimizing and

ensuring an equitable pathway for students along the continuum of medical education.

Additionally, Dr. Carter’s research interests are focused on exploring the nuance of

communication within the emergency department and developing and studying curricular

innovations to improve patient-centered physician communication.