Shweta Akhouri, M.D.

Interim Assistant Dean for Clinical Medicine, Associate Professor

Department of Medical Education


Phone305-348-9171

Emailsakhouri@fiu.edu

OfficeAHC2 478

Shweta Akhouri, M.D.

Dr. Shweta Akhouri serves as the Interim Assistant Dean for Clinical Education and the Clerkship Director for Family Medicine clerkship. She oversees student community household visits through the Green Family Foundation Neighborhood Health Education Learning Program (NeighborhoodHELP).

SDr. Akhouri also practices primary care and obesity medicine at the FIU Health Faculty Group Practice on FIU’s main campus.

See research publications and more on FIU Discovery.

Areas of Interest

  • Obesity medicine

Current Courses Taught

  • MDC 7120 Family Medicine Clerkship

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow, American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), 2024
  • Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians, 2021

Committees & Professional Organizations

  • FIU Medicine Curriculum Committee
  • FIU Medicine Clinical Education Committee
  • Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
  • American Medical Women’s Association

Education

  • Residency, Family Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
  • M.D., St. Matthews University School of Medicine, Cayman Islands 
  • B.A., Psychology and Biology, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Board Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine and American Board of Obesity Medicine