Item-Writer Spotlight | Shekar Raman, MD

ABIM is proud to spotlight members of the Item-Writing Task Forces, which are responsible for writing all of the content for assessments in each discipline of internal medicine. Learn more about the Item-Writing Task Forces and how ABIM creates assessment questions on the ABIM Blog. If you are interested in applying to serve as an Item-Writer, view current openings.

Shekar Raman, MD | Sleep Medicine Item-Writing Task Force

Dr. Raman was born in Trivandrum, India, and raised in Canada. He completed medical school at the University of Ottawa. He completed his neurology residency and fellowships in clinical neurophysiology and sleep medicine at the University of Iowa. While on faculty, he was an Assistant Professor and the neurology clerkship director for third- and fourth-year medical students. He relocated to Richmond, Virginia, where he currently practices sleep medicine at the Central Virginia VA Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dr. Raman has been on the Sleep Medicine Item-Writing Task Force for four years. “My favorite part of being on the task force is exploring the creative and intellectual dimensions of learning pertaining to sleep medicine,” he says. His advice to new Item-Writers is to “be creative and think outside the box when designing multiple choice questions!”