Dr. Farha Ikramuddin is an alumnus of the 85 batches of DCMS.

She completed her elementary and middle school education at The Indian Embassy School in Jeddah KSA. She graduated her high school at St Georges Girls Grammar school in Hyderabad, completing her intermediate education at Stanley Girls College.

Dr. Farha started with Internal Medicine at UPMC Pittsburgh, but a holistic approach to patients piqued her interest in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Following completing her residency in PM&R, she was invited back to academia by her Chair to lead the inpatient unit. Her practice involves Neurological Rehabilitation, with a special focus on spasticity leading to her outpatient clinics in Botox for migraine headaches and spasticity following stroke.

Her research interests are in stem cells as a treatment modality following the initial stroke, and rehabilitative approaches to ameliorate neural plasticity

Being part of ‘The emerging Physician Leadership program’, peaked interest in administration, and she completed “A Master of Health Administration”. As such, her career has taken a turn to administration. She is currently the Medical Director of Neurosciences for Neurology, Neurosurgery, Endocrinology, and PM&R.