Ashmita Chatterjee

Ashmita Chatterjee serves as Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, where she also functions as Physician Leader for the Medicine Consult Service. Her clinical work spans adult and pediatric inpatient care with emphasis on complex medical cases.

• BS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Residency, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Dr. Chatterjee's research focuses on resident handoff safety and medical trainee wellness, with publications spanning infectious disease management, metabolic disorders, and interdisciplinary clinical guidelines. Her recent work demonstrates strong engagement in translational research bridging basic science and clinical practice across multiple specialties including neurology, ophthalmology, and gastroenterology. She actively contributes to evidence-based clinical guidelines as evidenced by her role in the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society consensus statement on bacterial arthritis.

• National recognition for contributions to hospital medicine education
• Key collaborator on multi-institutional studies of immune cell diversity

As supervising physician for the Pediatrics residency program, Dr. Chatterjee mentors future physicians while leading quality improvement initiatives. Her research portfolio reflects substantial grant funding supporting studies on clinical handoffs and trainee wellness. She maintains active collaborations across UNC Health system departments and with national medical societies to advance hospital medicine practice standards.