Dr. Karaki is the founder and director of the Refugee and Asylum seeker Health Initiative (RAHI), which fosters academic activity, research, education, advocacy, and community awareness in refugee health. She is a founding member and board member of the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers and founding co-chair of its Research Committee. Dr. Karaki collaborates with other international experts to advance refugee health research in order to improve the quality of refugee healthcare. She has provided emergency medical relief to patients in refugee camps and slums throughout Europe, the Middle East and India.
Dr. Karaki is an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Michigan and completed her internship and residency at Washington University in St. Louis. Clinically, Dr. Karaki cares for hospitalized adult inpatients at UCSF San Francisco General Hospital and Olive View- UCLA Hospital.
