Md Abu Zahed Karim, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine · Medical Director
About Dr. Karim
Dr. Karim has guided LifeLink as Medical Director since 2015. His North Carolina career began in 2010, caring for veterans and local families in hospital wards and clinic rooms at the Fayetteville VA and Cape Fear Valley. He went on to lead the VA program that brings primary care into patients' own homes.
For Dr. Karim, good medicine starts with a good conversation. He believes a healthy community is built one patient at a time, and he makes a point of understanding the person behind every chart.
Off the clockHome is lively: his wife Dr. Zakiya, two kids and a pair of dogs.
Focus areas
- Internal medicine
- Community health
- Primary care at home
Education & experience
- Medical school
Dhaka Medical College
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- Public health
Tulane University
Master of Public Health (MPH)
- 2010
Internal medicine residency
University of Arizona
- From 2010
Fayetteville VA & Cape Fear Valley
Hospital medicine and outpatient care, then medical director of the VA's in-home primary care program
- 2015 – today
Medical Director
LifeLink Medical Group