Sarah L. Kimball MD

Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine

801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-5951
sarah.kimball@bmc.org
sarkimba@bu.edu

Sections

General Internal Medicine

Biography

Sarah Kimball, MD is a board-certified internist and is an Associate Professor at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She completed her medical school training at Harvard University Medical School and did residency training in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Residency Program in Primary Care and Population Medicine. She joined the faculty at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine in 2014.

Dr. Kimball has a expertise in immigration-informed medical care, where she has helped to research and build health systems that are responsive to the needs of im/migrant patients. She is currently the Director of the Immigrant & Refugee Health Center (IRHC) at Boston Medical Center, a comprehensive medical home that addresses the barriers that immigrants face to being holistically healthy. She has served previously as the Medical Director of the Boston Accountable Care Organization (BACO) Complex Care Management (CCM) program at Boston Medical Center. In addition to a love of primary care, Dr. Kimball's main interest is in teaching social justice and advocacy skills. She is an associate editor at the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, with an expertise in Health Services Research. She was a founding member of the Society of Refugee Health Providers (SRHP), and serves as the Treasurer of the Board of the SRHP.

Websites

BU Profile

Boston Medical Center Provider Profile

Immigrant & Refugee Health Center Twitter Account

Immigrant & Refugee Health Center

Center for AIDS Research Profile

Education

Medicine-Internal, MD, Harvard Medical School

Biology, BSc, Brown University

Publications

Published on 10/17/2025

Smati H, Hassan N, Essar MY, Abdaly F, Noori S, Grewal R, Norrie E, Talavlikar R, Bietz J, Kimball SL, Coakley A, Chatterjee A, Fabreau GE. Health status and care utilization among Afghan refugees recently resettled in Calgary, Canada between 2011-2020. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Oct 17; 25(1):1373. PMID: 41107900.

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Published on 8/5/2025

Alshabani N, Price K, Kennedy H, Haws JK, Kimball SL. A Qualitative Study to Understanding Barriers to PTSD Treatment for Immigrants and Refugees in Primary Care. J Immigr Minor Health. 2025 Oct; 27(5):877-881. PMID: 40762687.

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Published on 7/28/2025

Radhakrishnan R, Lowe RC, Kimball SL, Bliss CM, Chiu LS. A Novel Pilot Program to Improve H. pylori Screening and Treatment in the US Immigrant and Refugee Population. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Jul 28. PMID: 40721707.

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Published on 7/21/2025

Reynolds CW, Reddy K, Peña S, Desai PJ, Ekaireb RI, Sanchez SE, Kimball SL, Janeway MG. Including Undocumented Immigrants in Health Research-A Narrative Review of Barriers, Effective Approaches, and Best Practices in the United States. Health Sci Rep. 2025 Jul; 8(7):e71091. PMID: 40698322.

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Published on 1/7/2025

Kogan M, Kimball SL, Purrington K, Cedor J, Siddiqi OK. Undocumented immigrants and advanced heart failure therapies. JHLT Open. 2025 Feb; 7:100207. PMID: 40144825.

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Published on 10/14/2024

De La Hoz A, Gadi N, Lopez CG, Barrera-Godinez A, Miller NS, Bourque DL, Brem C, Ozluk E, Seth G, Kimball S, Taylor JL. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in a Patient With Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and HIV: A Diagnostic Challenge for Clinicians Caring for a Migrant Population in the United States. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Oct; 11(10):ofae587. PMID: 39474451.

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Published on 1/1/2024

Taknint JT, Marzoughi M, Gellatly R, Krengel MH, Kimball SL. Improving Access to Disability Assessment for US Citizenship Applicants in Primary Care: An Embedded Neuropsychological Assessment Innovation. Ann Fam Med. 2024; 22(5):458. PMID: 39313347.

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Published on 11/4/2023

Saadi A, Marzoughi M, Kimball SL. Guiding Principles for Writing About Immigrants and Immigrant Health. J Immigr Minor Health. 2024 Feb; 26(1):253-256. PMID: 37924437.

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Published on 8/26/2023

Streed CG, Knight K, Kimball SL. Sexual and Gender Minority Refugees - Preparing Clinicians for the International Anti-LGBTQI+ Crisis. N Engl J Med. 2023 Aug 31; 389(9):778-781. PMID: 37632467.

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Published on 1/1/2023

Kimball SL, Chergui H, Syeda HS, Amin S, Eyllon M. Immigration-related Legal Collaboration in Primary Care: Evaluating Impact on Knowledge and Well-being. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2023; 34(1):246-262. PMID: 37464492.

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