Deanna Willis MBA, MD

About

Dr. Deanna R Willis is a family medicine doctor in Indianapolis, Indiana, board certified in Family Medicine after training at University of Missouri School of Medicine. She practices at University Family Physicians, IU Health Medical Group, Indiana University Health, and IU Health Primary Care - Dunlap Building, and speaks English, Italian, Polish and Romanian.

Dr. Willis treats a wide range of conditions including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, anxiety disorder, COPD and dementia. Her clinical work includes routine adult exams, cancer screenings such as mammograms and Pap smears, contraception counseling and management, blood thinner medication monitoring, and diabetes monitoring. She holds a Masters of Business Administration from Indiana University Kelley School of Business and serves as a Professor of Primary Care and Population Health Research and Vice Chair of Strategy and Implementation in the Department of Family Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Willis practices shared decision-making with her patients and their care partners to help each person achieve their personal healthcare goals, and she has developed knowledge in early detection of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in primary care, including the use of blood biomarkers.