Principal physicianRani Hanna, MD, MS
ABIM board-certified internist, hospitalist, academic physician, and comprehensive utilization-management reviewer. Dr. Hanna brings more than a decade of experience spanning inpatient medicine, primary care, academic teaching, clinical research, peer review, timely peer-to-peer physician consultations, prior authorization, reconsiderations, appeals, and coverage determinations.
Independent professional practice. Employment, academic titles, training affiliations, and credentials are provided solely as professional background. Hanna Medical Consulting is an independent business and is not sponsored, endorsed, or represented by any hospital, university, health system, health plan, or review organization.
Board certificationAmerican Board of Internal Medicine; ECFMG certified; ACLS and BLS certified
Medical licensure & professional standingActive, unrestricted licenses in California, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana; IMLCC qualified; clean professional history with no malpractice history
Professional backgroundActive hospital medicine practice and academic teaching experience. Affiliations are stated only as background credentials and do not imply institutional endorsement.
Utilization managementPeer review, peer-to-peer calls, prior authorization, medication coverage, medical necessity, level of care, reconsiderations, appeals, and workers’ compensation evaluations
Training & educationInternal Medicine Residency, Catholic Health System / University at Buffalo
M.S., SUNY Buffalo / Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
M.D., Damascus University School of Medicine
Systems & reviewer strengthsEpic, Cerner, MEDITECH, Soarian, Allscripts, and SPSS; concise clinical-record synthesis; benefit, policy, and criteria interpretation; clear documentation aligned with regulatory and accreditation requirements; effective provider communication; efficient routine and expedited turnaround; fluent in English and Arabic