Why did you choose medicine?
In my premedical training years, I had the amazing opportunity to take classes in a variety of disciplines and get involved in health-related research early on. However, as much as I enjoyed research, I wanted to have a more direct impact on people’s lives. Although my mother and grandparents are physicians, I never imagined myself becoming one while growing up. Later, I realized there were many unanswered questions in medicine and that becoming a physician would empower me with the clinical knowledge and skills to help people more directly. I decided to pursue training in the MD-PhD program because I felt the added research training would equip me with the tools to address those questions.
Why did you choose Yale Department of Internal Medicine for your fellowship?
I did my residency training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Prior to that, I completed my MD-PhD training at the University of Florida College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy. These institutions gave me amazing mentors along the way who nurtured my love for clinical care and research and provided me with a great learning environment to explore the most interesting areas of medicine. Thus, during my final year of residency training, I wholeheartedly wanted to pursue fellowship training in endocrinology, particularly in the Yale School of Medicine’s Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, which is one of the best fellowship programs in the country in my chosen area of medicine.
Tell us about your research.
I am a clinical fellow in the research track and a member of the Yale Physician-Scientist Training Program. My research will focus on endocrine and metabolic disorders and drug efficacy.
What’s a fun fact about you?
I attended boarding school in a small mountain town in the Himalayas in northern India. My only daily concern was to avoid getting ambushed by monkeys on the hike to school (in addition to school, of course).
Yale School of Medicine’s Section of Endocrinology & Metabolism works to improve the health of individuals with endocrine and metabolic diseases by advancing scientific knowledge; applying new information to patient care; and training the next generation of physicians and scientists to become leaders in the field. To learn more about their work, visit Endocrinology & Metabolism.