Anita Gandhi, MD
Pronouns: she/her

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina
Medical School: East Carolina University (AOA, GHHS)

Anita received her BSPH from the University of North Carolina, with an honors thesis on molecular mechanisms of alcoholic steatohepatitis. She worked as a biology teacher in an under resourced high school and as a medical scribe before enrolling in medical school. Her medical school projects reflected her interests in education, quality improvement, and health disparities. She completed projects assessing educational interventions promoting use of POCUS in the NICU, access to long-acting reversible contraceptives in the OB resident clinic, and QI projects on diabetic foot exams in the Med-Peds resident clinic. She was inducted into AOA and GHHS and founded an IHI student interest group. She enjoys event planning, design and baking, interval training, karaoke, and cultural immersion opportunities. She considers her hometowns to be Essex Junction, VT, Jersey City, NJ, and Sanford, NC.

Residency highlights:

• Participant in the Research Track (BRIAR)
• Received a 2023 AAP CATCH Grant for a project entitled “Equipping Schools to Stop the Bleed”