Trisha Pasricha, MD

Boston

Contributing columnist

Education: Harvard University, BA in visual and environmental studies; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, MD; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MPH

Dr. Trisha Pasricha is the Ask a Doctor columnist for The Washington Post. She completed internal medicine residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and fellowships in gastroenterology and motility at Massachusetts General Hospital. Along the way, Dr. Pasricha's career in medical journalism has spanned over 13 years, including prior reporting for CNN, ABC News and the New York Times. She is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, and outside medicine and writing, she spends her time with family, snuggling their chow chow Cannoli and binging on classic Bollywood films. Dr. Pasricha l
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