Anita Chandrasekaran, MD, MPH is board-certified in Internal Medicine and currently works as a clinical fellow in the Department of Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology at Yale University. She has published peer-reviewed abstracts and papers on a variety of topics, including the human papilloma virus infection and vaccine, diet and inflammatory bowel disease, and imaging in systemic sclerosis. She actively participates in the teaching of rheumatology to medical students and residents as part of her fellowship training.
Dr. Chandrasekaran obtained her dual MD and MPH degrees at the University of Connecticut in 2015. She completed Internal Medicine residency at Scripps Clinic/Green Hospital in La Jolla, California in 2018, then joined the Yale University Department of Rheumatology for her fellowship in 2018.
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