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Hi, I’m Pooja.

Currently, I am a fourth-year MD/MBA student at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business School.

I graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in Biomedical Engineering and subsequently completed a Fulbright Scholarship in India. I’m passionate about building an equitable healthcare system by improving healthcare delivery for underserved patients.

I also care deeply about education equity and advocate for STEM education for girls and low-income students.

I am a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow and was named to the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare list.

Upcoming speaking events

January 18th, 2023 - Speaker, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Institute on “Bias and Discrimination in Experiential Education: Patients’ Effect on Student Safety and Wellbeing” (Zoom)

September 9th, 2022 - Speaker, South Carolina AHEC Meeting on “Examining the Clinical Learning Environment through a Health Equity Lens” (Zoom)

Contact me if you'd like for me to speak at your event!

Find me on Twitter @poojac99