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AANGIKFounder
Jul. 2025United States, Los AngelesAANGIK (Sanskrit for 'of the body') is my creative studio through which I do work in the intersection of medicine and the arts. I lead workshops in movement, lifestyle medicine, and food as medicine, and am currently building an online course in lifestyle modifications for combatting metabolic disease. I will start offering 1:1 lifestyle medicine coaching in 2026. Stay tuned!
Inspira EducationMedical School Application Coach
Jun. 2025- Coach pre-med students to build standout applications for top-tier U.S. med schools
- Craft compelling personal statements and secondaries that highlight voice and vision
- Run mock interviews and prep sessions rooted in real admissions committee insight
- Simplify the process with clear timelines, goal-setting, and strategic game plans
- Leverage experience as a UCLA med student interviewer to reverse-engineer success
- Merge storytelling, structure, and strategy to help applicants own their story
- Empower future doctors to lead with authenticity, clarity, and confidence
Hammer MuseumStudent Liaison
Mar. 2022 - May. 2025Los Angeles, California, United StatesAs the student liaison, I work closely with the director of academic programming to plan events at the Hammer to increase art education and access for colleagues in healthcare.
The Fulbright ProgramFulbright Scholar
Sep. 2019 - Sep. 2020London, United KingdomI used a Fulbright study grant to earn a Master's degree in Dance Anthropology at the University of Roehampton, London. My dissertation was titled "Beyond Binary Realities: Historicizing and theorizing inherent gender fluidity in Kathak dance" and won the Best Dissertation award in the dance department. I hope to use what I have learned through dance studies to increase the rigid discourse around gender in the Indian performing arts. I also hope to use the history of dance and movement to inform and enrich the care I provide to my patients as a physician one day.
American Autism AssociationCommunity Outreach and Marketing Intern
May. 2018 - Aug. 2018Greater New York City Area
Performing Arts CouncilCommunity Service Chair
Mar. 2018 - Apr. 2019Greater Philadelphia AreaAs one of five ambassadors of Penn’s Performing Arts Council, organize weekly lessons in the arts for 30 kids ages 10-16 from West Philly schools, train 25-30 mentors in lesson planning for each session, teach two classes of voice lessons per week.
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaResearch Assistant
Nov. 2016 - Aug. 2018Center for Mental Health Policy and Services ResearchWorked in the lab of Dr. Rinad Beidas, primarily on the ASPIRE project, analyzing the barriers and facilitators to implementing a youth suicide prevention intervention in primary care clinics.
W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative NeuroscienceResearch Assistant
May. 2016 - Jul. 2016Investigated a chemotherapeutic agent as a possible treatment for acute spinal cord injury.
Boston University School of MedicineResearch Intern
Jun. 2014 - Aug. 2014Greater Boston AreaInterned in the Vascular Biology Unit under Dr. Richard Cohen, Dr. Markus Bachschmid, and Dr. Reiko Matsui, working on an enzyme called glutaredoxin-1 (Glrx), which removes GSH adducts of protein thiols, and regulates protein functions. Studying the role of this enzyme in the reactions that lead to atherosclerosis and metabolic disease.
Arsha Bodha CenterSummer Camp Counselor
Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2011Somerset, NJSupervised children in daily activities and play, assisted teachers and adult volunteers, led groups on nature hike trails, organized recreational activities, food service, and cleanup.
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