Pavitra Krishnamani MS, MD, BA

Pavitra Krishnamani graduated magna cum laude in 2014 with a BA in Psychology and an MS in Global Medicine from USC's Dornsife College and Keck School of Medicine respectively. At USC, she held fellowships at both the Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study and the Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics. In 2015, she was inducted into the Carson Scholar's "Twenty Under Thirty" Hall of Fame for her work with refugees and inner city children.

She is currently pursuing a Clinical Fellowship in Healthcare Innovation at Jefferson's Digital Innovation and Consumer Experience group (DICE), where she practices clinical design. As a consultant for several projects at DICE, she has provided critical input into the design process to ensure projects enhance both patients' and providers' experiences. Most notably, she is a co-founder of Jefferson's AR VR Initiative and, in this capacity, leads one of the first studies in the US examining how virtual reality (VR) can affect therapy and education in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. She also spearheads the initiative's first venture into product design, exploring how VR can help prepare providers for high-acuity clinical situations. As a core member of several other DICE projects leveraging VR and artificial intelligence, Pavitra has been integral in cultivating relationships and activities that help further infuse digital innovation into clinical medicine Jefferson.

Pavitra's prior design work has been in global health. Most recently, she consulted on a UNICEF-funded global health project at the Institute for Child Health in India, where she worked with local team members to design a project examining neonatal care provided in the hospital through a child's first year of life. At home, Pavitra has several years of experience working clinically with Philadelphia's refugee population and leading efforts to provide holistic services to empower them to participate actively in their care. She has previously led teams that competed in several global health case competitions, including Emory's International Case Competition and the Clinton Global Initiative-funded Hult Prize