Kothari, Rishabh

By Michael Hilleary | June 18, 2024

 

 

Rishabh Kothari, MD

Dr. Rishabh Kothari

Hometown:

Dallas, TX

Undergraduate School:

University of Texas at Austin

Medical School:

Baylor College of Medicine

Bio:

I grew up mostly in Dallas and later moved south to study biochemistry at UT. Along the way, I developed an interest in communications and hosted a community-focused radio show in Austin, TX. I then moved to Houston for medical school and afterwards left the Lone Star State to begin general surgery residency in Seattle!

Personal Interests:

Piano, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Hiking, Running

Clinical Interests:

Trauma and Critical Care, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Communications in medicine

Professional Activities:

AOA

Why UW?

UW offers the perfect combination of a strong focus on exemplary clinical training and a wide variety of research opportunities. In addition, UW has the unique privilege of caring for patients from a large catchment area. Finally, Seattle itself offers unlimited opportunities for outdoor activities! All of these reasons made UW an easy choice.

Publications:

  1. Hadley Stevens Smith, PhD, MPSA, Jennifer S. Blumenthal-Barby, PhD, MA, Ritodhi Chatterjee, BA, Olivia Hindera, BS, PGDip, Angela Huang, BA, Rishabh Kothari, BSA, Ivo Vlaev, DPhil, MSc. “Using Behavioral Science to Nudge Promotion of Public Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Population Health Management.
  2. Rishabh Kothari, Scott A. Weldon, Cuneyt Koksoy, Joseph S. Coselli. “Open surgery for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: Is it still a horrible surgery?” Published in Journal of Visual Surgery.
  3. Operation waitlist: barriers to life-saving surgeries. Keppel Health Review. (2021, November 26). Retrieved from https://www.keppelhealthreview.com/autumn2021/operationwaitlist