Kothari, Rishabh
Rishabh Kothari, MD
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Operation waitlist: barriers to life-saving surgeries. Keppel Health Review. (2021, November 26). Retrieved from https://www.keppelhealthreview.com/autumn2021/operationwaitlist