Aparna Krishnan

I was born in India but my parents and I soon immigrated to San Diego, CA, where we lived for nine years. From there, we made the (painful, as some would call) move to New Haven, Connecticut, where we lived until I moved to Baltimore to start my undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University. My decision to apply to medical school stemmed from working in hospice care, both in India and Baltimore, and developing intimate, though sometimes brief, relationships with patients and their families. It was also during this period that I began to develop an interest in public health and global health, and began critically questioning the inequities and injustices faced by millions around the world who sought basic health care. I am thrilled to be a part of the Swedish First Hill family and join a community of family physician-advocates dedicated to social justice and individual and community health and empowerment. Furthermore, I cannot wait to work with the patients and staff at the Downtown Family Medicine clinic through King Count Dept. of Public Health. In my free time, I can be found running one of many trails through Seattle, climbing mountains, nurturing my hobby of photography or reading a book. I am excited to make Seattle and the Pacific Northwest my new home!