Medical Education:

1995 M.D., Brown University School of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School and Brown University School of Medicine Combined Program

Awards:

David S. Greer Prize. Awarded to the graduating medical student who best exemplifies the view of medicine as a socially responsible human service profession.
Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation. Awarded by the American Medical Women’s Associaton to women ranked as outstanding graduates.

Internship and Residency:

2000 University of Washington, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA
2000 Board Certified, American Academy of Pediatrics.

Medical:
Private practice with Pediatric Associates in Seattle, WA.
Clinical Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, University of
     Washington, Seattle, WA
Member of the Medical Issues Committee, Pediatric
     Associates, Seattle, WA.

Unique experiences that have shaped her outlook on life:

Volunteer work with children and youth:
Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa’s organization)
     Calcutta, India. Worked with orphans and children living
     in the slums of Calcutta.
Hope Center, Salvation Army Home for Abused Children.
     St. Louis, MO. Worked with children who were taken from
     their homes because of abuse and neglect.
Schools and juvenile detention centers in St. Louis, MO,
     Kansas City, MO, and Seattle, WA. Taught health
     education and/or tutored children or teenagers in these
     settings.
45th Street Clinic. Seattle, WA. Physician volunteer with
     homeless youth.

Child Advocate:
Facilitator for a Statewide Child Abuse Prevention Program
     in Colorado (This is when she fell in love with Colorado!).
     Denver, CO.
Member of a Child Protection Team, Division of Families
     and Children. Seattle, WA.
New member of “Its About Kids” Steering Committee,
     Durango, CO.

Environmental/Child Advocate:
Worked on an organic farm. Bainbridge Island, WA.
Member of Physician’s for Social Responsibility. Speaker,
     “In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child Brain Development”
New Member of Southwest Colorado Renewable Energy
     Society, Durango,CO.

Dr. Pakhi Chaudhuri was born and raised in Kansas City, MO. She comes from a long line of healing professionals. In India, her great grandfather was a physician and her grandfather was a homeopathic physician. Her mother is an Ob/Gyn and her father is an Internist that also practices Acupuncture. Although Dr. Chaudhuri does not currently practice any forms of complementary medicine, she is open to their use and hopes to incorporate one or more modalities in her practice in the future.