Monisha Vasa MD, Advisor | MedSchoolCoach

Monisha Vasa MDAdvisor

Dr. Vasa, a psychiatrist specializing in physician mental health, believes in moving through the application process with positivity, authenticity, and attention to small details. To her, success as an applicant not only means gaining admission to a coveted institution but also emerging from the process feeling balanced and well.

Monisha Vasa MD, MedSchoolCoach

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Bio

Dr. Vasa graduated cum laude from Northwestern University. She completed medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago and pursued her psychiatry residency, chief residency, and addiction psychiatry fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

Currently, Dr. Vasa works in private practice in Orange County, California, specializing in physician mental health. She also serves as a wellness consultant for University of California, Irvine family medicine and pediatrics residents and fellows, as well as for City of Hope medical group and trainees. In addition, Dr. Vasa has served as a medical school admissions committee member, interviewer, and residency admissions committee member. She is focused on

EDUCATION

Undergraduate: BS, Northwestern University
Medical School: MD, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

SPECIALTY

General and Addiction Psychiatry

FUN FACT

Dr. Vasa has published two children's books as well as a volume of poetry and has completed over ten marathons!

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