Anita Desai

If you have been putting off a physical because the last doctor made you feel rushed, Anita is the reset you need. She grew up in the Bronx in a Marathi-speaking household, which means she does not just study health disparities in textbooks. She carries that knowledge into every appointment. Her Columbia DNP training gave her a strong evidence base, but her patients stay because she builds care plans around their actual routines, not idealized ones. She sees families across generations and often coordinates care between parents and grandparents in the same household.