Overview
Dr. Rishi Mediratta is a pediatrician, educator, and global child health innovator dedicated to expanding access to high-quality care and training the next generation of healthcare leaders.
Johns Hopkins, then Ethiopia
Dr. Mediratta attended Johns Hopkins University, majoring in Public Health. After graduation, he spent a year in Ethiopia working on initiatives with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, expanding the Ethiopian Orphan Health Foundation, and consulting for the World Bank.
Marshall Scholar
As a Marshall Scholar, he earned a Master of Arts in Medical Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies and a Master of Science in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Both shaped the way he approaches clinical questions today, with as much attention to the social and cultural context of illness as to the biology.
Stanford
He attended medical school and completed pediatrics residency at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is board-certified in Pediatrics and in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Today he is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and a Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health. He cares for children as a Pediatric Hospitalist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, El Camino Hospital, California Pacific Medical Center, and Watsonville Community Hospital.
Teaching and mentorship
Passionate about teaching, Dr. Mediratta mentors students and faculty on pediatrics and global health. He leads education and research initiatives focused on remote neonatal resuscitation, quality improvement in childhood pneumonia, and artificial intelligence driven innovations in child health.
Beyond the clinic
Dr. Mediratta co-founded Cracking Med School Admissions with Stanford classmate Dr. Rachel Rizal. The book they wrote together, now in its second edition, has reached thousands of pre-medical students. He has also worked with policymakers at the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the Michigan Department of Community Health.