Raashmi Krishnasamy
MPH
Raashmi Krishnasamy, MPH (she/her/hers) is a second year osteopathic medical student at A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA). As a passionate advocate and aspiring change maker, she seeks to bridge gaps between clinical care, policy, and implementation to eliminate health disparities. Currently, she serves as President for the ATSU-SOMA Chapter of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association, the official student arm of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). In this role, she has led her fellow classmates to actively engage in state and national advocacy efforts. In February, she led nearly 40 of her classmates to advocate for graduate medical education expansion and physician scope of practice at the 2024 Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association’s State DO Day. Most recently,
she attended the annual AOA House of Delegates where she curated and delivered pivotal testimony on issues related to the safety of healthcare workers in conflict zones and physician unionizing.
Prior to medical school, Raashmi served as Co-Chair of the Social Mission Alliance’s Advocacy Advisory Council and Advisor for the Social Mission Alliance Student Assembly. In both of these roles, she led advocacy efforts to advance equity in health professions education. Through her work with the Student Assembly, she has created an interdisciplinary community to empower learners and trainees with advocacy and organizing tools and to support them as they navigate their own journeys through health professions education. She has also served in various positions with Unity Health Care, Families USA, the DC Primary Care Association, Nemours Office of Child Health Policy and Advocacy, and the American Heart Association. Raashmi holds an MPH in Community Oriented Primary Care from the Milken Institute School of Public Health and holds a B.S. in Neuroscience from Carnegie Mellon University. She is excited to be on her journey to become a community-based physician advocate.
