Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MD, MPH
Dr. Ruvandhi Nathavitharana is a TB researcher and attending physician in Infectious Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. She graduated from Imperial College Medical School London with honors and obtained her MPH from Harvard School of Public Health as a UK Kennedy Scholar. Dr. Nathavitharana completed internal medicine residency at NYU/Bellevue Hospital and trained in Infectious Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
TB has re-emerged as the leading cause of death due to an infectious disease globally. TB transmission from patients with unsuspected disease is the major driver of TB incidence. Dr. Nathavitharana’s research interests center around using implementation science to optimize diagnostic strategies to decrease TB transmission. Dr. Nathavitharana is also the Vice Chair of TB Proof, an advocacy organization that seeks to destigmatize TB and mobilize national and global resources to end TB.