Amita believes that spending quality time talking and listening to families is vital to building a strong healthcare relationship. She also believes education, kindness, and patience are extremely important. She's especially interested in childhood obesity, seasonal allergies, asthma, and eczema due to personal experience with each of these.

To stay healthy, Amita enjoys cardio workouts at the gym, weight training, and yoga. Outside of work, she spends time traveling, cooking, reading, movies, and playing guitar. Amita earned her medical degree at Oregon Health & Science University before completing her pediatrics internship and residency at UCSF.

Other languages spoken: Konkani, Spanish (certified medical interpreter), French (conversational)