Rishi Desai, MD, MPH, is a pediatric infectious disease physician with a public health background who recently led Khan Academy Medicine and currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer at Osmosis, a digital health education platform aimed to empower the world's clinicians and caregivers with the best learning experience possible. Additionally, Dr. Desai works clinically for AmWell, a large U.S.-based telemedicine company.
Previously, Dr. Desai spent two years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer investigating viral disease outbreaks, before beginning his work in online medical education. He had an accelerated education, completing high school and receiving his BS in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from UCLA by the age of 18. He completed his medical training at UCSF and earned his MPH in epidemiology at UCLA.
