Trisha PasrichaSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Trisha Pasricha, MD, MPH, is a Harvard-trained gastroenterologist, neurogastroenterologist, physician-scientist, and medical communicator. She serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, directs the Institute for Gut-Brain Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and leads an NIH-funded lab exploring the gut-brain axis and potential gut-first origins of Parkinson’s disease. A graduate of Harvard College, she earned her MD from Vanderbilt, completed an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins, completed gastroenterology/neurogastroenterology fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital, and earned an MPH from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Widely known as The Washington Post’s “Ask a Doctor” columnist, she translates complex science into accessible advice. Her 2026 national bestseller “You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong” demystifies bowel health, gut-brain science, and everyday digestive topics with evidence-based humor. An active researcher and speaker, she bridges clinical care, groundbreaking science, and public education.