Learning to Swim in the River with Ajeya P. Joshi, MD
EPISODE OVERVIEW:
Ajeya Joshi, MD, joins Ripples: Physician Well-Being podcast to explore how the principles of salutogenesis can help residents move beyond burnout and toward meaningful growth. He shares practical insights on cultivating resilience, purpose, and well-being during the challenges of medical training.
Season 5 of "Ripples" focuses on bringing your best self to residency training while avoiding common pitfalls.
ABOUT GUEST SPEAKER:
Ajeya Joshi was born in Apeldoorn, Holland, as his parents, Padmakar Joshi and Dr. Neela Joshi, were emigrating Westward. When he was 2, the family moved to Paris, France for a year, and when he was nearly 4, to greater Boston, Massachusetts. Ajeya graduated from Lexington (MA) High School in 1988, then attended Dartmouth College and graduated in 1992.
His father, Padmakar, was a software engineer at Honeywell Systems, while his mother practiced as a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine first at Boston City Hospital, and then at the Fallon Clinic in Worcester Massachusetts.
Inspired by his mother's journey in medicine including her exemplary work as a physician servant to her patients but also an academician and accomplished teacher of medical students and residents, Ajeya embarked on his own career pathway by attending Harvard Medical School, graduating in 1997, specializing in orthopedics, graduating from the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program in 2003, and then completing a fellowship in spinal surgery at Baylor College of medicine in 2004.
Since 2004, he has been in practice in San Antonio, TX, taking care of the diverse spinal issues of patients of all ages. His additional interests over time include lifestyle as medicine and leveraging self-care strategies to help with musculoskeletal patients, new or minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques, and outcomes research in the area of bone health.
Ajeya is grateful for the support of his parents originally, as well as other inner circle pillars of support including his wife, Anjali, and their two children, Om and Seva.