Dr. Latha Alaparthi on perseverance as a woman in medicine.

Today we’re getting under the hood  with Dr. Latha Alaparthi a daughter, sister, mom, wife, women’s advocate, and a physician. Latha completed her medical degree in India and moved to CT in 1993. After completing internal medicine Gastroenterology and Hepatology training at the Yale University hospital system, she began her career as a gastroenterologist in private practice in 2001.During her nearly 22 years of practice, Latha was involved in several leadership roles within and outside of her practice, including running the practice for 6 years as Managing Partner, President of the medical staff of a Community hospital, and recently President of a physician and patient advocacy non-profit organization.She is most proud of her strong beautiful daughters and the women she has crossed paths with during her personal and professional life. She believes in lifelong learning (recently received an MBA online), women in leadership, and equal opportunity, and is passionate about access and quality in healthcare.If you haven’t already, please give us a quick review and rating on Apple podcasts and Spotify and don’t forget you can follow us FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.