2024 Keynote Speaker
Abha Gupta Varma, MD
Primary Care physician/ internist with Cherry Health
Dr. Varma earned her MD at Northwestern University and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Michigan. She practiced as a Hospitalist for 16 years for Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu Hawaii and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids Michigan. Since 2017 she has joined Cherry Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center, providing primary care to underserved populations. In addition to her internal medicine practice, she is a clinical educator and Associate Professor at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Dr. Abha notes that her patients are in desperate need of time, mindfulness, and sincerity. She notes that mindfulness encompasses intentionality in everyday life: one breath, one action, one day at a time. She brings her passion for cooking, for people, and medicine into her mindfulness practice, podcast, inspirational speaking, medical practice, and writing.