Asma Bahrami

Asma (She/her/hers) was born and raised in Muncie, Indiana. Her parents were refugees from Afghanistan and raised Asma to prioritize gratitude, hard work, and service while incorporating Afghan and Islamic cultures into Asma’s life. Asma stayed in-state at Purdue University for undergrad and then Indiana University for medical school. Asma was first introduced to Med-Peds when she had two Med-Peds senior residents during her third-year Pediatrics rotation. Asma was impressed by their management of medicine across the spectrum and how they used knowledge from one side to enhance the other. Asma wanted to do the same ever since!

Med-Peds fits many of her interests - taking care of complex cases across the age spectrum, an emphasis on Med-Ed, and opportunities for global health and transitions of care. Asma loves so many things and though she is not quite sure where her career is headed yet, she feels UCLA has a very strong mentorship program and there is always someone there to help figure things out. Throughout residency, Asma has been involved in medical education and hopes to continue this.

Since moving to LA, Asma thinks LA is great for exploring a diversity of foods and has the best boba! She loves spending time outside as much as possible (tennis, hiking, etc).

Education:

Medical School - Indiana University
Undergrad - Purdue University