Hometown: Austin, TX
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Vishvaa was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey but moved to Texas when he was quite young. He grew up surrounded by the green rolling hills of Texas hill country and developed a passion for the environment and green spaces during his summers with family in South Texas. He went to college at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, just miles away from the border and completed medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He then found himself going to the Big Apple for residency and trained at the New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital Center program where he quickly became known around the hospital for wearing his scrubs tucked into cowboy boots. Besides learning that he loved working in community settings, Vish additionally saw a future in child and adolescent psychiatry and was happy to find out he would be going to Spokane for the next chapter of his life as a Child and Adolescent Fellow. When not working, he spends his time nurturing his rescue Chiweenie, cultivating plants, and experimenting with new recipes.
