Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, MSHP, FAAFP
Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, MSHP, FAAFP
CEO, Co-Founder
PurpLE Health Foundation
Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, MSHP, FAAFP- CEO, Co-Founder, PurpLE Health Foundation-- Dr. Anita Ravi is a board-certified family medicine physician, public health scientist and nationally renowned expert in the area of gender-based violence and trauma-informed care. Dr. Ravi is the co-founder and CEO of the PurpLE Health Foundation, a non-profit organization that advances the health of communities by investing in the physical, mental and financial health of women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence. Prior to PurpLE Health Foundation, Dr. Ravi founded and directed the "PurpLE Clinic” in New York City – a pioneering primary care clinic for survivors of human trafficking and other forms of abuse and exploitation. She has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications in the areas of trauma, human trafficking, and healthcare delivery in underserved settings, conducts forensic examinations for people seeking asylum, and facilitates health education workshops for people who experience incarceration. Dr. Ravi currently serves as the Vice Chair of the American Medical Association’s Women Physicians Section Governing Council, as a member of the National Quality Forum's Prevention and Population Health Standing committee, and as a consultant to the United States’ Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center. She regularly writes and speaks at events across the country on how the health care system must radically adapt to meet the needs of people who have experienced exploitation and abuse. Dr. Ravi is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, received her Medical Degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine, her Masters in Public Health from Yale University and her Masters in Health Policy research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program. You can read more about her work at www.PurpLEHealthFoundation.org.