Dr. Venkatesan (she/her) earned her bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Californina, Irvine, followed by her medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine in Grenada. During medical school, she saw a need for a public health approach to medicine and pursued a master's in Public Health with a specialization in Epidemiology from New York University. She completed a Family Medicine residency at the Institute of Family Health, Mid-Hudson, NY, where she served as the Resident Education Leader in her final year.

Dr. Venkatesan is currently completing her PGY-4 year as the LGBTQ+ Medicine Fellow at Icahn Mount Sinai. Her passion lies in creating inclusive spaces to provide full spectrum care for her patients with an emphasis on patient education. Going forward, she would like to help develop LGBTQ health curriculum for residency programs to further expand care in a primary care setting and encourage development of inclusive spaces.