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Puja Uppal, DO, MA
meet dr. puja uppal, do, ma.
Welcome to our movement
Dr. Puja Uppal is a board certified family medicine physician. Dr. Uppal serves as Founder & Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Think Healthy and Founder & Publisher of The Health Standard.
Dr. Puja’s diverse background in academic, research, and clinical medicine provides exceptional, real-world leadership to ThinkHealthy.Doctor
Among her responsibilities at Think Healthy Doctor, she is the publisher of our flagship newsletter Health Stuff TO Know, and our flagship hyperlocal newswire, The Health Standard Newswire. She ensures that all information published is evidence-based & meets the current guidelines of standard practice of care.
Puja received her Master of Arts (MA) in biotechnology from Wayne State University in Detroit. Puja Uppal received her Medical Doctorate, DO, from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Puja Uppal is certified in Family Medicine/OMT (Osteopathic Medicine Treatment) from the American College of Family Medicine and American College of Osteopathic Medicine (AOA).
Guiding Philosophy
Dr. Uppal began practicing medicine with the St. Joseph Mercy Health System in an outpatient clinic for over 5 years. She was recognized for her outstanding clinical skills including the utilization of Osteopathic Medicine Treatment.
In her outpatient clinic, she was passionate about providing evidence-based medical education in the context of patient-centric care. Her clinical passions were osteopathic manipulative medicine, mental health conditions, cardiovascular metabolic disease, and asthma/COPD. Dr. Uppal was also a member of the Referral Committee and Diabetes Collaborative.
Doctor Puja Uppal’s medical philosophy is rooted in addressing social determinants of health in patient care at the local and population level.
Her training experience was heavily rooted in outpatient medicine with a heavy emphasis on clinical skills and patient outcomes. Through her residency, Dr. Uppal gained an appreciation for nonclinical factors that affect patient outcomes. As such, policy and patient empowerment have become a cornerstone of her thinking.
And these concepts, such as social determinants of health, challenges with access to care, cost of medications, and health literacy, served as foundational philosophies for ThinkHealthy.Doctor
Dr. Uppal also was recognized as an excellent medical and physician’s assistant clinical educator for the St. Joseph Mercy Health System’s Family Medicine Residency, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM) medical students, and Eastern University’s Physician Assistant students.
Dr. Uppal has given talks on multiple medical and policy topics at various medical schools and symposia.
Dr. Uppal completed her residency from the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Health System in 2013, during which she served as chief resident for her graduating class.
Her unopposed residency provided exceptional leadership and clinical skills opportunities for family medicine residents.
In medical school, Doctor Puja Uppal was a member of her local chapter of Sigma Sigma Pi, an academic fraternity open to only select medical students.
Dr. Uppal was Diversity Chair of Sigma Sigma Pi, and this experience helped to develop her passion for primary care and health equity.