Anita Chary, MD, PhD

Dr. Chary is a medical anthropologist and emergency physician at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned both her medical degree and a doctorate in anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed residency training at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, where she served as chief resident.

Dr. Chary’s research focuses on social determinants of health and the care of vulnerable populations. Her geriatrics work centers on emergency care for older adults with cognitive impairment and is supported by a GEMSSTAR award from the National Institute on Aging and the Geriatric Emergency care Applied Research (GEAR) Network. She previously served AGEM as a member at large on the executive committee and as an elected resident executive committee member. She currently chairs the research committee of the SAEM Academy of Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine. In this role, she leads collaborative initiatives to address ageism and ableism in clinical care and to improve the inclusion of minoritized older adults in emergency medicine research.

Dr. Chary also conducts global health research in Guatemala, where she studies child nutrition and development, chronic disease management, and innovative care models in rural Indigenous communities.