Subra Seetharaman, MD, FAPCR

After being a family physician for many years, I feel caring for my patients, and the “practice of medicine” has become an integral part of my life.

After graduating from Stanley Medical College in Chennai, India, I worked in private practices and hospitals. Being a doctor in this huge city of six million people exposed me to all aspects of medicine, such as the rare diseases which we only get to read about.

I relocated to Seychelles- the “Garden of Eden,” a group of islands in the Indian Ocean. I worked as the only physician in one of the islands- managing trauma, births, deaths, and being an integral part of the community.

Relocating to the U.S. exposed me to clinical and basic science research. I was a research faculty at OHSU in the Department of Neurosurgery, and was involved in clinical trials. I was privileged to do my family medicine residency in the Department of Family Medicine at OHSU, one of the top graduate schools in the country.

I am actively involved in teaching medical students from OHSU and received the Mentor award and Master Teacher award from the Department of Family Medicine. Students keep me on my feet and I get to learn a lot from them as well. I was also recently awarded Lewis Ruth Carpenter Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence in the Outpatient Setting from OHSU.

I have also been involved with the Japanese Medical Association (JADECOM), and have had students and doctors from Japan learning from my practice. I am a teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at OHSU and a proud member of the Robert Taylor Society. I speak English, Hindi, Tamil, Creole, and some Serbian.

I am a member of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians, and am board certified in Family Medicine. I love working with families as a unit, and seeing patients from newborn to the senior years. I am also interested in women’s health including aesthetic medicine, and like helping patients with mental health. I truly believe that health includes not just physical well-being but social and emotional well-being as well, and I always strive to be available to my patients.