Kasturi Banerjee, PhD

Dr. Banerjee is a licensed clinical health psychologist with a specialization in digestive diseases. She earned her PhD in clinical psychology with an emphasis on health from the University of Kansas. She completed her clinical internship with a focus on gastroenterology/hepatology, pain management, oncology and complex medical conditions at the University of Chicago Medicine. She continued her advanced training in gastroenterology and oncology during her clinical health psychology fellowship at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, where she also worked with medical trainees for communication skills training.

Dr. Banerjee uses an integrated approach to address issues with coping and management of a variety of gastrointestinal issues. She works within a social-determinants-of-health framework and has a special interest in culturally-informed, brief behavioral health interventions. She is also interested in medical student education and promoting integrated, trauma-informed, multi-disciplinary care practices.