Anjani Tilak Kolahi

Biography

Anjani Tilak Kolahi, M.D., is HS Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine & Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Associate Professor and Core Faculty in the Family & Community Medicine Residency Program at the University of California, Irvine. Kolahi received a Doctorate of Medicine from the State University of New York-Buffalo in 2012 and completed residency training in Family & Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco-Fresno, where she served as Chief Resident from 2014-2015. Her clinical and academic work focuses on reproductive health education and hospital medicine.

Kolahi serves as Co-Chair of the National Collaborative on Abortion Training & Access for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, a position she has held since 2019. She has been Co-Director of the RHEDI (Reproductive Health Education in Family Medicine) Grant at UC Irvine since 2018 and previously served as Co-Director at UCSF Fresno from 2015-2017. She completed the Physicians for Reproductive Health Leadership Training Academy as a Fellow from 2015-2016 and the STFM Residency Faculty Fundamentals Certificate Program from 2017-2019.

At UC Irvine, Kolahi serves as FM Inpatient Director, Associate Director of the MS3 Family Medicine Clerkship, and Course Director for the MS4 Family Medicine Sub-internship. She is Co-Director of FM Maternity Care and Co-Chair of the Family Medicine Residency Program Evaluation Committee. Kolahi has presented extensively at national conferences on reproductive health education, faculty development, and patient-centered care, and has contributed to medical education through curriculum development and clinical training programs. She is fluent in Marathi and proficient in Spanish.

Education

• MD in Medicine, State University of New York- Buffalo, 2012
• BA in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007

Distinctions

• Physicians for Reproductive Health, Leadership Training Academy Fellow, 2015-2016
• ARDFM Scholarly Activity Resident Award, 2015
• Reproductive Health Education in Family Medicine Scholarship, 2014
• UCSF Fresno FCM Davin Youngclarke Scholarly Activity Award, 2015
• Faculty of the Year Teaching Award, UC Irvine Family Medicine Residency Program, 2019
• CAFP Fresno Madera Kings County Resident Advocacy Award, 2015
• Inspirational Character - Faculty Teaching Award, UCSF Fresno FCM Residency Program, 2017
• SUNY Buffalo Gottlieb Award for Area of Expertise Outside of Medicine, 2012
• UCLA Sociology Department Graduation Speaker, 2007
• Leon S Peters Foundation and Resident Council Academic Conference Grant, 2014