Dr. Eswaran completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in downtown Chicago, Illinois. She obtained her undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she majored in Biology and was a Laya W Wiesner awardee. She then went to medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX where she was involved with numerous community outreach events such as organizing CPR training events and mentoring high-risk youth. She was inducted into the Gold Humanism Society for her efforts. As a resident, Vidya's focus has been on improving care provided to patients with mental health and substance use needs in the Emergency Department. She obtained a grant to initiate Medication Assisted Therapy in the Northwestern Emergency Department. She also created the Northwestern Social Emergency Medicine Academy, an interdisciplinary group of residents, faculty, social workers, nurses and pharmacists committed to providing equitable care in the ED.
Career Interests: Dr. Eswaran hopes to pursue a career which combines health services research, health system innovation and clinical care to fundamentally improve how patients with behavioral health needs are cared for in the Emergency Department.
Research Interests: Dr. Eswaran is interested in researching how social determinants of health impact patients' ED visits, specifically those patients with a primary psychiatric diagnosis. She also has an interest in studying workforce diversity and how diversity in providers impacts clinical care.