Service obituary
Anika Patel Rao
1971-2026
A physician and advocate whose family says her care continued long after each appointment ended.
"Her care continued long after each appointment ended."
Life story
Anika Patel Rao was a physician and advocate whose work was rooted in listening carefully before offering help.
Patients remember her notes, her follow-up calls, and her habit of learning the names of everyone who came with them to an appointment. Colleagues remember the scholarship fund she built for students entering community medicine.
Her loved ones describe a life of fierce tenderness: practical, brilliant, funny, and devoted to making care easier for people who had been asked to wait too long.
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