Shilpa Ravella

Shilpa Ravella is a gastroenterologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. Her debut A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease (October 11, 2022, W.W. Norton) investigates inflammation—the hidden force at the heart of modern disease. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Magazine, PBS’s Next Avenue, Slate, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, among other publications. Follow her on Twitter at @shilparavella and Instagram at @shilpa.ravella