Gita Balakumar, MD

Gita Balakumar is a pediatrician with two decades of clinical experience and the founder of Dragonfly Coaching MD. Her career has centered on patient advocacy and the well-being of the families she serves, work that has carried her through the full complexity of clinical practice.

She is a Certified Physician Development Coach, credentialed through the Physician Coaching Institute (PCI), and a member of the International Coaching Federation. Those credentials reflect her commitment to rigorous, ethical, and evidence-informed coaching practice with the physicians she now supports.

Her writing has appeared on KevinMD, including "The dwindling of the medical lexicon: It matters."

Born in Ohio and transplanted to Arizona, she traded snow boots for sunscreen and never looked back. Off the clock, she chases tennis balls, moonlights as a docent at the art museum, steals quality moments with family, keeps the dog thoroughly entertained, and schemes about the next travel adventure.