Shivani Desai, M.D.

Shivani Desai, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of the Division of General Internal Medicine. She specializes in preventive care and graduate medical education.

Dr. Desai holds a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from the University of Texas at Austin. She earned her medical degree at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in Temple and completed internal medicine residency training at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr, Desai joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2015.

Dr. Desai is an Associate Program Director for UT Southwestern’s Internal Medicine Residency Program, helping oversee the resident clinical training sites and develop the program's ambulatory medicine curriculum. She supervises resident clinical training at both UT Southwestern's General Internal Medicine Clinica and at Parkland’s Internal Medicine Clinic.

In 2024, she was recognized with the Award for Excellence in Clinical Education ffrom the Society of General Internal Medicine's Southern Chapter for demonstrating innovation and excellence in teaching and clinical care.

Dr. Desai is an active member of the Society of General Internal Medicine.