Interview with Swathi Varanasi, PharmD: Integrative Health Pharmacist, Wellness Entrepreneur, Author, and Speaker
As a podcast guest, Dr. Swathi checks all the boxes.\xa0 My guests use their voices to advocate for something, educate in some way, or entertain.\xa0 Dr. Swathi does all three!
\u2705 She\u2019s an advocate for integrative health, preventative health, patient-centered shared decision-making, cannabis science and therapeutics, her beauty and wellness brand El\u0113ment Apoth\u0113c, networking, entrepreneurship, personal development podcasts, and more.
\u2705\xa0 As an educator, she has created 3 online courses:\xa0 Integrative Health 101, Cannabis Science & Therapeutics for Pharmacists, and CBD for Health & Wellness (available from El\u0113ment Apoth\u0113c in early 2023).\xa0 Plus, she has experience speaking at conferences. \xa0
\u2705\xa0 As an entertainer, she has appeared on several podcasts and YouTube channels and authored a book. \xa0
Listen to this episode, and you will be inspired by the many ways in which Dr. Swathi uses her voice. \xa0
Connect with Dr. Swathi on LinkedIn.\xa0
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Bio\u2013
Dr. Swathi Varanasi, or Dr. Swathi for short, is a bilingual pharmacist specializing in integrative and preventative health. Dr. Swathi has paved the way for other healthcare professionals to pursue non-traditional career paths through creating postdoctoral residency training programs, industry internships, and online courses (Integrative Health 101 and Cannabis Science & Therapeutics for Pharmacists). She co-founded and serves as Chief Scientific Officer of the international award-winning clean beauty and wellness brand, El\u0113ment Apoth\u0113c.
As a healthcare disruptor, she looks for opportunities to break barriers and challenge her western-trained colleagues to think beyond the conventional scope of their practice. Through the many modalities of integrative medicine and patient-centered shared decision-making, she believes that health and wellness is achievable for everyone. Emphasizing an evidence-based approach, Dr. Swathi is passionate about educating practitioners, students, patients, and consumers, and strives to empower everyone to be the best, most authentic version of themselves.
Dr. Swathi received her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy (Charleston, SC) and her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Carleton College (Northfield, MN). She is certified in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University. Dr. Swathi serves adjunct faculty and has lectured at colleges, universities, and conference stages worldwide. She has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Yahoo, Well+Good, and mindbodygreen.
In her free time, she can be found listening to personal development podcasts, styling sustainable fashion pieces, taking long walks, paging through Architectural Digest, or planning her next trip (35 countries and counting!).
Links from this episode
Element Apothec's Webiste | www.elementapothec.com
Element Apothec\u2019s YouTube channel
Element Apothec's IG\xa0|\xa0@elementapothec
Personal website for Swathi Varanasi, PharmD www.doctorswathi.com
Personal Instagram for Swathi Varanasi, PharmD @doctorswathi
Dr. Swathi Varanasi on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/swathi-varanasi\xa0
Integrative Health 101 | integrativehealth101.teachable.com
Lsteners can use the code VOICE for 20% off. (Code is valid until 4/30/23)
Cannabis Science & Therapeutics for Pharmacists |\xa0https://medicalcannabismentor.thinkific.com/courses/copy-of-cannabis-science-and-therapeutics-for-pharmacists-1?ref=fa803a
This is the first-ever online course specifically written for pharmacists by a pharmacist on cannabis science and medicine.
CBD for Health & Wellness (online course) will be available from Element Apothec in 2023.
HARO https://www.helpareporter.com/\xa0
The Sacred Feminine by Swathi Varanasi et al
Student National Pharmaceutical Association SNPhA https://snpha.org/\xa0
Carleton College\xa0
Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
The University of Toledo\u2019s Cosmetic Science & Formulation Design Program\xa0
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