Dr. Ambasta received her BSc. (2009) in Biological Sciences and her medical degree (2012), both from the University of Calgary. She subsequently completed a 5-year residency program in General Internal Medicine at the University of Calgary, followed by a Masters in Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with a focus on Clinical Effectiveness. During her Master’s program, Dr. Ambasta worked to describe and manage the problem of over-utilization of laboratory tests in hospitalized patients. She began her clinical appointment with University of Calgary in 2017 where she complemented her clinical practice as a General Internal Medicine physician with ongoing research in healthcare quality and patient safety. Her research work in the area of low-value laboratory testing was funded by Alberta Health Services, Choosing Wisely Alberta, Canadian Society of Internal Medicine, Alberta Health Services, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She began her academic appointment with University of British Columbia in 2022 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesia, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics. She is a member of the Therapeutics Initiative where is building a research program on reduction of low-value diagnostics and therapeutic services in health systems.

Clinical Outcomes and Patient Safety, Evidence-based medicine and knowledge translation, Pharmacoepidemiology