Petal Elder, MD, MPH

Dr. Elder is from the beautiful twin isle Caribbean Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She completed her medical studies at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)  in June 2017, following which she completed an MPH at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of  Public Health, where she concentrated in health systems and policy, with certificates in  community based public health as well as global health. Moreover, she completed clinical  electives in Chicago, New York, Melbourne Australia, Dublin, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and  Trinidad. These experiences have provided her with ample opportunity to study health disparities  and health systems globally. 


Dr. Elder completed her internal medicine resident physician at UMASS Chan Medical School – Baystate. Following completion of residency, she relocated to Boston where she practices as a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess. She is passionate about health equity, committed to social justice and eager to become a leader especially as related to women and minorities.