Space Medicine Portraits | University of Miami Medicine

Miller School student Shilpi Ganguly dreams of practicing wilderness medicine on the moon or Mars

Portrait of Shilpi Ganguly, photographed at the Philip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science

Even as a little girl, Shilpi Ganguly could look to the stars and glimpse her future. The third- year medical student was still in elementary school when her science fair projects earned a stratospheric honor: In 2006, astronomers named a minor planet Ganguly 22706.

“Like any loving mother of an asteroid would, I check on her about once a year to make sure she’s still orbiting,” Ganguly said of the “celestial child” that sparked her passion for space. “I have always loved traveling, and I consider space the ultimate destination.” -Maya Bell

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