Prasanna Karur

Prasanna is currently a medical student at Nova Southeastern and has a passion for serving the autistic community. He comes to the Tampa Bay area from Dallas, Texas, his hometown. He graduated from Emory University in 2021 and from Columbia University with a Master’s in Narrative Medicine in 2022. He is the host of a podcast called PlayGround, where he has conversations with strangers about rediscovering their inner child and childhood adventures.

He is hoping to become a neurodevelopmental disabilities physician who specializes with children with autism and other developmental disabilities. His dream is to connect the community aspect with the medical approach of neurodiversity as a leader physician and community worker. He has experience volunteering with children with developmental disabilities and is branching out his volunteer experience through Neuroshifts. He also has interests in entrepreneurship and hopes to learn a lot through serving on Neuroshifts executive board.