Dr Shanker Gayatri MD

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Dr. Shanker has dedicated over 20 years of her career to building a leading patient-centered Pediatric practice in Mid-Michigan. Dr. Shanker has translated her passion for the health and wellbeing of her young patients to build a practice which is recognized as a leader in Patient Centered Medical Home and quality of care in the region. Dr. Shanker currently serves as President of Primary Care Partners, an organization of Mid-Michigan primary care physicians where she has been active on various committees for the past 15 years. She also serves on the Board of Covenant Healthcare Partners, a partnership with Covenant Hospital System. In the community, Dr. Shanker serves on Medical Command and Control team coordinating medical response to COVID-19. She has led and supported many community-based mental health initiatives in Saginaw County. She also previously founded Medical Associates of Pearland, in Pearland, Texas and was a pediatric attending physician at Hermann Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital and St. Luke’s Hospital of Houston, Texas. Dr. Shanker is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and has been Board Certified Pediatrician since 1995. Dr. Shanker completed her Pediatric Residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston in 1995 and her medical degree in 1988 at Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai, India. In addition, she also has a Master Degree in Biomedical Science from Drexel University, where she conducted research on wound-healing. Outside of the clinic, Dr. Shanker is married and has two children. She enjoys music, hiking and baking.