Natalie Achamallah, MD, MS, MA

Dr. Natalie Achamallah is the Director of Critical Care Education for the Internal Medicine Residency at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, a Clinical Assistant Professor at USC Keck School of Medicine, and a practicing intensivist and pulmonologist. She joined the faculty in 2022.

After completing her undergraduate degree at UCLA she spent two years coordinating clinical trials at the West Los Angeles VA. She returned to school to obtain her MA in Medical Humanities and Bioethics at Northwestern University prior to attending medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland. She then completed her Internal Medicine residency at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Her Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles coincided with the height of the COVID pandemic.

At Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, she is the Director of the Sepsis Committee and serves on the CPR and Critical Care Committees. Dr. Achamallah remains active in research and quality improvement, including clinical trials of novel therapies for venous thromboembolism. Among her specific interests within medical education are the development of clinical intuition and decision-making skills.

Outside of the hospital her favorite activities are painting Santa Barbara sunsets and cooking for exceptionally large groups of people.