Experiences of the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions (FIT) Clinic Initiative Connecting Formerly Incarcerated People With Community Healthcare in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA)

ICPA 2025 Presentation by Anjali Niyogi (PID113)

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Anjali Niyogi

Assoc. Professor at Tulane, Director, Formerly Incarcerated Transitions (FIT) Clinic Initiative, United States

Dr. Anjali Niyogi is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Tulane School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana (USA). As a hospitalist at a contract hospital for Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Dr. Niyogi provides medical care for incarcerated patients requiring hospitalization. She is the founder and director of the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions (FIT) Clinic Initiative in New Orleans, whose mission is to achieve health equity for people impacted by mass incarceration by connecting recently released people with health resources in the communities to which they return. She is the creator and director of the correctional health curriculum, a mandatory class for all medical students at Tulane.

Dr. Niyogi chaired a legislative taskforce on the use of compassionate release and medical parole in Louisiana and served as co-chair for the health and care committee as part of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's transition team. Dr. Niyogi works with correctional facilities on initiatives to address the drastic increase in opioid overdose amongst recently released individuals.

Dr. Niyogi is a volunteer physician with Physician for Human Rights and provides forensic evaluations to support immigrants in detention and in the community. She obtained her medical and public health degrees from Tulane School of Medicine and Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She is the co-founder and director of the Resident Initiative in Global Health at Tulane (RIGHT) program and has worked internationally in multiple countries, focusing on capacity building and humanitarian aid.

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