Biography
Hardesty received a BS in Anthropology (2015) from University of Utah. She earned her Doctor of Medicine (2019) from University of Washington. After her MD degree she completed a 3 year internal medicine residency (2022) followed by an additional chief resident year (2023) at Brown University. She then completed a two year infectious disease fellowship (2025) at UCLA.
Personal Statement
My primary areas of interest are medical education, general infectious disease, and care for immune suppressed and transplant patients. As a chief resident, fellow, and faculty member, I enjoy introducing learners to a broad range of infectious diseases and to the rewards and challenges of caring for complex patients from all walks of life. Infectious disease is a fascinating, complex, and patient focused field. I am committed to giving medical learners more exposure to the field. Clinically, I am excited to help provide multidisciplinary care to the transplant and immune suppressed patients of New Mexico, and to be a part of these growing programs.
Areas of Specialty
Infectious disease, Transplant/immune compromised infectious disease, Medical education
Key Publications
Journal Article
Hardesty, Anna, Pandita, Aakriti, Vieira, Kendra, Rogers, Ralph, Merhi, Basma, Osband, Adena, J. Aridi, Jad, Shi, Yiyun, Bayliss, George, Cosgrove, Christopher, Gohh, Reginald, Morrissey, Paul, Beckwith, Curt, G. Farmakiotis, Dimitrios, 2021 Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Single-Center Experience and Case-Control Study Transplantation Proceedings, vol. 53, Issue 4, 1187-1193 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.01.002
Journal Article
Mecadon, Krista, Hardesty, Anna, Vieira, Kendra, Rogers, Ralph, Merhi, Basma, Osband, Adena, J. Bayliss, MD, George, Gohh, Reginald, Morrissey, Paul, Farmakiotis, Dimitrios, 2022 Elevated Tacrolimus Levels at Time of Diagnosis of COVID-19 Compared to Baseline Among Hospitalized Organ Transplant Recipients Annals of Pharmacotherapy, vol. 56, Issue 11, 1197-1202 https://doi.org/10.1177/10600280221078983
Gender
Female
Languages
- English