Carissa Harnish-Cruz

Carissa Harnish-Cruz is a Physician at Augusta Health, where employment began in August 2023, following a residency at UVA Health System from June 2020 to August 2023. Prior to their medical training, Carissa served as a Corps Member at City Year from July 2015 to June 2016, where responsibilities included tutoring seventh graders in math and co-coordinating an afterschool program. Earlier experience includes a position as a Trauma Research Intern at Lancaster General Health in 2014, focusing on data collection and analysis in trauma care, and as an Advisor 1 at Friendship Community in 2013, providing personal care for individuals in a group home. Carissa Harnish-Cruz earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Penn State College of Medicine (2016-2020) and a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Eastern Mennonite University (2011-2015).