Dr. Misra completed medical school in India, a residency in pediatrics at Maimonides Medical Center, a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and her Master’s in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Talbot Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She is also the Associate Director of the Harvard Catalyst Translational and Clinical Research Center (MGH) and Director of the Pediatric Endocrine-Sports Endocrine-Neuroendocrine Lab (MGH). Dr. Misra has chaired the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee, the Steering Committee for the Fellow Spring Retreat, and the Research Affairs Committee of the Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES). She is an ex-Director and Past President of the PES, and an editor on the Subboard of Endocrinology for the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Misra has received the John Haddad Young Investigator Award (AIMM-ASBMR), the Janet W. McArthur Award (Women in Endocrinology), the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Award (MGH), and the Rita M. Kelley, MD, Fellowship (MGH).

Dr. Misra specializes in neuroendocrine and bone disorders. She is a physician-scientist who has been consistently NIH funded since 2000 with a K23, K24, and six R01 grants and is known for her work on neuroendocrine, metabolic, and bone consequences of disorders that span the weight spectrum from anorexia nervosa to obesity, as well as autism spectrum disorders, and her work has led to major strides in the clinical management of these conditions.