
Heidi Tastet, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University Complete Care
- Phone: 314-362-0000
- Fax: 314-747-1080
- Email: htastet@nospam.wustl.edu
Biography
Dr. Tastet is a board-certified family medicine provider with experience in both pediatric and adult medicine. Interests extend to lifestyle medicine in the context of both preventive and chronic disease management. Passionate about both local and global health initiatives that seek to tackle some of the health concerns surrounding chronic disease that affects communities. To that end, currently engaged with local partners that focus on understanding the sources of disadvantaged healthcare and health disparities as well as seeking to advance health equity.
As a Gateway faculty coach, Dr. Tastet fosters relationships with students that support their professional and personal development. As co-lead for the Ambulatory/ED Immersion with the focus of immersing students in different clinical settings, Dr. Tastet offers early bedside clinical learning, and integrate multiple areas of their curriculum into the clinical care. Dr. Tastet is engaged in various committees across the medical school with the goal of advocating for equitable care for patients, educate trainees to recognize the importance of social determinants of health as well as reviewing applicable undergraduate medical education programing to provide an antiracism and equity lens.