Betta Tyriver, MD

Elisabetta (Betta) Tyriver, MD (She/Her), hails from the Madison and Fox Cities metro areas. Prior to starting college, she was a Rotary Exchange Student in Lima, Peru, which introduced her to global health and where she gained Spanish fluency. Betta attended Johns Hopkins University and earned her degree in Public Health Studies. She then served as a Global Health Fellow for a non-profit in Thomassique, Haiti where she partnered with community health workers and clinic staff to improve their child malnutrition program, pre- and peri-natal services, and disease prevention and chronic disease management offerings. She earned her medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Betta spent the summer after her first year in medical school in the rural Peruvian Amazon interviewing community members, patients, and clinic staff to conduct a community health needs assessment. She also volunteered with the CommunityHealth Clinic in West Town, Chicago to provide medical care to low-income, uninsured Chicagoans. Betta is interested in women’s and reproductive health, LGBTQ+ healthcare, global health, substance use, and integrative medicine. Outside of the clinic, Betta can often be found cooking Italian food and hosting dinner parties, biking around the city with her husband, travelling, and listening to podcasts.