Sahithi Madireddy

Sahithi Madireddy is a medical student at Johns Hopkins who studied biology at MIT. She is originally from San Jose, California. She loves coffee, her apartment and trivia (in that order). She is passionate about environmental advocacy, writing, internal medicine and yapping with her friends.

The Inner Harbor Water Wheel, often called Mr. Trash Wheel, scoops up trash from the Jones Falls waterway, preventing it from entering the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. Powered by water wheels and solar panels, the device collects trash from the stream using a conveyor belt and places it in a dumpster.

The Trash Wheels of Baltimore

During your time in Baltimore, you may come upon a barge with a wagon cover and googly eyes floating on the water. This is one… Read More »The Trash Wheels of Baltimore

A young boy sits up on an exam table as a female Pediatrician preforms a check-up on him. The boy is dressed casually and smiling as the doctor listens to his heart.

Pediatrics and Hope in Medicine

I learned something quickly on my pediatrics rotation — children were gross. They drooled on my stethoscope, crawled on the floor, and scratched their behinds… Read More »Pediatrics and Hope in Medicine

Woman hands holding magic book. Fairy tale story. Elegant girl in a pink blouse reading literature. Read books lover. Education, literacy day concept. Book swap, bookstore, library vector illustration

Facing (In)Justice in Health

I participated as a writer for the book Facing (In)Justice in Health, a collaboration between The Facing Project and the Johns Hopkins SOURCE service-learning center.… Read More »Facing (In)Justice in Health

Gold Humanism Summit 2025: The Person in Front of You

Photo left to right: Sahithi Madireddy, Amy Feng, Pallavi Menon, Paul O’Rourke I was fortunate to receive funding from the school of medicine to attend… Read More »Gold Humanism Summit 2025: The Person in Front of You

Planetary Health at Johns Hopkins

by Sahithi Madireddy
August 27, 2025September 18, 2025
Events and Happenings

Children in Baltimore City are about twice as likely to have asthma as children nationwide. The country Tuvalu is disappearing because of sea-level rise, with… Read More »Planetary Health at Johns Hopkins

Dressing Up the Days

Something I unexpectedly learned about myself this year: I love to dress up. It started with a Twilight watch party that one of my classmates… Read More »Dressing Up the Days