Prasad Srinivasan
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Prasad Srinivasan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 31st district | |
| In office January 5, 2011 – January 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Kehoe (D) |
| Succeeded by | Jill Barry (D) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 19, 1949 India |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Kala Prasad |
| Children | Sashank Prasad, Anusha Prasad-Rodriguez |
| Education | University of Baroda (MD) |
| Website | House website |
Prasad Srinivasan (born November 19, 1949) is a physician and Republican politician who represented the town of Glastonbury in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019.[1]
Srinivasan was born in Kerala, India into a Tamil family.[2] He graduated from Baroda Medical College. He immigrated to the United States in 1975 and did his fellowship in allergy and immunology at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago. He was chief pediatric resident at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. Srinavasan is an allergist in Glastonbury, Connecticut, treating both pediatric and adult patients.[3][4][5][6]
Political career
Srinivasan was first elected to the 31st district of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 2010, defeating incumbent Democrat Thomas Kehoe with 56% of the vote.[4] He won reelection in 2012 against Chip Flanagan with 60% of the vote, in 2014 without any challenger, and in 2016 against Democrat Matt Saunig with 68% of the vote.[4][7] He did not run for reelection in 2018.[8] Srinivasan served on the Health Committee, the Environment Committee, and as one of the few non-lawyers, on the Judiciary Committee.[3]
Srinivasan was a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Connecticut in 2018.[9][4]
