Harshita J. Saxena, MD is an Adolescent Medicine Board certified Pediatrician who has been serving military families in the Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Clinic at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center since 2012.

She completed her Fellowship training at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC, providing care to teens of underserved communities and has co-edited a textbook: “Basics in Adolescent Medicine: A Practical Manual for Signs, Symptoms and Solutions” for the general practitioner published in 2014.

She is a 2nd generation Adolescent Medicine physician, inspired to follow in her mother's footsteps having grown up listening to stories of teen resilience in the face of adversity and strife and being profoundly impressed by the potential to impact a teen's life by taking the time to listen to them.