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== Early life and education ==

Prasad was raised in a suburb of [[Cleveland, Ohio]], before moving outside of Chicago in northern Indiana. His parents immigrated from India.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2017/09/dr_vinay_prasad_ohsus_iconocla.html|title=Dr. Vinay Prasad, OHSU's iconoclastic oncologist, calls out shoddy medicine|last=Terry|first=Lynne|date=2017-09-07|work=Oregon Live|access-date=2018-07-11|publisher=The Oregonian|language=en-US}}</ref> Prasad was 2001 valedictorian of [[LaPorte High School (Indiana)|LaPorte High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Once a Slicer, Always a Slicer: Vinay Prasad Class of 2001|url=https://slicernewsroom.com/6558/academics/once-a-slicer-always-a-slicer-vinay-prasad-class-of-2001/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Slicer Newsroom}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=October 2022}} He attended [[Michigan State University]], where he took courses in health care ethics and physiology. In 2005, Prasad graduated summa cum laude from MSU with a double major in philosophy and physiology.<ref name=":2" /> He gave the commencement speech to the College of Arts and Letters on behalf of the Philosophy Department.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=Spring 2005|title=Commencement|url=https://projects.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/162-565-1296/S201_2005S.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 January 2021|website=MSU}}</ref> He completed his medical degree at [[University of Chicago]] in 2009 and completed a residency in internal medicine at [[Northwestern University]] in 2012. Prasad was certified in internal medicine by the [[American Board of Internal Medicine]] in 2012 and earned a Master's of Public Health from [[Johns Hopkins University]] in 2014. In 2015, Prasad completed a fellowship in oncology at the [[National Cancer Institute]] and hematology at the [[National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute]].

== Career ==