--- title: Shilpa Ravella | TIME description: Ravella, M.D. is a gastroenterologist and author. Her debut book, A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease (W.W. Norton), was a best science pick by Nature and was shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science. Learn more at shilparavella.com. canonical: https://time.com/author/shilpa-ravella/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/shilpa-ravella/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Shilpa Ravella ## Shilpa Ravella [Ravella, M.D.](https://shilparavella.com/) is a gastroenterologist and author. Her debut book, [_A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease_](https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393541908) _(_W.W. Norton), was a best science pick by _Nature_ and was shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science. Learn more at [shilparavella.com](https://shilparavella.com/). ## Shilpa Ravella *  Apr 30, 2024 ### [Ozempic Is Anti-Inflammatory Wonder Drug](https://time.com/6972086/ozempic-anti-inflammatory-drug/) Ozempic and a new wave of weight loss drugs are proving to have positive effects in all kinds of way... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 11, 2023 ### [Inflammation May Be the Culprit Behind Our Deadliest Diseases](https://time.com/6269070/inflammation-deadly-diseases/) Dr. Shilpa Ravella explores the effects the modern world and inflammation have on the body. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/shilpa-ravella/","name":"Shilpa Ravella"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/shilpa-ravella/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/shilpa-ravella/"},"name":"Shilpa Ravella","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ravella, M.D. is a gastroenterologist and author. Her debut book, A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease (W.W. Norton), was a best science pick by Nature and was shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science. Learn more at shilparavella.com.","url":"https://time.com/author/shilpa-ravella/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```