ABOUT
The person behind Pulse and Palette
A dental surgeon, a medical writer, and an artist
Reshmi Vasantharajan
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NICHE
Diabetes, metabolic health and PCOS, cardiovascular health, and oral health
BASED
United States — available globally
THE BEGINNING ──
A career built on curiosity
I trained as a dental surgeon—learning the science of oral health, treating patients, and understanding how what happens in the mouth connects to the whole body. Every patient I sat across from needed two things — good clinical care and a clear explanation of what was happening to them.
It was that second part — taking something clinically complex and making it genuinely understandable to a real person — that turned out to be what I loved most.
"Dentistry taught me that good communication is not just a soft skill — it is clinical care."
THE PLATFORM ──
Why I built Pulse and Palette
Pulse and Palette brings together two separate parts of who I am — distinct from each other, united only by the fact that both matter to me.
The pulse is my professional work. Medical communications grounded in clinical training, research, and a genuine commitment to accuracy. Writing that serves healthcare organizations, patients, and the people who care for them.
The palette is my personal creative space. Acrylic paintings of landscapes, seascapes, and moments of light and color exist entirely independently from the writing. Not medical illustration. Not science-inspired art. Just painting, because it is part of my life.
I built this platform independently—because I wanted a space that reflects all of who I am, without having to separate the two.
TODAY ──
Where I am now
Today I am a medical writer, and an artist — building Pulse and Palette from home with a genuine belief that clear health communication changes lives.
With a foundation in dental surgery and a Master’s in Medical Product Development and Management, I bring a dual lens—clinical insight from direct patient care, and a deep understanding of how medical products are created, regulated, and communicated.
My focus is diabetes management, metabolic health and PCOS, cardiovascular health, and oral health — areas where my clinical background and postgraduate training give me genuine depth.
I work with healthcare organizations, digital health platforms, and pharmaceutical companies who need content written by someone who genuinely understands the clinical and commercial world their audience lives in.
If that sounds like what you need — I would love to work with you.
WHAT DRIVES ME ──
Three things I never compromise on
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Clinical accuracy
Medical content has consequences. A piece of writing that misleads a patient or misrepresents a treatment is not just bad writing — it is harmful. Every word I publish is reviewed against current clinical evidence without exception.
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Genuine clarity
Clarity is not simplification. It is translation. Taking something complex and finding the words that make it land — without losing the nuance that makes it true. That is the craft I practice every time I write.
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Care for the reader
Behind every piece of health content is a real person—a patient, a caregiver, a clinician. I write with that person in mind. Not the algorithm. Not the word count. The human who needs this information to make a real decision.
BEYOND THE WRITING ──
The palette in Pulse and Palette
Alongside my work in medical communications, I maintain an independent creative practice in painting. It is not separate from my professional work—it is the same attention to detail, the same curiosity, expressed differently.
Art teaches me things about communication that writing alone cannot. How composition guides the eye. How color carries meaning. How empty space can say as much as what fills it.
Those lessons come back into every piece of writing I create.






Or email directly — pulseandpaletteinfo@gmail.com
Let's work together
If you need medical content that is clinically accurate, clearly written, and genuinely useful — I would love to hear about your project. Tell me what you are working on.
