Vandna Jerath MD

02/02/2026

Today has been an emotional day. 💔 It’s hard to believe my beautiful father has been gone a year. I’ve missed him every single day. His giggles, wisdom, love, and steady guidance are deeply missed. Not a day has passed that I haven’t wanted to talk to and hug him.

Mom and I spent the day reflecting, remembering, and honoring Dad with prayers at the Hindu temple, sharing our favorite memories, eating Chinese food which he loved, and doing some retail therapy for which he would have wanted to know how much money we spent on things we didn’t need.

People tell me they love seeing me thriving and enjoying life. The truth is, life keeps moving forward whether you’re ready or not, and that still feels surreal. But that is also my dad’s legacy as he approached life with unwavering optimism. He was the strongest person I’ve ever known, full of courage and zest for life, and he would expect nothing less from me.

This year has been hard. I’ve smiled bravely, compartmentalized grief, and kept putting one foot in front of the other focused on the future with gratitude. What I’ve learned is this. I am my father’s daughter. Bold, brave, strong, and resilient. And now I know I can survive anything.

Thank you to those who called and texted this weekend - I appreciate you more than words can express.

Miss you so much and love you always, my sweet Pithaji. ❤️‍🩹

12/26/2025

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🎉 Our first Christmas without my dad, but he would have been happy to see us laughing and creating new memories. Hope your holiday was merry & bright! ❤️

12/26/2025

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! We’re definitely missing dad as he was a big kid who loved to open presents, giggle, and watch football. Getting the monkeys to smile for a photo is an impossible task, but we had a great time laughing and creating new memories! Hope your day was full of love, joy, laughter, and peace. 🎄🎅🎉🏈💕

12/12/2025

This is the last photo of me and my sweet dad together, Christmas Day last year. He was a warrior until the end. Today he would have been 85 years old. Dad would always stay awake until midnight so he could be the first person to wish me happy birthday. So, I decided to stay awake until midnight to honor his birthday and wish him a Happy Spiritual Birthday! 🎂 My heart aches as I miss him daily, but I’m grateful for his lifetime of love, support, guidance, inspiration, and wisdom. I was blessed to have an amazing father and will always cherish the laughter and moments we shared. ❤️‍🩹🙏🏽💔

12/11/2025

Fabulous evening of holiday jazz listening to the talented with and ! 🎄🎺🎅🎷

10/06/2025

Congratulations to these Nobel Prize recipients in Medicine! 🎉

BREAKING NEWS
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has decided to award the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

This year’s medicine laureates have discovered how the immune system is kept in check. The body’s powerful immune system must be regulated, or it may attack our own organs. Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi have been awarded this year’s medicine prize for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.

The laureates identified the immune system’s security guards, regulatory T cells, which prevent immune cells from attacking our own body.

The laureates’ discoveries launched the field of peripheral tolerance, spurring the development of medical treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases. This may also lead to more successful transplantations. Several of these treatments are now undergoing clinical trials.

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05/23/2025

All the feels! Where does the time go? This sweet monkey graduated from high school and I’m one proud bua!! I’m excited for him to attend CU Denver this fall for college. This kid is wicked smart, incredibly kind, thoughtful, fun, jovial, loyal, and has a killer smile and warm heart. I treasure our connection and it’s been a privilege to see him grow into an amazing young man.

This was our first family celebration and photos without my dad. Our hearts were happy and full, but ached as we miss him deeply. His presence and love surrounded us and nobody would have been more excited and prouder to see this guy graduate than his Dadu! ❤️

I loved how the ceremony highlighted diversity, culture, and belonging among their graduates. Congratulations class of 2025 - your future is exciting!!
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03/08/2025

Love this - Happy International Women’s Day!

08/14/2024

Sweet baby girl Maiah is now 9 weeks old and has beautiful eyelashes and likes to snuggle! I love it when the babies I deliver stop by to visit. 💕

06/17/2024

It’s been hard to post today, but thought it was important to celebrate this incredible man.

19 years ago he was told he had 2 years to live with treatment for his leukemia (blood cancer). He has fought to stay alive every single day. He has outlived anyone’s expectations despite having every medical complication and co-morbidity possible. Seems so unfair and heartbreaking for him to have to fight to survive another cancer yet again. 💔

The last 6 weeks have been hard as my family weighed options and had difficult conversations. Fighting and surviving is all my dad knows so he’s determined and going to try his “level best” as he puts it. So here we are doing chemo and radiation again. It’s never easy. Week 1 down and 5 more weeks to go with probably less than a 50-50 chance. He’s high risk and this is scary - even more so than the first time. His heart, mind, and soul are strong, but his body is weak. As a daughter and doctor, I know too much and am consumed with worry, but he has faith that he has more to do and give in life so I follow and trust his lead. Thank you to those reaching out and praying for us - it means more than you know. 🙏🏽💕

Valiant. Optimistic. Brave. Willful. Resilient. Tenacious. Strong. Inspiring. This is my father. If anyone can pull off this miracle, it is him.

He is an amazing husband, father, grandfather, and human. He is the BEST defender, protector, leader, supporter, trailblazer, and cheerleader. He is my favorite person. He levels up in all he does and faces adversity with incredible strength, determination, courage, and grace. I am grateful and blessed to be his daughter and am the woman I am because of all he has taught me. I hope and pray we have more Father’s Days together, but for now, I will continue to celebrate every day I have with him. Happy Father’s Day - love you, my sweet Pithaji and I am so incredibly proud of you! ❤️

04/21/2024

All grown up and so handsome! My sweet nephew is headed to prom with his beautiful date, .audrey15 , and their friends!! I never went to prom - I was always that geeky girl (haha - still am!) so it’s been really fun to experience this through his eyes. I love being a bua and am grateful he shares these special moments with me.

What a stunning couple and fun friends - love seeing their joy and excitement! They are headed to prom in style in a limo and I hope they have an amazing, fun, and magical evening! ❤️

01/04/2024

We had a busy day of patients, but made it out for an Optima Women's Healthcare holiday dinner to celebrate the new year!! 🎉 Armi joined us briefly by video too. We had fun laughing about our less than stellar trivia skills! Grateful for this amazing team and all they do to care for patients!! 🎉