Dr. Monica Kalra, DO

Dr. Monica G. Kalra earned her medical degree at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth and received the TR Sharp Award for her outstanding work in family medicine. She completed her residency at Methodist Hospital of Dallas, where she was presented an academic excellence award and served as chief resident. She completed fellowship training in academic medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center.

Board certified in family medicine, Dr. Kalra has been in practice since 2011. Her clinical interests center on preventive care and evidence-based medicine. Fluent in Bengali and basic Spanish, Dr. Kalra treats patients from newborns to seniors.

Dr. Kalra makes patient education a priority and believes that informed patients take more active roles in their health care. She provides highly personalized care for her patients and encourages them to be involved in their medical decisions. Patients find her easy to converse with and approachable.

She serves as a clinical assistant professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine. A two-time winner of the UT Southwestern Excellence in Education Award, Dr. Kalra has been named a Top Doctor by HoustoniaMagazine 2017-2023 and honored as Teaching Faculty of the Year five times since 2015. She is the author of articles in the New England Journal of Medicine and the American Family Physician.

A Bellaire resident, Dr. Kalra is married and has two children. Outside of her practice, she enjoys playing board games, running and spending time with her family.