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Ankita Nair

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Surgery Resident | Houston ,TX ✂️🩻🧬
M.D. | @universityoflouisville🩺👩🏾‍⚕️
2024 Kentucky Derby Queen | @kyderbyfestival 🐎🌹

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Derby 150 but make it a gallery. 4 months later and I’m still discovering new photos. We attended over 70 events during derby season. Here are 10 of my favorites from being the 2024 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen. One of the most fun things I’ve ever done.

1-Walking the Derby 150 red carpet. Right after we met Jimmy Fallon and saw Travis Kelce sneaking past us. Wearing @vineyardvines
2-Unbridled Eve Gala at the Galt House. Wearing @ashleylauren from @houseofk_boutique
3-Soaking it in the moment I became the Derby Festival Queen. And wearing the original Pegasus crown by @merkleykendrickjewelers and Pegasus wings.
4-The Pegasus Parade! I could see my house from up there.
5-Getting to walk the Paddock at Opening Night. Dresses by @josephribkoff from @shoprodeodrive
6-Being this close to hitting the fireworks launch button at Thunder Over Louisville. Dress by @magnolia_and_fig
7-The Heart Ball! Wearing @ashleylauren from @houseofk_boutique
8-Me and my girls at the Fillies Ball. Wearing gowns by @therealmontedurham and @elissarbridal
9-Coronation Day. Dresses and shoes gifted by @dillards
10-Sub-freezing January Churchill Downs photoshoot. Wearing what we call our gumdrop dresses by @ashleylauren from @houseofk_boutique
Photo credit goes to @marvinyoungphotographer for photos 3,4,8, 9and 10 by @a.i.raintank

Houston, we have a surgeon !!! 🛰️

I am so proud to share that I will be completing a preliminary year in general surgery starting this July in Houston.

Anyone who knows the whole story knows why getting that call from @hca_kingwoodsurgery felt like one of the best moments of my life. After everything, I earned the opportunity to learn as a surgical resident and work with a really neat team!

My new hospital is right next to a Costco, botanical garden, Trader Joe’s and an airport that flies to 5 continents —so if you can, please visit.

Kentucky I’m going to miss you—I’m going from being landlocked to coastal (the dress, the river, get it!?). Trading the horses for EVEN MORE HORSES. And moving from Derby City to Space City . Unsure if a derby princess can also become a space princess but we can certainly try.

Thanks everyone for your help!!! And special shoutouts to my family, Tanya and Jonathan who helped bring my creative vision for this match day post to life.

Photos by Jonathan Enget
Resilience by me by @a.i.raintank

A Snapshot of Summer 2026. FIFA, friends + family time, music,and lots of work. Thanks everyone who joined along!

1-3 FIFA in LA
4-5 Watching Steve premiere Taylor Swift: The Symphony Era in Indy
6-Tanya’s grad party
7-Visiting Emi at Stanford
8-When in Memphis
9-Intern dinner after ATLS training (iykyk)
10-Niki came to visit downtown Houston
11-Weezer Cover Band
12-2nd surgery rotation
13-Small Time Napoleon playing my fav song off their album
14-Kugen and I reunited for the first time since 2025
15-Coffee with Michelle
16-17: Assorted good hair days
18-Bellagio Fountains by @a.i.raintank

Spring 2026 has been good to me☺️

Cheers to derby season, graduation, the last weeks of med school, and everyone who joined in on the fun.

1-2 Oaks
3-4 Thunder from the Galt House Presidential Suite
5-So-Cal
6-The Great Balloon Fest
7-Waterfront Wednesday
8-Derby Brunch at the Brown
9-11 Unbridled Eve
12-13 Graduation
14-Keeneland
15-Macaron Class at Millies
16-Prom on the Belle
17-Dillards Spring Fashion Show
18-Marathon Volunteer Duty
19-Niki’s Send Off/Birthday Party
20-Riverdance in the Kentucky Center Presidential Suite by @a.i.raintank

POV—You tell Governor Andy Beshear you want to be a surgeon and then you make it happen!

I am so excited to share I graduated medical school last week and am officially Dr. Nair 🎉. 🩻🩺👩🏾‍⚕️To everyone who helped me get here—Thank you! There are more words and photos I want to share —and I will! All in due time. For now, here’s a sneak peak of graduation day and snippets of the long process it took to get here😇

To all my friends here in Louisville and beyond graduating with me—We did it!!! Catch me next in Houston starting my first year of surgical residency! by @a.i.raintank

The Fillies Ball—The ball that starts it all 🎭 💙

Thankful that the @kyderbyfestival and @officialfillies keep this historic tradition alive and keep bringing people together. And Congrats Tania for being named the Queen of Derby 152! by @a.i.raintank

Life lately / First quarter of 2026
1-2 Mount Everest
3-Manatees in Florida
4-8 Indian Wedding
9-10 Family time in India
11-12 With friends in Taiwan (the pictures developed in Jan😉)
13-The Great Gatsby
14-15 Emcee duties at Miss UofL
16-17Last med school prom
18-Skiing
19-20 California/Florida shenanigans the same week in January by @a.i.raintank

Keep it secret. Keep it safe.

A fun lord of the rings reference. iykyk by @a.i.raintank

2025—Unseen Memories Edition
Swipe to the end to see what I want for 2026 ☺️

I-Farmer’s Market Haul
2-On the Interview Trail
3-Po Lin Monastery
4-Playing guitar on away rotations
5-Sips chai in South Carolina
6-River Road (also a fav song of 2025)
7-Derby 151 Outfit
8-St James Art Show
9-11: Derby Queen regalia on and off exhibit 😉 at various Kentucky Derby Festival events
12-Bringing both of these into the new year by @a.i.raintank

It’s Christmas Time in the City 🎼🎶🏙️ 🌲 ♥️

T-1 week and we’re excited!! by @a.i.raintank

Applied for a job recently—and they said they’d let me know in 6 months😉

I’m so excited to share that I officially applied for residency this week! Here’s to embracing a new chapter and furthering my medical education. Regardless of my outcome, hitting this milestone feels very very special. I am so thankful to everyone who helped me arrive here. To everyone applying –good luck and see you on the other side of match day. by @a.i.raintank

August (and summer 2025) slipped away into a moment in time. Happy Labor Day! by @a.i.raintank