After graduating from a prominent
medical school in India, he did his residency in Internal Medicine
at Crozer Chester Medical Center (Temple University),
Pennsylvania. He then completed a fellowship in Geriatric medicine
at Virginia Commonwealth University at Richmond Virginia. He
practiced Inpatient Internal Medicine as a hospitalist in the
Washington DC suburbs and Austin, Texas, before going on to
fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Southern Illinois
University School of Medicine in Springfield. He completed two
years of subspecialty training in Infectious Diseases. His
research interests include Hepatitis C treatment and comparative
outcomes in Carbapenem therapy of complicated gram negative
infections.
- Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield,
Illinois (Fellowship in Infectious Diseases)
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
(Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine)
- Crozer Chester Medical Center - Temple University,
Upland, Pennsylvania (Residency)
- Wyckoff Heights Medical Center - Weil Medical
College, Brooklyn, New York (Internship in Internal Medicine)
- Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
(MBBS)
Professional Experience
- Consultant in Infectious Diseases at Clearlake
Specialities,Webster,Texas - Present
- Internal Medicine Hospitalist at Austin Regional
Clinic, Austin, Texas
- Internal Medicine Hospitalist at Kaiser Permanente
Mid Atlantic Group, Maryland/DC area
- Post Graduate Resident,Government Medical College
Jammu,India
- Medical Officer,Dept of Health,Himachal State,India
- House Officer,Government Medical College Jammu,India
Professional Interests
- Nosocomial infections,Immunocompromised
hosts,Antimicrobial Stewardship
Certifications
- Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine
- Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine in
the Subspecialty of Geriatric Medicine
- Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine in
the Subspecialty of Infectious Diseases
Professional Organizations and Committees
- American Medical Association
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Infection Control Committee, Memorial Medical Center,
Springfield,IL
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, Memorial Medical
Center, Springfield, IL
- Peer Review Committee, Austin Regional Clinic,
Austin, TX
Honors & Awards
- Physician of the Quarter, awarded by the nursing
staff at Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX
- IDSA Travel Grant,awarded for excellence in abstract
presentation
- IDSA Travel Grant,awarded for excellence in abstract
presentation
Volunteer work
- Helped take care of UT Galveston patients affected by
hurricane IKE
- Helped Mentor Nurse Practitioner trainees from the
University of Texas in Austin, TX
Research and Presentations
Clinical Research
- Comparison of Two Triple Regimens for Hepatitis C
Boceprevir vs Telaprevir (pending publication)
- Hematological effects of triple drug regimen for
Hepatitis C infection. (Presented at IDSA 2012)
- Retrospective Comparison of Outcomes,Doripenem vs
Meropenem (Presented at IDSA 2013)
Presentations
- Osteoporosis Screening; Rakesh Surapaneni, MD, Maria
Calderon, MD,Vikas Jogi, MD, Ami Joshi, DO, Chris Bruno, DO,
Imran Sethi, MD, RuthAnne Fitzpatrick, MDpresented at
Health Science Research Conference, Scranton, PA
- Cervical Cancer Screening in Primary Care Practice,
Rakesh Surapaneni,MD, Maria Calderon, MD, Vikas Jogi, MD, Ami
Joshi, DO, Chrish Bruno, DO, Imran Sethi, MD, Karen Scoles,
MDpresented at Southeastern Region Annual Abstract
Competition, Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA