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Naga Vura, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor/Clinical
Dr. Naga Vura is a published, board-certified Hospitalist who joined UT Health San Antonio as an Assistant Professor/Clinical in September 2022. Dr. Vura earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Medical School at Odessa National Medical University in Ukraine in 2011 before going on to complete his Internal Medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Akron General in Akron, OH in 2019 (serving as Chief Resident from 2018 to 2019) and his Geriatric Medicine fellowship at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, RI in 2020. Dr. Vura then became a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Akron General and the Medical Director at the Concordia at Sumner Post-Acute Care Facility. He is a member of several professional organizations including the American Medical Director Association, American Geriatrics Society, and the American College of
Physicians.
Dr. Vura has served the population by volunteering with a number of organizations to include the Yashoda Super Specialty Hospitals, Osmania General Hospital, and the Cleveland Clinic Fundraiser for Cancer Research. He is also the recipient of several awards including "Rookie of the Year" (2021), "Izeman Award" (2020), "Ophthalmology Excellence Award" (2009), "Otolaryngology Excellence Award" (2008), and the "Human Anatomy Excellence Award" (2006).
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Professional Background
Education
- 2011 - Doctor of Medicine - Odessa National Medical University
Training
- 2020 - Fellowship - Geriatric Medicine - Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School
- 2019 - Residency - Internal Medicine - Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Appointments
- 09/2022 - Present - Assistant Professor/Clinical - UT Health San Antonio
- 07/2020 - 09/2022 - Assistant Professor/Clinical - Cleveland Clinic Akron General
- 07/2018 - 06/2019 - Chief Resident - Cleveland Clinic Akron General
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Service
Institutional
2020-2022: Medical Director, Concordia at Sumner Post-Acute Care Facility
2018-2019: Houst Staff Senate Member, Cleveland Clinic Akron General
2018-2019: Cohort Captain at Outpatient Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Akron General
2018-2019: Trauma/Fall Committee Member, Cleveland Clinic Akron General
2017-2019: Code Blue Committee Member, Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Community
06/2013-03/2015: Clinical Volunteer at medical camps in rural areas, Yashoda Super Specialty Hospitals
06/2012-06/2013: Clinical Volunteer with immunization programs, Osmania General Hospital
07/2018: Clinical Volunteer at Velosano, Fundraiser for Cancer Research, Cleveland Clinic at the College of Wooster
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Publications
Presentations
10/2020- Sarcina Ventriculi Associated with Poorly Differentiated Esophageal Adenocarcinoma with Signet Features. Neha Sharma, MD, Yogita Segon MD, Naga Vura, MD. American College of Gastroenterology 2020 Meeting.
06/2020- Safety of ACEI/ARBs use in COVID-19 patients. Quality improvement project presentation conference in Geriatric Medicine department, Rhode Island Hospital, RI, USA.
05/2020- A rare case of LGI- 1 Autoimmune Encephalitis in patient presenting with dementia. Naga Vura, MD, Neha Sharma, MD, Nadia Mujahid, MD. American Geriatric Society, Long Beach, CA.
03/2020- Tumor lysis syndrome in solid malignancies. Yeshwanter Radhakrishnan, MD, Naga Vura, MD. National Kidney Foundation meeting in New Orleans, LA.
03/2020- A rare case of nephritic syndrome: Medullary angitis of Kidney. Naga Vura, MD, Yeshwanter Radharkrishnan, MD. National Kidney Foundation meeting in New Orleans, LA.
02/2020- Immune check point inhibitors (ICPis) and immune related adverse events (irAEs) at case conference in Geriatric Medicine department conference, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
01/2020- Sleep disorders, Tasimelteon role in non-24-hour sleep disorders at Journal Club in Geriatric Medicine department Conference, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
12/2019- Advanced Dementia staging, clinical course and treatment at Interdisciplinary Conference in Geriatric Medicine department, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
10/2019- Original invesitgation: Outcomes of a newly established pulmonary embolism response team in a community setting: A tiered approach. Anthony Cucci, MD, Lokesh Venkateshaiah, MD, Loren Materson, MD, Elizabeth Verghese, MD, Ahmad Jabri, MD, Rachel Powers, DO, Naga Vura, MD. 2019 Chest Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
06/2019- A Copeptin-Based Approach in the Diagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus at combined Journal Club Internal Medicine/Family Medicine conference at the Cleveland Clinic Akron General, OH, USA.
05/2019- Inflammatory Bowel Disease associated spondyloarthritis presentation and diagnosis, interactive presentation at noon conference, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, OH, USA.
05/2019- Clot That Won't Quit, the diagnostic, prognostic and treatment difficulties associated with Chronic Thromboembolic Disease. Rachel Powers, MD, Naga Vura, MD, Lokesh Venkateshaiah, MD. Akron General Scientific Session, Akron, OH.
05/2019- Detailed Investigation of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in the setting of Acute Intermediate and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism and Associated Clinical Outcome (The DIVA Study). Ahmad Jabri, MD, Elizabeth Verghese, MD, Naga Vura, MD, Anthony Cucci, MD. Akron General Scientfic Session, Akron, OH.
02/2019- Mediastinal seminoma diagnosis and treatment presented at Clinicopathological case conference (CME eligible) at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, OH, USA.
01/2019- Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy diagnosis and management at combined Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine conference at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, OH, USA.
12/2018- Combined Variable Immunodeficiency syndrome diagnosis and management at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, OH, USA.
09/2018- Geriatric syndromes presented at noon conference, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, OH, USA.
08/2018- Membranous Glomerulonephritis presentation, diagnosis and management presented for noon conference, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, OH, USA.
08/2018- Edoxaban for the treatment of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism at Journal Club conference, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, OH, USA
07/2018- Chest pain causes, diagnosis and management inpatient setting oral presentation, Internal medicine department, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
05/2018- Morbidity, Mortality and Improvement conference presented a case of importance medication reconciliation at the time of hospital admission and inpatient transfer for adverse effect prevention and decreasing both morbidity and mortality oral presentation, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
12/2017- ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA guidelines for prevention, detection, evaluation and management of high blood pressure in adults journal club oral presentation, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
09/2017- Acute liver failure in Tylenol overdose in a patient with prostate cancer diagnosis and management, ICU conference critical care department oral presentation, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
08/2017- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in patient with severe hidradenitis suppurativa diagnosis and management oral presentation presented at Internal medicine department, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
08/2017- Hidradenitis Suppurativa presentation, diagnosis and management oral presentation presented at Internal medicine department, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
06/2017- EKG cases, diagnosis and management, CVICU conference cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
03/2017- Pheochromocytoma presentation, diagnosis and management oral presentation presented at Internal medicine department, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
11/2016- Atrial fibrillation presentation, causes and management presented at the Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
08/2016- Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone in a patient presenting with Guillain barre syndrome at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA.
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Clinical
Board Certifications
- 2020 - American Board of Internal Medicine- Geriatric Medicine
- 2019 - American Board of Internal Medicine- Internal Medicine