BinduAkkantiMDFCCP

Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Professor of Medicine UT McGovern Medical School. Houston Director of Heart and Vascular Critical Care Memorial Hermann- Texas Medical Center

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I am a Pulmonary and Critical Care Professor at UT McGovern Medical School.
I am a clinician, an educator, an administrator and a mentor. My hope is to recruit the best and the brightest to go into medicine, and KEEP them IN medicine.

Baylor College of MedicineCAQ, Clinical Investigation, 2011 - 2013
Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2008 - 2011
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2008
Baylor College of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2005
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 2004
University of Texas at AustinBS, Zoology, 1997 - 2000

John P. and Katherine G. McGovern Excellence in Clinical Science Award Women Faculty Forum, 2024
Distinguished CHEST Educator Award CHEST, 2024
Deans Excellence in Teaching Award UT McGovern Medical School, 2014-2023
AOA 2022
Inspiration Award Nominee AMA, 2020
WALL OF HEROES CHEST, 2020
Chief Fellow Baylor College of Medicine, 2010-2011
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PubMed

Journal Articles

Massive Pulmonary Embolism with Hemodynamic Compromise Successfully Treated with VenoArterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Bindu Akkanti, Sriram Nathan, E. Núñez Centeno, Karunakar Akasapu, Pratik Doshi, Rahat Hussain, Farshad Raissi, Angelo Nascimbene, Ravi Srinivasan, Indranee Rajapreyar..., The VAD journal, 10/12/2015
Manifestations of Atrial Tamponade in a Patient Implanted with SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
Manoj Thangam, Bindu Akkanti, Sriram Nathan, Daniel Ocazionez-Trujillo, Indranee Rajapreyar, Manish K. Patel, Jayesh Patel, Pranav Loyalka, Biswajit Kar, Igor D. Grego..., The VAD journal, 10/12/2015
Systemic candidiasis and cytomegalovirus infection in the setting of artificial cardiac device deployment.
Manoj Thangam, MD, Bindu Akkanti, MD, Maan Malahafji MD, Sriram Nathan, MD, Indranee Rajapreyar, MD, Pranav Loyalka, MD, Biswajit Kar, MD , Igor D. Gregoric, MD, VAD journal, 8/30/2015
2009 H1N1 Influenza Infection: Spectrum Of Chest CT Findings, With Radiologic- Pathologic Correlation
A Nachiappan, E Weihe, B Akkanti, V Bandi, N Zarrin-Khameh, G Abbott, The Internet Journal of Radiology., 11/2009
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Books/Book Chapters

Gastroesophageal reflux and the Lung
Chapter: GER in Asthma and COPD
B. Akkanti, N. HananiaEditors: Keith C. Myer, Ganesh Raghu..Springer, London Edition 1,2012

Hypoxemia (Low Blood Oxygen): Causes, Symptoms and TreatmentMarch 31st, 2023
Research Reveals How a Potentially Fatal COVID-19 Complication Damages Lung TissueNovember 30th, 2022
Research Reveals How a Potentially Fatal COVID-19 Complication Damages Lung TissueNovember 30th, 2022
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