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Office
1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 1466
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 877-632-6789
Summary
- Dr. Gottumukkala Subba Raju, Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, & a therapeutic endoscopist, is interested in colon cancer prevention. His endoscopic expertise includes resection of large & flat colon polyps as an alternative to surgery and high-quality colonoscopy cancer screening.
He holds the John Stroehlein Distinguished Professorship and directs the Charles Butt & HEB GI Cancer Prevention, Research, & Education Program. Dr. Raju is the recipient of the MD Anderson Cancer Center President's Faculty Excellence Award in 2014, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Distinguished Service Award in 2014 and the ASGE President's Award in 2019.
He started the CME section of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (GIE) and served as its editor for ten years (2005-14).
After training over 300 advanced endoscopy fellows in the art of video editing (2007-2014), he started a section in GIE for video publication in 2013. In 2016, he served as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of a new online open access journal for the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Video GIE) & served as its Editor-in-Chief (2018).
He received the best graduating resident award of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland (1995); listed in the Best Doctors of America, Top Doctors of America, & Super Docs of America for nearly a decade. Dr. Raju is also the recipient of the Fellowship of the ASGE, ACG, ACP, & the Royal College of Physicians of England.
Raju is passionate about education & service. He envisioned and developed an Endoscopy Tech Training Certificate One Year Program at the Houston Community College, working closely with the Texas Medical Center endoscopy colleagues, nurses, technicians, industry partners and HCC leadership.
"Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray" Saibab
Education & Training
- B I Deaconess Med CtrAdvanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, 1997 - 1998
- University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Gastroenterology, 1995 - 1997
- U Iowa Hosps and Clinics1995 - 1997
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1995
- Royal College of Physicians, UK, & RDGH, RotherhamMRCP, 1990 - 1993
- Delhi University, GB Pant HospitalDM, Gastroenterology, Stood First in the National Selection Exam to enter this program, 1987 - 1989
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchMD, Internal Medicine, Stood First in the National Selection Exam to enter this program, 1983 - 1986
- Andhra Medical College NTRClass of 1982, MBBS, First Class
Certifications & Licensure
- GA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
- TX State Medical License 2001 - 2026
- WA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
- AZ State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- LA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- MS State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- OK State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Inaugural Editor-in-Chief, VideoGIE American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2018-2020
- President's Award American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Dr. Steve Edmundowicz, 2019
- Inaugural Co-Editor-in-Chief, Video GIE American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2016-2018
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 134 citationsPD-1 Ligand Expression by Human Colonic Myofibroblasts/Fibroblasts Regulates CD4+ T-Cell ActivityIrina V. Pinchuk, Jamal I. Saada, Ellen J. Beswick, Gushyalatha Boya, Sumin M. Qiu
Gastroenterology. 2008-10-01 - 12 citationsPatterns of racial/ethnic disparities in baseline health-related quality of life and relationship with overall survival in patients with colorectal cancerAlem A. Belachew, Monica E. Reyes, Yuanqing Ye, Gottumukkala S. Raju, M. Alma Rodriguez
Quality of Life Research. 2020-07-03 - 56 citationsEndoloop ligation of a large colonic lipoma: a novel technique.Gottumukkala S. Raju, Guillermo Gomez
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2005-12-01
Journal Articles
- Author Correction: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Refractory Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated ColitisMatthew T Campbell, Jennifer A Wargo, John R Stroehlein, Padmanee Sharma, Sumit K Subudhi, Gottumukkala S Raju, Jianjun Gao, Alexander J Lazar, Dipen M Maru, Michael T..., Nature
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Refractory Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Associated ColitisJohn R Stroehlein, Sumit K Subudhi, Jennifer A Wargo, Dipen M Maru, Gottumukkala S Raju, Jianjun Gao, Matthew T Campbell, Michael T Tetzlaff, Padmanee Sharma, Nature
- VideoGIE - Launch!Eisen G, Raju GS, Baron T, Gastrointest Endosc, 8/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- When Colonoscopy Goes Awry!Raju, GS, "Advancing Your Diagnostic & Therapeutic Colonoscopy Skills Course" American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Downers Grove, IL, 6/1/2014
- Colon Endoscopic Mucosal ResectionRaju GS, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Las Vegas, 9/22/2013
- EMR and ESD IndicationsRaju, GS, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Master Series on EMR and ESD, Oak Brook, IL, 3/1/2013
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Lectures
- Meet the Professor's Luncheon at DDW -Expert PolypectomyChicago - 5/4/2014
- World Cup of Endoscopy - ASGE-DDWChicago, IL - 5/1/2014
- Best of DDW 2014The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, DOIM, Houston, TX - 5/1/2014
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Other
- Video Forum - ASGE-DDW
Chicago, IL - 5/1/2014 - Video Forum - ASGE ENDOFEST
Las Vegas - 9/1/2013 - Video Case PresentationsRaju, GS
Northwest Medical School, Chicago, IL - 8/2/2013 - Join now to see all
Authored Content
- YouTube for Endoscopy EducationJanuary 2019
Press Mentions
- 'We Want That Yesterday:' the Case for Endoscopy Technician ProgramsSeptember 9th, 2024
- Could Endoscopy Technicians Curb the GI Staffing Shortage?August 19th, 2024
- Accredited endoscopy technician training program a first for TexasFebruary 26th, 2022
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Committees
- Editor, VideoGIE, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2013 - Present
- Chair, ASGE Educational Products 2013 - 2016
- Chair, Web Education Committee, ASGE 2010 - 2012
- DAVE Project, Managing Editor 2009 - 2013
- Editor, CME Section, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2005 - 2014
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Fellow
Other Languages
- Telugu
External Links
- MD Anderson Faculty Profilehttp://faculty.mdanderson.org/Gottumukkala_Raju/
- YouTube Colon Cancer Prevention Channelhttp://www.youtube.com/user/GottumukkalaSRaju/featured
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