Roopa Vemulapalli, MD
Education
Year | Degree | Field of Study | Institution |
12/1993-6/1999 | M.B.B.S | Medicine | Kakatiya Medical College, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Postdoctoral and Other Training
Years | Titles | Specialty/Discipline | Institution |
7/2002-6/2005 | Residency | Internal Medicine | Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago |
7/2005-2/2007 | Fellowship | Clinical Nutrition | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
7/2007- 6/2010 | Fellowship | Gastroenterology | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
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Licensure
2002-2011 | State of Illinois Medical License |
2007- | State of Texas Medical License |
Board and Other Certification
2000 | USMLE Steps 1 and 2 |
2001 | ECFMG Accreditation, Certificate Number 0-613-429-0 |
2004 | USMLE Step 3 |
2005 and 2016 | Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Candidate No. 265306 |
2010 | Board Certified in Gastroenterology, Candidate No. 265306 |
Honors and Awards
Year | Name of Honor/Award | Awarding Organization |
1994 | Distinction in Biochemistry | Kakatiya Medical College |
2004 | ACG Naomi Nakao Award for IBD Gender based research | American College of Gastroenterology |
2004 | We Care in IBD Travel Grant | American College of Gastroenterology |
Faculty Academic Appointments
Year(s) | Academic Title | Department | Academic Institution |
3/2007-6/2007 | Lecturer | Internal Medicine | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
2010-2017 | Assistant Professor | Internal Medicine | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
2017- | Associate Professor | Internal Medicine | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
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Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions
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Year(s) | Position Title | Department/Division | Institution |
2007-2007 | Staff Physician | Internal Medicine / Gastroenterology Division | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
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Current | |||
Year(s) | Position Title | Department/Division | Institution |
2010- | Staff Physician | Internal Medicine / Digestive & Liver Diseases | University Hospitals at UT Southwestern Medical Center |
2010-
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| Internal Medicine / Digestive & Liver Diseases | Parkland Health and Hospital System
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2017- Current | Staff Physician | HHT Center | University Hospitals at UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Major Administrative/Leadership Positions
Year(s) | Position Title | Institution |
2017- current | Medical Director, Digestive and Liver Diseases Clinic
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2013 | Supervising Physician for Ashleigh Westfall, Physician Assistant. Digestive and Liver Diseases Clinic | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
2013 | Quality Officer, Digestive and Liver Diseases Clinic | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Committee Service (Member, unless noted otherwise)
Year(s) | Name of Committee | Institution/Organization |
2012-2017 | GI Fellowship Review Committee | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Professional Societies
Dates | Society membership |
2005- | American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) |
2007- 2010-2014 2005-2007 2016- | American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) Texas Medical Association (TMA) |
Dates | Committee service None |
Dates | Fellowships None |
Ad Hoc Reviewer (2009 to present) | |
Nutrition and Dietetics, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, European Journal of Gastroenterology abd Hepatology, Journal of Investigative Medicine |
Clinical Trials Activities
Past |
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STU 032016-029 | Second Phase 3 Randomized, 12-week, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Plecanatide in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation (IBS-C) (PI: Vemulapalli) |
STU 122011-058 | Comparison of Capso Vision SV-1 to Pillcam SB2 in the Evaluation of Subjects with Suspected Small Bowel Disease (PI: Vemulapalli) |
STU 092016-065 | An Open-Label, Long Term Safety and Tolerability Study of Plecanatide in Patients with Irritable Vowel Syndrome with Constipation (IBS-C) (PI: Vemulapalli) |
STU 092016-040 | Registry and Biorepository for the Study of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (PI: Cheng, Co-Investigator: Vemulapalli) |
Teaching and Training Activities
Year(s) | Activity |
Medical and graduate school didactic and small group teaching | |
5/2007
| Bedside Nutrition Assessment, Medical School Core Curriculum Lectures, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
10/2007 | Pathophysiology of Liver Diseases-simulation cases. Dietetics Core Curriculum. UT Southwestern Medical Center |
2007- | Inpatient teaching of Medical Students, Internal Medicine Residents and GI Fellows: Clinical Nutrition Consult Service at the University of Chicago Hospitals (2007), Parkland Memorial Hospital (2010-present), St. Paul University Hospital (2010-2015), and Clements University Hospital (2015-present) |
2010- | Outpatient teaching of GI Fellows and Medical Students: Digestive and Liver Diseases Clinic, UT Southwestern Medical Center (2010-present). |
2010- | Endoscopy Training of GI fellows and surgery residents: Parkland Memorial Hospital (2010-present), St. Paul University Hospital (2010-2015), and Clements University Hospital (2015-present) |
2010- | Lectures as part of the Core Curriculum series for the Clinical GI Fellowship Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
2013-2017 | Moderator, Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Clinical GI Fellowship Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center
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2013- | Lectures as part of the Core Curriculum series for Family Practice Residency Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
2015 | Lecture as part of the Core Curriculum series for Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
2015-Current | Lectures as part of the Core Curriculum series for Internal Medicine Residency Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Graduate student trainees | |
2017 | Mary Rachel Brooks, Masters in Clinical Nutrition, School of Health Professions, UT Southwestern Medical Center. |
Postgraduate medical education (graduate & continuing medical education) | |
2011-2013 | What’s New in Gastroenterology and Hepatology – CME conference organized by UT Southwestern Medical Center. Presenter (Fructose intolerance, Pregnancy in IBD, Sessile Serrated adenomas) |
Invited Lectures
National | ||
2008 | Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery | Digestive Diseases Week (DDW), San Diego |
Regional/Local | ||
2012-2013 | Extra colonic GI cancer risks and screening options | 4th Annual DFW Hereditary Colon cancer conference, Dallas, TX |
2012 | Many Faces of Celiac Disease | 11th Annual CME Symposium, Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene, TX |
2012 | Malabsorption Syndromes | Medicine Grand Rounds, Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas, TX |
2012 | Nuts and Bolts of acute and chronic GI bleeding | Medicine Grand Rounds, Methodist Hospital, Dallas, TX |
Service to the Community
Year(s) | Role | Organization or institution |
2012 | Fundraising Committee | Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute |
A private foundation supporting research and care for breast cancer, India
2012 | Co-chair, Annual Health Fair | Telugu Association of North Texas |
Philanthropic group of local leaders in Dallas, Texas. | ||
2013-2014 | Member of the Board | Texas Indo-Physician Society |
Philanthropic group of local physicians in DFW conducting health fairs for underserved population | ||
2010-2016 | Member, Board of Trustees Chair, Head Support and Evaluation Committee | Akiba Academy of Dallas |
Private school in Dallas providing services from pre-K to middle school | ||
2010- | Member of the Board | Autistic Care |
A private foundation supporting care and research to benefit patients with Autism |
Bibliography
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Original Research Articles
Vemulapalli R, Lara LF, Sreenarasimhaiah J, Harford WV, Siddiqui AA. A Comparison of Palliative Stenting or Emergent Surgery for Obstructing, Incurable Colon Cancer. Digestive Diseases and Sciences 2010, 55(6): 1732-1737. | |
Carmack S, Vemulapalli R, Spechler SS, Genta RM. Esophagitis Dessicans Superficialis (“sloughing esophagitis”). A Clinico pathologic study of 12 cases. American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 2009, 33 (12): 1789-94. |
Reviews, Chapters, Monographs and Editorials
Park JY, Dunbar KB, Vemulapalli R, Wang DH, Zhang PJ. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing in gastric and gastro esophageal junction adenocarcinomas: role of the gastroenterologist. Gastrointest Endosc. 2015; 81:977-82. | |
Park JY, Lam -Himlin D, Vemulapalli R. Review of autoimmune metaplastic atrophic gastritis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2013, 77: 284-292 | |
Vemulapalli R. Diet and Lifestyle Modifications in the Management of Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease. Nutrition Clinical Practice 2008; 23: 293-298
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Books/Textbooks
Vemulapalli R, Tomesko J. Cardiothoracic Nutrition. In: Clinical Nutrition for Surgical Patients, Editors: Marian M, Russell M, Shikora SA. Published by Bartlett and Jones (2007). |
Non-peer reviewed scientific or medical publications/materials in print or other media
Vemulapalli R. “7 ways to heal ulcerative colitis cramps”. Everydayhealth.com |