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

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

Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions

Past
Year(s)	Position Title	Department/Division	Institution
2007-2007	Staff Physician	Internal Medicine / Gastroenterology Division	University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Current
Year(s)	Position Title	Department/Division	Institution
2010-	Staff Physician	Internal Medicine / Digestive & Liver Diseases	University Hospitals at UT Southwestern Medical Center
2010-	Staff Physician	Internal Medicine / Digestive & Liver Diseases	Parkland Health and Hospital System
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	UT Southwestern Medical Center
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
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
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	11^th 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

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

Financial relationships

Attribution:
Self

Type of financial relationship:
Professional Services

Ineligible company:
Vectiv Bio

Topic:
Clinical steering committee

Date added:
08/17/2022

Date updated:
10/02/2025
Attribution:
Self

Type of financial relationship:
Professional Services

Ineligible company:
Novus MedEd

Topic:
CME faculty

Date added:
10/02/2025

Date updated:
10/02/2025

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