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Dr.Arjuna P. Mannam's Home Page
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Currently
I am working as a Resident in Neurology at University of Connecticut, Hartford Hospital & Uconn
Health Center, Hartford (June 2005-Current).
Before
coming to Hartford, I finished Internship in Internal Medicine at Hennepin County
Medical Center,
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
and Surgery Preliminary at University Medical
Center, University
of Nevada School of Medicine, Las
Vegas, Nevada.
I
worked as a Research Fellow in Angiogenesis
Research Center,
Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical
Center (a major teaching hospital of
Harvard Medical School), Boston
for two years from Aug 2000 to June 2002.
Basically my career started in India where I was born and raised. I received M.B.B.S degree in 1987 and M.D
(Venereology) in 1993 from Rangaraya Medical
College, Kakinada,
Andhra Pradesh, India.
I also received 10th National Conference of IADV&L (Indian
Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists) Gold Medal for
outstanding performance in MD Examination from University of Health Sciences,
Andhra Pradesh, India in 1993. During my M.D. Subspecialty training, I got an
excellent opportunity to work on The Study of
STDs and HIV/AIDS in Eunuchs.
Later,
I worked in few organizations and hospitals of national importance in India
such as Ordnance Factory
Hospital (Ministry of
Defense, Medak) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization,
Sriharikota). I obtained western
clinical experience when I was working as a Clinical Medical Officer with
Government Polyclinic (Ministry of Health) in Barbados, Caribbean Island.
In
1999, I immigrated to USA as a Permanent Resident to pursue further medical
career. I got an opportunity to attend
Department of Cardiology as a Clinical Observer in Veterans
Affairs Hospital,
Baylor College
of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Later I came to Angiogenesis Research
Center, Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard
Medical School), Boston. I conducted
few clinical trials which mainly focused on cutting edge treatment strategies
to regenerate new blood vessels in myocardial ischemic regions (Therapeutic
Angiogenesis) of Coronary artery disease patients and peripheral limb ischemic
regions of Peripheral vascular occlusive disease patients. My clinical interests are pain medication,
geriatrics, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular problems.
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