Dr. Surya P. Potharaju, M.D, DABNM (USA) - Nuclear Medicine Consultant in Gurgaon, India
Dr. Surya P Potharaju is the Consultant and Administrative Head of Nuclear Medicine. As a nuclear medicine physician he is involved in several research projects related to Positron Emission Tomography.
As a PET fellow he was directly involved in the validation of PET-CT scanner and fusion technology. To his credit, he has many publications and presentations in reputed international journals and conferences.
Current Appointment
- Consultant – Nuclear Medicine in Gurgaon, India
Previous Appointments
- Head of Department, Apollo Gleneagles PET-CT Center, Hyderabad, India
Education and Training
Residency and Fellowship
- July 2000 – June 2003: PET Nuclear Medicine Fellowship and Research Associate, University of Tennessee at Knoxville TN, USA
- July 1998 – June 2000: Nuclear Medicine residency, University Wisconsin Madison, USA
- July 1997 – June 1998: Transitional Year Residency, Case Western Reserve University, at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland OH, USA
Medical School
- 1982: M.B.B.S. from Guntur Medical College, Nagarjuna University
Honors and Awards
- Leon Ginzburg Award, 1996, presented to the most outstanding resident in the Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
- 1996 – Resident achievement award, presented by the Society Of Laparoendoscopic surgeons
- Best Teacher Award 2001-2002. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine
Professional Membership
- Academy of Molecular Imaging: Young Investigator Abstract
- University of Tennessee: Department of Radiology Travel Scholarship to Barcelona