User:Prashanthsaddala

Prashanth Saddala

Dr.Prashanth Saddala

• E-mail: psaddala@perfuse.org[1]

• Emergency Cell Number: 617-230-3534

• Birth Place: Tirupati, A.P., India, 517507.

• Nationality: Indian

• Language Fluency: Fluent in English and Telugu. Basic competency in Hindi.

Current position (May 2012 to Present)

• Research Fellow at PERFUSE Study Group, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.
• Associate Editor-In-Chief for WikiDoc.org
• Certified Quantitative Coronary Angiographer at PERFUSE Study Group, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School.

Education

Undergraduation (May 2002-July 2004)

Sri Chaitanya Junior College, Tirupati, A.P., India.

Awarded Prathiba Scholarship award by the Chief Minister Dr.Y.S.Rajasekhar Reddy for securing 95.3% marks in 10+2 examinations.

Stood in 556th position out of 75,000+ candidates in EAMCET 2004 exam to get admission in to medical school

Graduation (August 2004-October 2010)

M.B.B.S. from Kurnool Medical College, N.T.R.U.H.S., Andhra Pradesh, India.

Passed in First Division with an overall aggregate of 67.40%

Medical School Champion in 400m, 800m, 1500m middle distance races conducted during Golden Jubilee Celebrations in 2006.

Represented Medical School at the University level in Cricket and in Athletics (middle distance races).

Elective rotations as Visiting Student (March 2010 to May 2010)

Thomas Jefferson University - Department of Dermatology - March 2010

Children's Hospital, Harvard - Department of Neonatology - April 2010

SUNY Downstate University - Department of Urology - May 2010

Volunteer Experience (October 2010 to December 2010)

Volunteered in Aarogyasri Health Care Trust where I had to take pictures and enroll poor potential patients in to the Health Care Trust.

Work Experience (January 2011 to July 2011 and January 2012 to March 2012)

Junior Resident in Rainbow Hospital, Kurnool, A.P., India.

Observership Experience (September 2011 to December 2011)

Internal Medicine Observership at the WCGME with Dr.Susan Baroody and Dr.Joseph Leo

Major Contributions to WikiDoc

1. Assosciate Editor-in-Chief for numerous WikiDoc pages.

2. Created and edited numerous WikiPatient pages.

3. Uploaded 1500+ radiology images and placed them at appropriate microchapters and subheadings of respective WikiDoc pages.

4. As part of the Differential diagnosis project, developed a complete list of causes of the following:

Acute pancreatitis Gallstone disease Cholestasis Conjunctivitis Dysphonia Exsanguination Hypernatremia Hyponatremia

Hypotonia Inattention Jaundice Paroxysmal hypertension Peptic ulcer Urinary hesitancy Unconsciousness Weight gain

5. Created and edited microchapters for the following pages:

Mitral valve prolapse Gout Atrioventricular block Pulmonary edema Ascariasis Hyperkalemia Adenoma Renal insufficiency Acoustic neuroma Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Hepatitis Down syndrome Accelerated idioventricular rhythm Cardiogenic shock Myocarditis

Bell's palsy Rheumatic fever Amyloidosis Gallstone disease Graves' disease Pulmonary hypertension Arnold-Chiari malformation Hodgkin's lymphoma Squamous cell carcinoma Alcoholic liver disease African trypanosomiasis Complex regional pain syndrome Hemorrhoids

Standardised Test Scores

TOEFL iBT (July 2009)

97 out of 120

USMLE Step 2 CS (July 2010)

PASS

USMLE Step 1 (March 2011)

99 (230)

USMLE Step 2 CK (July 2011)

99 (232)

USMLE Step 3 (September 2011)

82 (200)

Certifications

ECFMG Certification

• Certified by ECFMG in July 2011.
• Certified Quantitative Coronary Angiographer at PERFUSE Study Group

Research Interests

• Internal Medicine

• Interventional Cardiology

• Coronary Angiography

• Klinefelter's syndrome

• Depression

• Schizophrenia

• Chondromalacia patellae

Good Memories

One of the lessons from my mentor C. Michael Gibson M.S., M.D.

A Ship is safe in harbor, but that is not what ships are made for.

My Idol

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is my idol.