Bindu Akkanti

Biography

Dr. Akkanti joined UTHealth in 2013 and is a graduate of University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.  She completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and pursued residency in Boston University Medical Center.  She completed her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and was trained in areas of Critical Care, Lung cancer, Asthma, COPD, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cystic Fibrosis, Lung transplantation, and other advanced lung diseases while on rotations at Ben Taub General Hospital, The Methodist Hospital, St. Lukes Hospital and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center.  After completing fellowship, Dr. Akkanti joined the Clinical Scientist Training Program and pursued bioinformatics based translational research in lung cancer under the guidance of Dr. Francesco DeMayo in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine.  She enjoys teaching medical students, residents and fellows and was selected as the Chief Fellow during her final year of fellowship.  She has assisted in development of multiple educational materials while in residency and fellowship to aid in graduate medical education.

Research Interest

internal medicine