Anupama Kurra, MD

EDUCATION

Montefiore Medical Center of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York July 2010 – June 2013
Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Alternate chief resident

Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York
July 2009 – June 201
Internship in General Surgery

M.D., Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies May 2005 – May 2009
Honor Committee Representative: First semester Chief student, surgical rotation (January-April 2008)

B.A., Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, New York September 2000 – May 2004
Major: Physics, pre-medicine

RESEARCH & PRESENTATIONS

Abstracts

1. Faraz Jamal, BS, Sandeep Yerra, MD, Anupama Kurra, MD, Lana Tsirakidis, PT, DPT, MBA, WCC, Kate C. Hunt, PT, DPT, Nicole R Ortiz, MD, Matthew N. Bartels, MD, MPH, Andrew I. Gitkind, MD, MHA, Vikram Madan Anne Felicia Ambrose, MD, MS,” Characteristics of Patients with COVID-19 who were readmitted”AAP 2021, February 9-13, 2021, Virtual.

2. Lana Tsirakidis, PT, DPT, MBA, WCC, Anupama Kurra, MD, Sandeep Yerra, MD, Kate C. Hunt, PT, DPT, Matthew N. Bartels, MD, MPH, Faraz Jamal, BS, Andrew I. Gitkind, MD, MHA, Vikram Madan, MPH, Nicole R Ortiz, MD, Anne Felicia Ambrose, MD, MS,” Impact of Prior level of functioning (PLOF) on disposition among COVID-19 patients: A Retrospective Analysis of 1314 patients” AAP 2021, February 9-13, 2021, Virtual.

3. Kate C. Hunt, PT, DPT, Lana Tsirakidis, PT, DPT, MBA, WCC, Anupama Kurra, MD, Sandeep Yerra, MD, Matthew N. Bartels, MD, MPH, Faraz Jamal, BS, Andrew I. Gitkind, MD, MHA, Vikram Madan,Nicole R Ortiz, MD, Anne Felicia Ambrose, MD, MS “Influence of Gender, Comorbidities, and Prone Position on Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients who were Intubated” AAP 2021, February 9-13, 2021, Virtual.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Anne Felicia Ambrose, MD, Anupama Kurra, MD, Lana Tsirakidis, DPT, Kate Collins Hunt, DPT, Emmeline Ayers, MPH, Andrew Gitkind, MD, Sandeep Yerra, MD, Yungtai Lo, PhD, Nicole Ortiz, MD, Faraz Jamal, BS, Vikram Madan, MPH, Matthew N Bartels, MD, Joe Verghese, MBBS, Rehabilitation and In-Hospital Mortality in COVID-19 Patients, The Journals of Gerontology: Serjes A, Volume 77, Issue 4, April 2022, Pages e148-e154, https: / /doi.org/10.1093 /gerona/glab321
2. Chang LG, Zar S, Seidel B, Kurra A, Gitkind A. COVID-19 Proned Ventilation and Its Possible Association With Foot Drop: A Case Series. Cureus. 2021 Apr 8;13(4):e14374. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14374. PMID: 33987045; PMCID: PMCSl 10298.

COMMITTEES, TEACHING

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research Committee (PMRRC), Secretary June 2020 – present
Curriculum Committee Member April 2022 – present
American Academy of PMR Abstract Reviewer Sept 2021 – present

LANGUAGES

Spanish – basic conversation
French – actively learning