Manasa Velagapudi, MBBS

Department

Medicine

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• Schlossberg's Clinical Infectious Disease
  Cunha Cheston B., etal Infections in the alcoholic [Book Chapter] 2021

Publications

• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Leach Eileen, etal Health Disparities in Achieving Sustained Virologic Response Among Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C: A Retrospective Single-Center Study 2025
• Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
  Mielke Nicholas, etal Ignatzschineria larvae Bacteremia in a Myiatic Wound Infection: A Case Report
  4:7 2025
• Antibiotics (Basel)
  Destache Christopher J., etal Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) on Serum Concentrations of Cefepime
  13:11, p. 1024 2024
• The American journal of gastroenterology
  Leach Eileen, etal S1769 Evaluating the Effects of Hepatitis C Treatment With Direct-Acting Antivirals on Glycemic Control in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus
  119:10S, p. S1281 - S1282 2024
• The Ochsner journal
  Jackson Ian, etal Reply to “Comment on ‘ Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients Treated for Solid Organ Malignancy’ ”
  24:3, p. 168 - 168 2024
• The Ochsner journal
  Jackson Ian, etal Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Patients Treated for Solid Organ Malignancy 2024
• Cancers
  Wieland Clare M, etal Long-Term Survival Rates and Treatment Trends of Burkitt Lymphoma in Patients with HIV-A National Cancer Database (NCDB) Study
  16:7, p. 1397 2024
• Proceedings - Baylor University. Medical Center
  Isern Raul D., etal Legionella pneumophila urine antigen testing in community-acquired pneumonia: a quality improvement initiative in diagnostic stewardship, p. 1 - 2 2024
• Jizba Theresa, etal A comparison of clinical outcomes associated with dosing metronidazole every 8 hours versus every 12 hours: a systematic review and metaanalysis 2024
• Wisconsin medical journal (Madison, Wis.)
  Azeem Ahad, etal Incidence and Prognosis of Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia
  122:5, p. 337 2023
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Reiche William, etal 2507. Sex and race disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in patients with chronic hepatitis B: a single center retrospective review
  10:Supplement_2 2023
• AIDS research and therapy
  Tuin Ashley M., etal Readmission rates in HIV-associated burkitt lymphoma patients in the USA: a nationwide readmission database (NRD) analysis
  20:1, p. 1 - 79 2023
• Chest
  Isern RAUL, etal IMPACT OF EXTRA-CORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO) ON PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF CEFEPIME
  164:4, p. A1615 2023
• Gastroenterology research
  Addasi Yazan, etal Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis: A Clinical Review
  16:5, p. 249 - 253 2023
• Microorganisms (Basel)
  Swaney Richard, etal Diagnosis and Outcomes of Fungal Co-Infections in COVID-19 Infections: A Retrospective Study
  11:9, p. 2326 2023
• Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
  Destache Christopher J, etal Assessment of the impact of centralized bioMérieux BACT/ALERT® VIRTUO® blood culture system (VIRTUO) implementation on outcomes in patients with gram-negative bacteremia, p. 116085 2023
• Gastroenterology research
  Reiche William S., etal Sex and Race Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B During COVID-19: A Single-Center Retrospective Review 2023
• Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
  Cheek Anna, etal Should urine antigen testing for Legionella pneumophila be ordered for all hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia?
  90:6, p. 345 - 347 2023
• Samuel S., etal Moldy Mutilation: A Case of Traumatic Mucormycosis After Crush Injury 2023
• Isern R.D., etal Diagnostic Stewardship Initiative Focusing on Appropriate Urine Legionella Pneumophila Antigen Testing in Patients With Community Acquired Pneumonia 2023
• International journal of infectious diseases
  Patel Shiv, etal Discharge disposition and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19
  130, p. 1 - 5 2023
• Critical care medicine
  Swaney Rick, etal 461: UTILITY OF FUNGAL BIOMARKERS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 AND FUNGAL COINFECTION
  51:1, p. 218 - 218 2023
• Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
  Azeem Ahad, etal Kaposi Sarcoma: A Forgotten Complication in Well-Controlled HIV
  1 2022
• Blood
  Ermann Daniel A., etal Survival Disparities Among People with HIV and Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in the Era of Novel Antiretroviral Therapy
  140:Supplement 1, p. 1076 - 1078 2022
• Pharmacy
  Reiche William, etal Doxycycline Induced Pancreatitis: An Uncommon Complication of a Common Drug
  10:6, p. 144 - 2022
• The American journal of gastroenterology
  Reiche William S., etal S1721 Doxycycline-Induced Pancreatitis: An Uncommon Complication of a Common Drug
  117:10S, p. e1219 - e1219 2022
• Chest
  Swaney RICHARD, etal INCIDENCE, CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 AND FUNGAL COINFECTION
  162:4, p. A549 - A549 2022
• Chest
  Swaney RICHARD, etal ECTHYMA GANGRENOSUM FROM ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSIDANS CATHETER TIP INFECTION
  162:4, p. A1044 - A1044 2022
• Chest
  JOKOMO-NYAKABAU RUTENDO, etal A CASE OF PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI PNEUMONIA MIMICKING METHOTREXATE-INDUCED PNEUMONITIS
  162:4, p. A494 - A494 2022
• Southern Medical Journal
  Patil Shantanu, etal Readmissions among People Living with HIV Admitted for Hypertensive Emergency
  115:7, p. 429 - 434 2022
• Pharmacy
  Destache Christopher J, etal COVID-19 Mortality and Therapeutics in Nebraska and Southwest Iowa during Early Pandemic
  10:4, p. 69 - 2022
• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  Jackson Ian, etal Role of procalcitonin as a predictor of clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
  119, p. 47 - 52 2022
• Swaney R., etal Clinical Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 Infection Treated with Tocilizumab 2022
• Azeem A., etal Incidence and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Complicated by Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum 2022
• Swaney R., etal Drug and a Tick- A Rare Case of Drug Induced Hemolytic Anemia in a Patient with Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis 2022
• Jokomo-Nyakabau R., etal A Rare Presentation of 'the Forgotten Disease': Septic Thrombophlebitis of the Internal Jugular Vein (Lemierre’s Syndrome) Complicated by Empyema and Pyogenic Brain Abscess 2022
• American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
  Velagapudi Manasa, etal Pharmacotherapy for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease
  79:6, p. 437 - 445 2022
• Critical care medicine
  Creech Zachary, etal 219: DISCHARGE DISPOSITION OF COVID-19 PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
  50:1, p. 94 - 94 2022
• Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
  Butt Dua Noor, etal Histoplasmosis presenting as colitis and blood dyscrasias in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
  35:3, p. 350 - 351 2022
• The Ochsner journal
  Rajendraprasad Sanu, etal Fatal Case of Burkholderia gladioli Pneumonia in a Patient With COVID-19
  22:4, p. 349 - 352 2022
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Maxwell Tyler, etal 1084. Comparative Outcomes Among Patients Receiving Varying Daptomycin Dosing Regimens in Hemodialysis
  8:Supplement_1, p. S633 - S634 2021
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Azeem Ahad, etal 1401. Infliximab for Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) in Tuberculous Meningitis; A Treatment Paradox
  8:Supplement_1, p. S785 - S785 2021
• European Journal of Medical Research
  Mause Elizabeth, etal Cefazolin-induced hemolytic anemia
  26:1 2021
• Chest
  Jackson IAN, etal PROCALCITONIN AS A PREDICTOR OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19
  160:4, p. A541 - A541 2021
• The American journal of gastroenterology
  Aldamen Ali, etal S3417 Incidence of COVID-19 in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C in an Outpatient Clinic
  116:1, p. S1404 - S1404 2021
• The American journal of gastroenterology
  Randhawa Amarjyot K., etal S2600 An Unnerving Side of Hepatitis C
  116:1, p. S1093 - S1093 2021
• Chest
  Rajendraprasad SANU, etal AORTIC ROOT ABSCESS: A RARE COMPLICATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS
  160:4, p. A295 - A295 2021
• Chest
  Azeem AHAD, etal A FATAL CASE OF PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE: RARE MANIFESTATION OF LEPTOSPIROSIS
  160:4, p. A600 - A600 2021
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Ahmad Faran, etal Challenges in the Management of Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections in Patients With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
  13:8, p. e17035 - e17035 2021
• WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin
  Koop Lindsey, etal Bacillus cereus
  120:2, p. 145 - 147 2021
• International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  Ahmad Faran, etal Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults
  108, p. 209 - 211 2021
• International Journal of Dermatology
  Nelson Rachel, etal Novel treatment of locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with cemiplimab
  60:2, p. 233 - 235 2021
• Critical Care Medicine
  Rajendraprasad Sanu, etal COVID-19 Therapeutics: What Works?
  49:1, p. 93 - 93 2021
• Critical Care Medicine
  Ahmad Faran, etal Influence of Health Disparities on COVID-19 Critical Care Admissions
  49:1, p. 101 - 101 2021
• Critical care medicine
  Rajendraprasad Sanu, etal 222: A case of Burkholderia gladioli Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a Patient With COVID-19
  49:1, p. 96 - 96 2021
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Ahmad Faran, etal 94. Appropriate Urine Legionella Antigen Testing: A Step Towards Diagnostic Stewardship
  7:Supplement_1, p. S62 - S63 2020
• American Journal of Gastroenterology
  Addasi Yazan, etal An unusual cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in an immunocompetent host
  115:1, p. S1153 - S1154 2020
• Chest
  Kalian Karson, etal A CASE OF HISTOPLASMA PERICARDITIS WITH TAMPONADE
  158:4, p. A486 - A486 2020
• Case Reports in Pulmonology
  Essa Amr, etal Review of Cases of E-Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) and Brief Review of the Literature
  2020 2020
• Intractable and Rare Diseases Research
  Qasim Abdallah, etal A case of coronavirus disease 2019 in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient
  9:4, p. 256 - 259 2020
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Gummadi Padma Priya, etal 2691. Comparison of Incidence and Mortality of Kaposi’s Sarcoma Amongst Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
  6:Supplement_2, p. S945 - S946 2019
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Smith Hayden Z, etal A Case Report of Human Herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) Meningitis Masquerading as Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension in an Immunocompetent Patient
  11:5, p. e4636 2019
• Intractable and Rare Diseases Research
  Latif Azka, etal A curious case of disseminated cysticercosis in an immunocompetent adult
  8:4, p. 283 - 285 2019
• Open forum infectious diseases
  Anthone Jennifer, etal 527. New Robust Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) Results in Reduction of Clostridium difficile 30-Day Readmission
  5:Suppl 1, p. S195 - S195 2018
• Chest
  Munir AHMED, etal HIV WITH DISSEMINATED TULAREMIA: A RARE PRESENTATION
  154:4, p. 204 - 205A 2018
• Cureus
  Nguyen Michelle, etal Postpartum Invasive Group A Streptococcus Infection: Case Report and Mini-review 2018
• Curēus (Palo Alto, CA)
  Onaiwu Cherry O, etal Rare Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Nocardiosis in AIDS
  9:11, p. e1839 2017
• Journal of Spine & Neurosurgery
  M Velagapudi, etal Otogenic Temporal Lobe Abscess: A Mini-review
  06:02, p. 2325 - 9701 2017
• Cureus
  Krantz Amanda M, etal Streptococcus Gordonii Empyema: A Case Report and Review of Empyema
  9:4, p. e1159 - e1159 2017
• Chest
  Velagapudi Manasa, etal A Case of Streptococcus gordonii Empyema Complicated by Splenic Abscess
  150:4, p. 199 - 199A 2016
• Journal of neurological disorders
  Velagapudi Manasa, etal Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Encephalitis in HIV Patients
  4:8 2016

Presentations

• Survival Disparities Among People with HIV and Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in the Era of Novel Antiretroviral Therapy. Ermann D , Vic Vardell V , Velagapudi M , Burkholder G , Fitzgerald L , Narkhede, M , H Shah H , Shea L , Spivak A , Stephens D , Hu B , Goyal G accepted for oral presentation at ASH December 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2022
• Doxycycline induced pancreatitis- A forgotten complication of a common drug. Abondurin F, Reiche W, Rangray R, Velagapudi M. Accepted to be presented at ACG 2022 October 2022, Charlotte, North Carolina 2022
• Jokomo-Nyakabau R, Swaney R, Velagapudi M .A case of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia mimicking methotrexate induced pneumonitis. Accepted oral presentation at CHEST October 2022, at Nashville,TN. 2022
• Martin S, Velagapudi M. Serratia: From Military Blunder to Virulent Problem. Accepted oral presentation at CHEST October 2022, at Nashville,TN. 2022
• Swaney R, Jokomo-Nyakabau R, Nguyen A, Dorothy K, Millner P, Selim Mo, Destache C, Velagapudi M Incidence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with fungal co-infections. oral presentation at CHEST October 2022, at Nashville,TN. 2022
• Kenny D, Azeem A, Swaney R, Goodman M, Velagapudi M. Kaposi Sarcoma: A Forgotten Complication in Well Controlled HIV. Accepted for oral presentation at SGIM Midwest chapter October 2022 at St Louis 2022 2022
• Swaney R, Velagapudi M. Ecthyma Gangrenosum from Achromobacter xylosoxidans Catheter tip infection. oral presentation at CHEST October 2022, at Nashville,TN. 2022
• Swaney R, Jackson I, Aurit S, Desatche C, Walters R,Vivekanandan R, Narechania S, Velagapudi M. Clinical Outcomes of Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 Infection Treated with Tocilizumab. poster presented at ATS 2022,San Francisco,CA. 2022
• Azeem A,Carrig M, Butt D, Destache C, Krajicek B, Velagapudi M. The Incidence and Effect of Spontaneous Pneumothorax or Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19 Mortality . Accepted to be presented at ATS 2022, San Francisco,CA. 2022
• Rutendo Jokomo, Velagapudi M, Mendoza, Vivekanandan, Millner P . A Rare Presentation of the Forgotten Disease Septic Thrombophlebitis of the Internal Jugular Vein (Lemierres Syndrome) Complicated by Empyema and Pyogenic Brain Abscess. Poster presented at ATS 2022, San Francisco,CA. 2022
• Swaney R, Velagapudi M. Drug and a tick- A Rare Case of Drug Induced Hemolytic Anemia in a Patient with Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis . Poster presented at ATS 2022, San Francisco,CA 2022
• Zachary A. Creech, Gia Thinh D. Truong, Velagapudi M. Post Covid-19 Tuberculosis: Reactivation of latent TB in the pleura. Accepted to be presented at ATS 2022, San Francisco,CA. 2022
• Ian J, Jardeh H, Aurit S, Narechania S, Velagapudi M. Procalcitonin as a predictor of clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19. Poster presented at Chest Annual meeting October 2021- virtual meeting 2021
• Azeem A, Velagapudi M.A fatal case of pulmonary hemorrhage: rare manifestation of Leptospirosis. Poster presented at Chest Annual meeting October 2021- virtual meeting 2021
• Rajendra Prasad S, Kenny D, Cruz Torres R, Velagapudi M. Aortic abscess: A rare complication of staph epidermidis prosthetic valve endocarditis. Poster presented at Chest Annual meeting October 2021- virtual meeting 2021
• Maxwell T, Orban, III J, Kufel W, Destache C, Williams K, Velagupudi M, Bookstaver B, Tatem L, McCracken J, Carpenter B, Sharma R. Outcomes of daptomycin dosing regimens in hemodialysis patients. Poster presented at 2021 IDWeek San Diego, CA. 2021
• Azeem A, Ahmad F, Velagapudi M. Infliximab for treatment of Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS ) in TB meningitis: a treatment paradox. Poster presented at 2021 IDWeek San Diego, CA. 2021
• An unnerving side of Hepatitis C Randhawa A, Kedakar M, Chen Y, Velagapudi M- Poster presented at American College of Gastroenterology annual meeting October 2021 , Las Vegas, USA. 2021
• Sam Martin, Ahad Azeem, Velagapudi M (October 2021) .Gut to heart: a rare case of bacterial myocarditis. Poster presented at ACP Nebraska ,Omaha, NE. 2021
• Christian Patterson, Julie Jerabek, Sam Martin, Velagapudi M (October 2021). Cardiac implantable electronic device infection, a are complication of Serratia bacteremia. Poster presented at ACP Nebraska ,Omaha, NE. 2021
• Cooper S,Azeem A, Velagapudi M (October 2021).Menacing Meningitidis, Fulminant Disease in a Derelict Male. Poster presented at ACP Nebraska ,Omaha, NE. 2021
• Swaney R, Velagapudi M (October 2021). Drug induced Hemolytic Anemia in patient with Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis. Poster presented at ACP Nebraska ,Omaha, NE 2021
• Stevenson M, Velagapudi M (October 2021). A fatal case of Ecthyma gangrenosum in a AML patient. Poster presented at ACP Nebraska,Omaha, NE 2021
• Muazzam M, Velagapudi M (October 2021) . Not all ground glass opacities are caused by SARS-Cov-2.A case of histoplasmosis mimicking COVID-19 pneumonia. Presented at ACP Nebraska 2020 2021
• Rajendraprasad S, Addula M, Mendoza N, Velagapudi M.A case of Burkholderia gladioli ventilator-associated pneumonia in a patient with COVID-19. SCCM Annual Meeting 2020. Crit Care Med.2021:49(1) :96 doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000726776.39138.75. 2021
• Rajendraprasad S; Ahmad F; Loranger A; Pruett W; Kessel B; Jagan N; Boldt D; Schmidt D; Hayes S; Anthone J; Vivekanandan R; Quimby D; Velagapudi M; Krajicek B; Destache C. COVID-19 Therapeutics: What Works? SCCM Annual Meeting 2020. Crit Care Med. 2021; 49(1):93doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000726752.78687.16 2021
• 12. Ahmad F; Rajendraprasad S; Loranger A; Pruett W; Kessel B; Jagan N; Boldt D; Schmidt D; Hayes S; Anthone J; Vivekanandan R; Quimby D; Velagapudi M; Krajicek B; Destache C. Influence of Health Disparities on COVID-19 Critical Care Admission. SCCM Annual Meeting 2020. Crit Care Med 2021;49(1): 101doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000726812.53135.52 2021
• Suraz AE, Garg N, Velagapudi M, Adoeye SP, Sreeram R, Radeos MS. Emergency Physician EKG Interpretation of Dysrhythmias and Conduction Disorders with that of Cardiology Interpretation. Poster presented at: 2010 Scientific Assembly Amercian College of Emergency Physicians; Las Vegas, NV; Las Vegas, CA. 2020
• Anthone j, Abbas A, Alexander B, Boldt D, Carroll C, Ased S, Cavalieri S, Horn J, Velagapudi M,,Destache CJ, Vivekanandan R ( October 2018). New Robust Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) Results in Reduction of Clostridium difficile 30-Day Readmission. 2018 ID Week, San Francisco, CA. 2020
• Gummadi P, Aurit S, Destache C, Walters R, George E, Vivekanandan R, Velagapudi M ( October 2019). Comparison of Incidence and Mortality of Kaposi's Sarcoma Amongst Solid Organ Transplant Recipients poster presented at ID week, Washington DC. 2020
• Pajjuru V, Dick M, Velegapudi M, Gujjula N, Mahmound A(October 2018) Cutibacterium acnes: is cute enough to get to Your heart?- Oral presentation at ACP Nebraska-presented on 10/26/2018 2020
• Velagapudi M, Ratnaraj F MD, Krishnan M, nm Gujjula N MD, Preheim L. ( October 2016)A case of Streptococcusgordonii ( S. gordonii) empyee complicated by splenic abscess._Poster presented at CHEST Los Angeles, CA. 2020
• Mandal S, Ph. D, Prathipati P, Ph. D, Velagapudi, M, Chris Destache, Pharm. D (March 2019). CCR5 targeted ARV loaded nanoparticle; Dual protection for HIV functional cure. Poster presented at CROI Conference at Seattle. 2020
• Mandal S, Ph. D, Prathipati P, Ph. D, Velagapudi, M, Chris Destache, Pharm. D (March 2019). CCR5 targeted ARV loaded nanoparticle; Dual protection for HIV functional cure. Poster presented at CROI Conference at Seattle. 2020
• Denise Majorant, Velagapudi M, Trevor Vanschooneveld. Unity of fungal blood cultures in the clinical car. Poster presented at UNMC Research Day. 2020
• Ahmad F, Ahmad M, Velagapudi M ,Marvin Bittner .Legionella Antigen Testing in Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia.ID Week 2020 Won Fellow award 2020
• Ahmad F, Mendoza N, Vivekanandan R, Velagapudi M.ID week 2020 case: A headache that persists may have a fungus that exists.ID week 2020 presented at Fellow workshop 2020
• Kalian K, Gastelum A, Lavenant.W, Velagapudi M. A case of Histoplasma pericarditis with tamponade. Chest 2020 . DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.466 2020
• S Randhawa, F. Ahmad, A. Essa1, S. Thomas, J. Taylor, M. Velagapudi . What Caused This Crazy Paving Lung? - Think Before You Vape Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020;201:A6669 2020
• Addasi Y,Megan A, Anny N,Hajiannasab R, Andukuri V, Velagapudi M,Rangray R. Mucormycosis: An Unusual Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in an Immunocompetent Host. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 2020;115 doi: 10.14309/01.ajg.0000710780.75182.f1 2020
• Randhawa A, Chen,Velagapudi M. If left untreated, Hepatitis C may get on your nerves. Presented at ACP Nebraska 2020 2020
• Azeem A, Ahmad F, Velagapudi M . Homonymous hemianopsia- a rare complication of TB meningitis.. Presented at ACP Nebraska 2020
• KIrshnan M, Ratnaraj F , Velagapudi M, Vivekanandan R (2016). Anomic aphasia: an uncommon presentation of otogenic temporal love abscess" Poster presented at 39 th Annual Society of General Internal Medicine;Florida. 2020
• Kousa O, Awad D, Thompson B, Gbadamosi M, Velagapudi m. Tooth to blood: rare cause of anaerobicbacteremia in an afebrile neutropenic patient. Poster accepted for presentation at Midwest Society of Gen. Internal medicine meeting 2019, Minneapolis , USA. 2020
• Invited speaker: TB meningitis can be a real headache: presented at MCM meeting at Heartland TB Center,(November 2019) San Antonio, Texas 2019
• Ragendraprasad, S., Velagapudi, M. A case of fluid overload-that was viral? ACP Nebraska 2019. Omaha, NE. 2019
• Essa A, Ahma F, Rhandawa S, Stanley T, Taylor J, Velagapudi M. What Caused This Crazy Paving Lung? ( October 2019).Think Before You Vape! Poster presented at ACP Nebraska, Omaha, NE. 2019
• Pinjala A, Velagapudi m, Millner P (October 2019).A case of Scrub typhus in a returning traveler. Poster presented at ACP Nebraska, Omaha,NE. 2019
• Abulaimon S, Jaradeh H, Katz H, Abushalha K, Velagapudi M( October 2019). Breathing Bowels: A case of Primary Pneumococcal Peritonitis. Poster presented at ACP Nebraska, Omaha, NE. 2019
• Wittenberg Z, Kumar M, Velagapudi (October 2018). Sour milk is bad for bones. Poster presented at ACP Nebraska, Omaha, Ne. Won 2nd prize at DOM Research Day June 2019. 2019
• Smith H, Paguia R, Horne J, Velagapudi M (October 2018) . From Suspected Pseudotumor Cerebri to Confirmed HHV-6 Meningitis in an Immuncompetent Host. Poster presented at ACP Nebraska, Omaha NE. Won 2 nd prize at DOM Research Day (June 2019). 2019
• Awad D, Kousa O, Qasim A, Velagapudi M (May 2019). A rare case of primary pneumococcal pericarditis in an immunocompetent host resulting in pericardial tamponade and death. Oral presentation at Midwest Society of Gen. Internal medicine meeting, Minneapolis, USA 2019
• Sanu R, Velagapudi M. A case of fluid overload-that was viral?(October 2019). Poster presented at ACP Nebraska, Omaha NE. 2019
• Kalian, K., Velagapudi, M. Fireflies aren't the only bugs that can light up: Acute ischemia on MRI from West Nile Virus. ACP Nebraska 2018. Omaha, NE. 2018
• Kiblinger, S., Magliulo, E., Parekh, J., Paguia, R., Velagapudi, M., Preheim, L. It pays to probe: Diagnostic challanges in a case of miliary TB. ACP Nebraska 2018. Omaha, NE. 2018
• Munir, A., Rakhra, A., Landeen, C., Velagapudi, M., Vivekanandan, R., Plambeck, R. HIV with disseminated tularemia: A Rare Presentation. CHEST 2018. San Antonio, TX. 2018
• Kalian K, Velagapudi M, ( October 2018). Fireflies aren't the only bugs that light up: Acute ischemia on MRI from West Nile Virus. Poster presented ACP Nebraska, Omaha Ne. 2018
• Kunwar S, Velagapudi M, (October 2018). An uncommon disease mimicjking vertebral osteomyelitis: primary pyomyositis of Iliopsoas. Poster presented atr ACP Nebraska, Omaha Ne. 2018
• Kiblinger S, Magliulo E, Parekh J, Paguia R, Velagapudi M , Preheim L (October 2018). It pays to probe : Diagnostic challenges in a case of military TB. Poster presented on at ACP Nebraksa, Omaha Ne. 2018
• Cherry O,Velagapudi M, Sarsam L, Utley L, Vivekanandan R (2017).A Rare Case of Pulmonary Nocardia in a patient with AIDS. Poster presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference; Washington DC 2017
• Cherry O, Velagapudi M, Sarsam L, Utley L, Vivekanandan R (2017). a Rare Case of Pulmonary Nocardia in a patient with AIDS. Poster presented at American Thoracic Society International Conference; Washington DC 2017
• Velagapudi M, Ratnaraj F MD, Krishnan M, N Gujjula N MD, Preheim L . ( October 2016)A case of Streptococcusgordonii (S.gordonii) empyema complicated by splenic abscess. Poster presented at CHEST Los Angeles, CA. 2016
• Krishnan M, Ratnaraj F, Velagapudi M, Vivekanandan R (2016). Anomic aphasia: an uncommon presentation of otogenic temporal lobe abscess" Poster presented at 39 th Annual Society of General Internal Medicine ;Florida. 2016
• Suarez AE,Garg N, Velagapudi M, Adoeye SP, Sreera, R, Radeos MS. Concordance of Emergency Physician ECG Interpretation of Dysrhythmias and Conduction Disorders with that of Cardiology Interpretation. Poster Presented at :2010 New York ACEP Scientific Assembly; Lake George, NY; Lake George, NY. 2010
• Suarez AE, Garg N, Velagapudi M, Adoeye SP, Sreeram R, Radeos MS. (2010, April). Concordance of Emergency Physician ECG Interpretation of Dysrhythmias and Conduction Disorders with that of Cardiology Interpretation.. Poster presented at: 2010 New York ACEP Scientific Assembly; Lake George, NY; Lake George, NY. 2010
• Suarez AE, Garg N, Velagapudi M, Adoeye SP, Sreeram R, Radeos MS.(2010, December). Emergency Physician EKG Interpretation of Dysrhythmias and Conduction Disorders with that of Cardiology Interpretation. Poster presented at: 2010 Scientific Assembly American College Of Emergency Physicians; Las Vegas, NV; Las Vegas, CA. 2010
• Alghoula F, Velagapudi M, Nayfeh A, Vivekanandan R ( May 2018). A case of Community Acguired Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia, Poster presented at American Thoraci Society International Conference; Sandiego, CA.

Awards

• Teaching Excellence
  2022- Teaching excellence for Non-Family Medicine faculty award from Department of Family Medicine
  Department of Family Medicine
• Gold Humanism society inductee 2022
• Laurel Preheim Collegiate Professorship award
  2022--Laurel Preheim Collegiate Professorship award
  Department of Medicine
• Volunteerism and community service award
  Volunteerism and community service award- for services during the pandemic- awarded by American College of Physicians, Nebraska Chapter for 2022
  American College of Physicians
• Dedicated Teacher Award
  Creighton University School of Medicine
• James Sullivan Teaching award
  James Sullivan Teaching award -Excellence in resident education-From IM Department June 12,2020
  Internal Medicine
• Teaching excellence for Non-Family Medicine faculty award
  Teaching excellence for Non-Family Medicine faculty award from Department of Family Medicine- 6/21/2019
  Department of Family Medicine
• Magis in Action award
• Nominated for Golden Apple Awards
  One of the three nominated Finalists for Creighton School of Medicine Golden Apple Awards 2018- nominated by class of 2018
  Creighton University School of Medicine
• Team Excellence Award
  Team Excellence Award for Excellent performance Interdisciplinary rounds 2010-at Montefiore Medical Center
  Montefiore Medical Center