This is the hero: Harish Seethamraju, MD Spe

This is the hero:

Harish Seethamraju, MD

Specialty:
Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease

Biography:
Harish Seethamraju, MD, is the Medical Director, Advanced Lung Failure and Lung Transplant. He is recognized as an international expert in lung transplantation. Prior to joining Montefiore, Dr. Seethamraju was the Medical Director, Lung Transplantation at Newark Beth Israel in NJ. In his early career he was an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and previously served as the Medical Director of the Lung Transplant Program, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Houston Methodist Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine.

He earned a BS from Little Flower Junior College in Hyderabad, India, and an MBBS from Gandhi Medical College, University of Health Sciences (Osmania University), Hyderabad, India, where he also completed his internship. He completed his residency at the Indian Institute of Child & Maternal Health at Niloufer Hospital at the Osmania University of Medical Sciences; and served as a resident and fellow at the Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn; and a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

Dr. Seethamraju’s research has been published in high impact medical journals including the Texas Heart Institute Journal, Pediatric Transplantation, Chest, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, and the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
He is a member of the American Society of Transplantation, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant. He has been twice awarded Best Attending of the Year, Baylor College of Medicine, Pulmonary Section. Dr. Seethamraju is a frequent lecturer and has presented at many national and international conferences.