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Alumni Information>> Distinguish Alumni 2005
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Vijay V. Yeldandi, MD
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Dr. Vijay Yeldandi is a graduate of GMC(1980). He
completed his Internal Medicine residency from Grant Hospital, Chicago and
Fellowship in Infections Diseases from Loyola University in 1988. He had been
Asst. Professor of Medicine at Rush Medical College followed by Loyola
University, Chicago from 1989 to 2006. Since July '06 he has been Associate
Professor of Medicine at Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University,
Chicago. He received several awards including Intern of the Year, outstanding
resident, Gold, Silver and Bronze Apple Awards from Loyola Univ. He has several
publications in infectious diseases. He delivered several
lectures/presentations under various banners including, Am. College of Chest
Physicians, Loyola Univ., AAPI etc. He had been Principal Investigator and
Co-investigator for several Investigation/Research projects. He is involved in
several community activities such as increasing the public awareness of
HIV/AIDS through SHARE, which is a non-profit organization promoting health
care research in India.
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Krishna Tripuraneni, MD
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Dr. Krishna Tripuraneni was born in Vijayawada, AP.
He completed medical school in 1980 from Osmania Medical College. He came to
United States in 1982. He completed Internal Medicine residency from Hahnemann
University, PA in 1989. He completed GI fellowship from University of
Pittsburgh in 1991. After practicing in Moline, IL for five years, he moved to
Florida in 1997. He donated about $ 1,500,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of
Palm Beach County, Florida to build a new facility in the honor of Krishna and
Nirmala Tripuraneni. Boys & Girls Club offers several programs that promote
and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of
competence, usefulness, belonging and influence. Children can learn and
grow-all while having fun. He is dedicated to promoting the welfare of children
in their growing years.
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