PSN Member Profile
Dr. Praveena Gorantla, M.D. – Board Certified Rheumatology provider in Wichita, Kansas.
Member Biography
Dr. Gorantla received her medical degree from the Rangaraya Medical College, NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijayawada, India. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Penn. and her Rheumatology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Gorantla is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a sub-specialty of Rheumatology.
Rheumatology Board Certified, 10 / 2008 – 12 / 2018
ISCD (International Society for Clinical Densitometry) Certified, 12 / 2012 – 12 / 2017
Internal Medicine Board Certified, 08 / 2006 – 08 / 2016
Licensure
- Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine
- State Medical Board of Ohio
- Kansas State Board of Healing Arts – Active
- Permanent license with Medical Council of India
Fellowship – Rheumatology – Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases – Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH – 07 / 2006 – 06 / 2008
Residency – Internal Medicine – Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA – 06 / 2003 – 06 / 2006
Medical School – Rangaraya Medical College, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, India – 12 / 1993 – 06 / 1999; MBBS, 08 / 1999
Graduate Education
(Master’s in Public Health)
1. University of Texas, School of Public Health, Houston, TX – 08 / 2002 – 05 / 2003
2. Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA – 08 / 2001 – 12 / 2001
Undergraduate Education
P.B Siddhartha College of Arts and Sciences, Vijayawada, India – Major: Biology – 06 / 1990 – 06 / 1992; Intermediate, 06 / 1992
Professional Organizations
Publications & Presentations
National and International Presentations
Poster presentation at American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting.
Clinical profile of Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis patients with Scl-70 Antibodies in comparison to those without Scl-70 Antibodies. – ACR/ARHP Annual Scientific Meeting – San Francisco, CA 10 / 2008
Poster Presentation at International Scientific Meeting, EULAR
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A case series of 8 patients – Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, EULAR – Barcelona, Spain, 06 / 2007
Publications
Praveena L. Kakumani, Rula A. Hajj-Ali.
A Forgotten Cause of Central Nervous System Vasculitis – Journal of Rheumatology, March 2009 36(3): 655
Kakumani PL, Bishwal S, Derk CT, Brent LH.
Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A case series of 8 patients – Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66, Suppl 2:203
Volunteer Activities
Participated in free Women Health Campaign program providing education about osteoporosis, arthritis and autoimmune diseases, Pittsburgh, PA – 2010- 2012
Participated in free Health Screening Campaign for uninsured and indigent population, Wichita, KS – 2008, 2009
Rangaraya Medical College and Government General Hospital, Kakinada, India – 06 / 1995 – 06 / 1999
Participated in a variety of health programs:
- Pulse Polio, a mass immunization program of children for polio under age 5, with a goal of eradicating polio in India
- HIV screening camps
- Malaria eradication program, the A.P State Government initiated program in eradication of mosquitoes and preventing malaria
- “No Tobacco Day”, educating patients on tobacco and its impact on health
Dr. Praveena Gorantla
Rheumatologist
Facilities Served
William Newton Hospital
Conditions Treated
- Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS)
- Osteoarthritis
- Lateral Epicondylitis
- Gout
- Osteoporosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome and Allied Disorders