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CHI St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Little Rock, Arkansas
Present
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Director of ICU services
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas
9/2021 – 9/2023
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Internal Medicine
White River Health System
Batesville, Arkansas
7/2018 – 9/2021
Pulmonary Critical Care Physician, ICU Director, Core Faculty
Mercy Hospital
Fort Smith, Arkansas
9/2020 – 3/2021
Part-time Consultant Pulmonary Critical Care Physician
Osmania Medical College
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
2004 – 2010
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Little Rock, Arkansas
7/2013 – 6/2015
Residency in Internal Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Little Rock, Arkansas
7/2012 – 6/2013
Internship in Internal Medicine
Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mild cognitive impairment and dementia
Kakkera K, Padala KP, Kodali M, Padala PR
2018
Curr Opin Pulmonary Medicine
Ageing and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: interrelationships
Kakkera K, Atchley WT, Kodali M, et al.
2023
Curr Opin Pulmon Med
Prospective Open‐label Trial of Early Concomitant Vasopressin and Norepinephrine Therapy versus Initial Norepinephrine Monotherapy in Septic Shock
Hammond DA, Ficek OA, Painter JT, McCain K, Cullen J, Brotherton AL, Kakkera K, Chopra D, Meena N
2018
Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
National Trends (2009-2013) for Palliative Care Utilization for Patients Receiving Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Chatterjee K, Goyal A, Kakkera K, Harrington S, Corwin HL
2018
Critical Care Medicine
National Trends (2007-2013) of Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients with Septic Shock: Impact on Outcome
Kshitij Chatterjee MD, Abhinav Goyal MD, Krishna Kakkera MD, Aditya Chada MD
2017
Choosing Wisely®: Things We Do for No Reason
Central Venous Line Insertion Revealing Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: Diagnosis and Management
Alzghoul B, Innabi A, Chada A, Tarawneh AR, Kakkera K, Khasawneh K
2017
Case Reports in Critical Care
Etiology of malignant pleural effusion and utilization of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: a nationwide analysis
Chatterjee K, Goyal A, Kakkera K, Meena N
2017
Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
Contemporary national trends of cystic fibrosis hospitalizations and co-morbidities in the United States
Chatterjee K, Goyal A, Shah N, Kakkera K, Jagana R, Anderson P
2016
Advances in Respiratory Medicine
Successful Management of Neobladder Variceal Bleeding
Atwal D, Chatterjee K, Osborne S, Kakkera K, Deas S, Li R, Erbland M
2016
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Identifying asymptomatic health care workers with COVID-19 in a community hospital: An institution’s experience
Neal Mehta, Krishna Kakkera, Roy Kamoga
2020
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Not all that shines on PET scan is cancer: Silicone induced granuloma masquerading as malignancy
Krishna Vedala, Philip Sobash, Krishna Kakkera
2020
Clinics and Practice
A rare case of Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis triggered by sepsis from MRSA bacteremia
Mitchell Keel, Krishna Vedala, Krishna Kakkera
2020
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Best poster award winner
American College of Chest Physicians annual meeting CHEST, Los Angeles
2016
Best poster award
American College of Physicians Arkansas chapter annual meeting
2016
Selected for oral presentation
American Thoracic Society annual meeting, Washington D.C
2017
