Usha Yendrapalli, M.D., has joined USA Health’s team of pulmonary and critical care physicians. USA Health is the academic health system of the University of South Alabama.
Yendrapalli completed her fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of South Alabama. She had previously completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Huntsville regional campus and worked as a hospitalist at Huntsville Hospital.
She is board certified in internal medicine. As part of USA’s system, she also will contribute to the education and training of future healthcare providers as an assistant professor in the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine.
Yendrapalli has been recognized for her commitment to education, receiving the Teacher Blazer Award for Outstanding Teaching of Medical Students and Residents, and has remained involved in research, community service and professional organizations. During her pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship, she was honored with the Best Research Symposium Award for her work.