Usha Rani Ganga, M.D.

EDUCATION

• The Guntur Medical College, Guntur, India, Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (M.B.B.S.) (1977 - 1984)

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

• The Government General Hospital, Guntur, India, Rotating Internship (Medicine, Surgery, OBGYN, & subspecialties) (1985 - 1986)
• Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, Internal Medicine Internship (PGY-1) (1989 - 1990)
• University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, Internal Medicine Residency (PGY-2 to PGY-4) (1990 - 1993)
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, Gastroenterology Fellowship (1995 - 1998)

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

• Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (1993)
• Diplomate, American Board of Gastroenterology (1998)

MEDICAL LICENSURE

• State of Iowa (1992)
• State of Minnesota (1992)
• State of South Dakota (1993)
• State of Texas (1998)

ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS

• Humanistic Physicians Award from USD School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (1993)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (1993 - 1995)
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology (1998 - present)

TEACHING

• University of South Dakota
• Instructor, physicial diagnosis (1992 - 1993)
• Instructor, 1st year resident clinic (1993 - 1995)
• Instructor, 2nd year resident indigent clinic (1993 - 1995)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Medical Association (1993 - 1995)
• American College of Gastroenterology (1995 - 1999)
• American College of Physicians (1990 - 1996)
• American Gastroenterologic Association (1995 - present)
• American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (1995 - present)
• Texas Medical Association

PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH

• Ganga U and Schafer L. Tuberculous Peritonitis: A case report and literature review. SD J Med, 1992;45,10:287-289.
• Ganga U, Ryan JJ, Schafer L. Indications, complications, and long-term results of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: A retrospective study. SD J Med, 1994;47,5:149-52.
• Trowers, E.A., Dar Seema, Ganga Usha, Keung Yi-Kong, Bravo-Large Maria: Jejunal Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Iron Deficiency in a Young Man. Journal of the National Medical Association, March 1997, Vol. 89, No.3;205-207.
• Trowers, E.A. Ganga UR, Ojo, E., Hodges D.,: Endoscopic Hemorrhoidal Ligation: Preliminary experience. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• U.R. Ganga, S. Eiam-ong, B. Lonis, X. Yang, and S. Sabatini.. Acid-Base effects on Brush Border and Basolateral membrane metabolism in aged Brown Norway rats. ASN meeting 1996.
• Involved in various pharmaceutical research protocols conducted at USD. (1993 - 1994)
• TNF alpha and liver regeneration.