Kanakadurga R Poduri, M.D.
Chair
Associate Professor
Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services at Strong Memorial Hospital
Director of Residency Program

Biography
	Kanakadurga Rao Poduri, M.D. is an associate professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.  She graduated from Karnatak Medical College, Hubli, India.  Dr. Poduri did residency training in PM&R at Strong Memorial Hospital.  She is Board Certified in PM&R, Pain and subspecialty of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine.  She is the Medical Director of PM&R services at Strong Memorial Hospital. Her research interests are outcome studies in stroke and spinal cord injury, amputations and hypertension.  Dr. Poduri was included in Top Doctors USA, 2003.  She became the Medical Director of Rochester Rehabilitation Center in 1986 and Director of the Prosthetic Clinic at Strong Memorial Hospital in 1989.  She is a diplomat of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and American Academy of Pain Management.  In addition to her medical practice, she teaches students (first, second and third year) in the medical school.  Dr. Poduri has been the Quality Assurance Coordinator since 1986 and is the Director of Quality Counsel for the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  She was a member of the Quality Assurance Committee at the AAPM&R from 1989 to 1992.  She has presented several papers at the Annual meetings of the AAPM&R, National Stroke Association, and the American Geriatric Society.  Her presentation on shoulder pain in stroke patients took her to Germany in 1993.  Her research work presentations and publications are in the areas of stroke, brain injury, spinal cord, amputations, hypertension and DVT.  She served as a vice president and then as a president until 1996 for the Charaka society, an association of Indian physicians of Greater Rochester.  Served as Vice Chair of Medical Staff Council at Strong Memorial Hospital from 2001-2003. She is an Honorary consultant for Spinal Cord Injury at Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital and Research Center in Hyderabad, Inda
Contact Information
	University of Rochester Medical Center 601 Elmwood Ave., Box 664 Rochester, NY 14642 (p) 585-275-3274, (f) 585-442-2949 E-mail: kr_poduri@urmc.rochester.edu
Education
		Karnatak University, Dharwar, India, BS, 1963.
		Karnatak University, Hubli, India, MBBS, 1970.
		University of the State of New York, New York, MD, 1984.
Internships, Residencies, and Specialty Training
		Fellowship in Geriatric Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 1980.
		Residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center (Strong Memorial Hospital), Rochester, NY, 1979.
		Internship in Internal Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, an Affiliate of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1973.
Board Certification & Licensure
		Diplomat, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1985.
		Diplomat, American Academy of Pain Management (ABPMR), 1991.
		Diplomat, Subspecialty of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine through the ABPMR
		New York State and Florida State Physician's License
Research Areas & Interests
		Stroke
		Hypertension
		Spinal Cord Injury
Committees & Professional Societies
		Member, Monroe County Medical Society
		Member, Charaka Society (past president) An organization of physicians of Indian origin.
		Member, Association of Academic Physiatrists
		Fellow, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
		Member, International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
		Member, The Americal Spinal Cord Injury Association (ASIA)
		Vice Chair of Medical Staff Council at Strong Memorial Hospital 2001-2003
Honors & Awards
		Listed in "Who is Who in International Medicine" in 1985
		Listed in 2003 Top Doctors of America
Recent Publications
		Poduri KR, & Fluter GG*: A review of management of hypertension (part I) in primary prevention of strokes. J. Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Vol 6, No 4, 371 - 386, 1994.
		Fluter GG*, & Poduri KR: A review of management of hypertension (part II) in secondary prevention of strokes. J. Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Vol. 6, No 4, 387- 390, 1994.
		Cushman LA, Poduri KR, Palenski CJ, Gibson CJ: The use of functional assessments obtained prior to rehabilitation admission. J. Stroke and Cerebrovasc Dis, Vol. 5, No 1, 33 -38, 1995.
		Poduri KR: Gibson CJ: Drug induced lupus misdiagnosed as Fibromyalgia. J. Musculoskeletal pain, Vol. 3(4) 71-78, 1995.
		Poduri KR, Gibson CJ, Palenski CJ: Inpatient Rehabilitation: Physiatric and nurse practitioner admission assessments and stroke patient outcomes. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research . 111-121, 1996.
		Poduri KR, Cushman LA. Gibson CJ: In-patient Rehabilitation: The correlation Between Functional Gains and Appropriateness of Admissions. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research . 27-332, 1996
		Poduri KR, & Cushman LA: Pre-existing bipolar disorder followed by brain injury: A challenge to Rehabilitation. The European Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Vol 6, No.6, 178-179, 1996
		Gibson CJ, Poduri KR: Heterotopic ossification as a complication of toxic epidermal necrolysis. The Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Vol 78, 774-776, 1997
		Poduri KR, & Schnitzer EM: Carcinoid tumor mistaken for persistent neurogenic bowel symptoms in a patient with paraplegia: A Case Report. Arch Phys Med & Rehabil, Vol 82, No 7, 996-999, 2001
		Oka, M; Poduri KR, & Monu, JUV: Magnetic imaging of muscle injuries around the hip for rehabilitation: The Radiologist, Volume 10, No 2,77-89, March 2003