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Akshay Elagandhala, MD, MACM Assistant Professor Assistant Residency Program Director

Akshay “Sunny” Elagandhala, MD, MACM

Assistant Professor
Assistant Residency Program Director

Sunny trained in Emergency Medicine here at UTHealth Houston (2016-2019) and then left UT to do a two-year Medical Education Fellowship of his own at New York Presbyterian Queens Hospital (2019-2021). He found a love for teaching during his residency experiences and now oversees procedural education for the residency, directs the MS4 ECG elective, and serves as one of our core simulation faculty.