Critical care physician teaches invaluable skills to students at McGovern Medical School
The impact of Bindu Akkanti, MD, (far right) mentoring has the potential to be felt for generations to come. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Akkanti)
Academic medicine is in her DNA, says Bindu Akkanti, MD, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Every day she goes to work, she is contributing to the development of the next generation of doctors and the future patients they will be treating.
“You are by definition extending the quality of patient care you’re providing, meaning I can impact future patients without even seeing them,” said Akkanti, holder of the Graham Distinguished Professorship in Pulmonary Medicine at McGovern Medical School.
When she isn’t educating in a clinical setting, Akkanti is interviewing prospective students like Aditi Chunduru as a member of the McGovern Medical School Admissions Committee.