Qualifications:

• MBBS: NRI Medical College (Guntur, Andhra Pradesh)

• MD (General Medicine): PESIMSR (Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh)

• FNB (Infectious Diseases): Apollo Hospitals (Chennai)

Professional Synopsis:

Trained at one of the best Infectious departments in India (Apollo Chennai), Dr. Hari Priya Reddy Challa is well-versed in diagnosing and treating community acquired and hospital acquired infections including those in immunocompromised hosts like Solid organ transplant and bone marrow transplant.

Areas Of Interest/ Expertise:

• TB/HIV/Infection control

Membership:

• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
• Clinical Infectious Diseases Society of India (CIDS)
• Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Paper/Poster Presentations:

• Blood culture identification panel 2 (BCID 2) in management of blood stream infections. CIDSCON 2021 Annual conference of CIDS, India.
• Prevalence of Covid Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) in ventilated Covid-19 patients at a tertiary care hospital. CIDSCON 2020. Annual conference of CIDS, India

Publications:

• Infections caused by Aeromonas species in hospitalized patients: A case series Indian J Med Microbiol. 2022 Apr-Jun;40(2):306-308. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2022.01.006. Epub 2022 Feb 7. PMID: 35144832.
• Infective Endocarditis of Native Valves due to Aspergillus in an Immunocompetent Host: A Rare Presentation Clin of Diagn Res.2022; 16(1): OD01-OD03. https://www.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2022/50944/15875.
• Co-author for chapter, COVID-19: Clinical Presentation and management. Gopalakrishnan R, Das B, Challa HR. COVID-19: Clinical Presentation and management. Wander GS. Postgraduate Medicine: Jaypee Brothers;2022. p.396- 403