Kavitha Yaddanapudi, MD
Professor, Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Chief, Cardiothoracic Radiology
Program Director, Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship
Radiology and Imaging Sciences Discipline Director
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Dr. Yaddanapudi is a fellowship-trained cardiothoracic and nuclear medicine radiologist who is double boarded in radiology and nuclear medicine. After completing four years of fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic, she worked as an assistant professor of radiology and internal medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital. She also served as co-chief of thoracic imaging at Stony Brook.
Residency
GBPant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic, Nuclear Medicine Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic, Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic, Thoracic Imaging Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic, Musculoskeletal Imaging Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic, Nuclear Medicine Fellowship
Board Certifications
American Board of Radiology
Honors and Awards
George R. Barnes Faculty Teaching Award of Excellence, 2026
George R. Barnes Faculty Teaching Award of Excellence, 2021
Best Clinical Conundrum Presentation at Annual Society Thoracic Radiology, 2018
Cleveland Clinic Caregivers Celebrations Award, 2013
Pfizer Scroll of Honor for Best Student Final MBBS Year
Dr. C. Sita Devi Endowment Medal for Best Student of the Batch of 1998
Sri Ramachandrula Hanumantha Rao Scholarship for Highest Marks in Final MBBS
Clinical Specialties
Cardiac Sarcoidosis
Hybrid Molecular Imaging: PET/CT and PET/MRI imaging of sarcoidosis and interstitial lung disease
Thoracic and Pulmonary Diagnostics
Advanced Cardiac Imaging