New faculty spotlight: Prasanth Ravipati, MD

Prasanth Ravipati, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

• Name: Prasanth Ravipati, MD
• Hometown: Huntsville, Alabama
• Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, UNMC Division of Nephrology

Research/professional interests:

• Glomerular disease
• Vasculitis
• Acute kidney injury

How I fell in love with medicine: My father was my inspiration to pursue a career in medicine. He was an allergy and asthma physician, and he did a remarkable job connecting with patients and making them feel at ease. I chose a career in nephrology because it provides an opportunity to care for patients over a long period of time and build meaningful doctor-patient connections. Additionally, I love that nephrologists are always on the move, seeing patients in the clinic setting, hospital setting and in the community at outpatient dialysis centers. I became interested in glomerular diseases because of the complexity of cases and because of the growth in research with new treatments on the horizon.

Education:

• MD, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine St. Maarten, 2014
• Residency, internal medicine, UNMC, 2017
• Chief resident, internal medicine, UNMC, 2018
• Fellowship, nephrology and hypertension, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, 2020
• Fellowship, glomerular disease and vasculitis, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, 2021 

Memberships:

• American Society of Nephrology

Three things people may not know about me:

• I love to travel abroad.
• I played college tennis.
• I'm an Indianapolis Colts fan.

Clinic location: Durham Outpatient Center

For appointments and referrals: 402-559-4015