Rate My Professor Shilpa Kavuturu

Shilpa Kavuturu, MD, ABIM, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, serving as Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine. She holds additional leadership roles as Interim Program Director and Associate Program Director since 2022 for the University of Michigan Health-Sparrow and Michigan State University Internal Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Kavuturu practices Internal Medicine at MSU Health Care Internal Medicine clinics, including the MSU Health Care Medicine Specialty Center at 4650 South Hagadorn Road, Suite 100, East Lansing, Michigan, McLaren Multi-Specialty Clinic in Lansing, and University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Lansing. She joined Michigan State University faculty on September 1, 2013, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2024. As General Internal Medicine Faculty based in Lansing and East Lansing, she contributes to clinical care, education, and division leadership.

Dr. Kavuturu earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Kurnool Medical College in Andhra Pradesh, India, completed her Internal Medicine residency at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center in Bronx, New York, and pursued a fellowship at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and fluent in English and Hindi. Her commitment to medical education was honored with the Rose Award for Outstanding Service in Education. Dr. Kavuturu has co-authored peer-reviewed publications focusing on complex internal medicine cases, including "Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis From Fire-Retardant Spray in a Construction Worker" (2021), "Atypical Presentation of Lemierre's Syndrome Causing Septic Shock and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" (2018), "Drug Induced Hepatitis and Meningitis in Association With Ibuprofen Use" (2013), and "Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm" (2018). These contributions underscore her clinical acumen in rare diagnostic challenges.