Gottumukkala Raju

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT GOTTUMUKKALA RAJU

Dr. Gottumukkala Subba Raju is a professor of the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. He holds the John Stroehlein Distinguished Professorship and leads the Charles Butt, H-E-B GI Cancer Prevention, Research, and Education Program. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Video GIE, an official journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Dr. Raju is the recipient of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy President\'s Award in 2019. Working with the Coleman Houston Community College and Texas Medical Center physicians, nurses, technicians and industry partners Dr. Raju developed an Endoscopy Technician Training Certificate Program and the first batch of 12 students graduated in 2022. Dr. Raju assumed his first academic appointment at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City and subsequently moved to the UTMB, Galveston, and joined the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston in 2009. He has continually risen through the academic ranks, achieving associate professor in 2001, promotion to professor in 2007 and endowed professor in 2015. Dr. Raju is repeatedly listed in the Best Doctors, Top Doctors, and Super Doctors of America and is a Fellow of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, American College of Gastroenterology, and Royal College of Physicians (UK). He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Gastroenterology in 1997, 2007, and 2017 (top 10 deciles). Other accolades include Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, which is presented to someone who has made a long-term contribution to GI endoscopy in the areas of equipment research and development, and who has been a strong supporter of the educational and research mission of ASGE. Also, Dr. Raju was the inaugural Co-Editor-in-Chief of VideoGIE along with Dr. Todd Baron, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, and later served as the Editor-in-Chief of Video GIE. Dr. Raju is passionate about service -\"Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray\", Saibaba.