Dr. Geetha is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A graduate of Madras Medical College, India, she completed Internal Medicine training in U.K. She did her Internal Medicine Residency at York, PA and Nephrology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She has been on Hopkins faculty since 1998. She is a member of Royal College of Physicians (U.K.), American Society of Nephrology, International Society of Nephrology and American Society of Transplantation. She was recently inducted to the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence
Research Interests:
1. Renal disease in systemic vasculitis
2. BK virus nephropathy in renal transplant patients
Collexis expertise and publication web link
Selected Recent Publications:
1. "Renal Transplantation in Wegener’s Granulomatosis versus Microscopic Polyangiitis". Duvuru Geetha , Mark Haas , Edward S Kraus , Hamid Rabb , and Philip Seo . Journal of Rheumatology. In press
2. "Renal Transplantation in ANCA associated Vasculitis: Relapse rate and Outcome" : Mini Review: Duvuru Geetha, Philip Seo. American Journal of Transplantation. 2007: 7:1-6
3. "Successful induction of remission with rituximab for relapse of ANCA associated vasculitis post kidney Transplant: Report of 2 cases" Duvuru Geetha, Philip Seo, Ulrich Specks, Fernando C Fervenza. American Journal of Transplantation. 2007: 7:1-5
4. "Ureteral Stents: A novel risk factor for polyomavirus nephropathy": Thomas Abraham, Dropulic, Lesia K, Rahman, M Hafizur, Geetha Duvuru. Transplantation Vol 84 (3), 433-436, 15 August 2007
5. "Bladder carcinoma in a transplant recipient : Evidence to implicate the BK human polyomavirus as a causal transforming agent": Duvuru Geetha, Betty Tong, Lorraine Racussen, Jay S Markowitz and William H Westra. Transplantation Vol 73, 1933?1936, No 12, June 27,2002
6. "Pure red cell aplasia induced by Parvovirus B19 in solid organ transplant recipients: A case report and review of the literature". D Geetha, J Zachary, HM Baldado, JD Kronz, ES Kraus. Clin Transplantation 2000 : 14 : 586-591
7. "Long term follow-up of patients presenting to adult nephrologists with Chronic Pyelonephritis and ‘normal’ renal function". THJ Goodship, JT Stoddart, V Martinek, D Geetha, AL Brown, MK Ward, DNS Kerr, JP Owen and R Wilkinson. QJM 2000 : 93 : 799-80
Book Chapters:
1. Duvuru Geetha and Philip Seo. Philip Seo. Life Threatening Emergencies in ANCA associated vasculitis. Autoimmune Diseases : Complex and acute situations. Springer; 2010
2. Duvuru Geetha. “Post streptococcal glomerulonephritis”. Chapter published on line in emedicine series of online textbooks
3. Geetha Duvuru and John Stone. Microscopic Polyangiitis –2nd edition of Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Rheumatology. McGraw-Hill Professional; 2007
4. Geetha Duvuru and John Stone. Mixed Cryoglobulinemia –2nd edition of Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Rheumatology. McGraw-Hill Professional; 2007
5. Geetha Duvuru and John Stone. Henoch-Schonlein Purpura –2nd edition of Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Rheumatology. McGraw-Hill Professional; 2007
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