Lavanya Chekuru, MD


Maimonides Physician

Specialties

Internal Medicine

Languages

English, Spanish

About Me

Lavanya Chekuru, MD, is an Adult Primary Care physician at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Chekuru grew up in West Texas and then moved to California to attend Stanford University for her undergraduate studies then returned to Texas to attend medical school. She then went on to complete her Internal Medicine residency at SUNY Downstate. Dr. Chekuru enjoys getting to know her patients and spending the time to get to the root causes of diseases, as well as treating and preventing symptoms and complications from chronic diseases.

Areas of Expertise

  • Internal Medicine

Conditions Treated

  • Hypertension
  • Diabetes
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Anemia
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Respiratory Disorders
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Baterical Infections
  • Viral Infections

Treatments

  • Vaccines
  • ACT

Education

Medical Degree

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Internship

SUNY Downstate

Residency

SUNY Downstate

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Affinity Health Plan
  • CenterLight
  • Centers Plan
  • Centivo
  • Cigna
  • ElderPlan
  • EmblemHealth
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Empire Plan (United Healthcare)
  • Fidelis
  • Hamaspik
  • HealthFirst
  • Hotel Trades
  • Local 1199
  • MagnaCare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • MetroPlus
  • MultiPlan
  • Oxford
  • RiverSpring Health Plans
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare
  • VillageCare Max
  • VNS Choice
  • Wellcare
  • WTC Health Program

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