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CHI St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Little Rock, Arkansas (Present)
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Director of ICU services
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas (9/2021 – 9/2023)
Assistant Professor of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Internal Medicine
White River Health System
Batesville, Arkansas (7/2018 – 9/2021)
Pulmonary Critical Care Physician, ICU Director, Core Faculty
Mercy Hospital
Fort Smith, Arkansas (9/2020 – 3/2021)
Part-time Consultant Pulmonary Critical Care Physician

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Little Rock, Arkansas (7/2015 – 6/2018)
Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Little Rock, Arkansas (7/2013 – 6/2015)
Residency in Internal Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Little Rock, Arkansas (7/2012 – 6/2013)
Internship in Internal Medicine
Osmania Medical College
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (2004 – 2010)
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery)

Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current understanding knowledge gaps and future directions
Atchley WT, Kakkera TK (2024)
Curr Opin Pulm Med
Ageing and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: interrelationships
Kakkera K, Atchley WT, Kodali M, et al. (2023)
Curr Opin Pulmon Med
Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mild cognitive impairment and dementia
Kakkera K, Padala KP, Kodali M, Padala PR (2018)
Curr Opin Pulmonary Medicine
Prospective Open‐label Trial of Early Concomitant Vasopressin and Norepinephrine Therapy versus Initial Norepinephrine Monotherapy in Septic Shock
Hammond DA, Ficek OA, Painter JT, McCain K, Cullen J, Brotherton AL, Kakkera K, Chopra D, Meena N | 2018
Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
National Trends (2009-2013) for Palliative Care Utilization for Patients Receiving Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Chatterjee K, Goyal A, Kakkera K, Harrington S, Corwin HL (2018)
Critical Care Medicine
National Trends (2007-2013) of Clostridium difficile Infection in Patients with Septic Shock: Impact on Outcome
Kshitij Chatterjee MD, Abhinav Goyal MD, Krishna Kakkera MD, Aditya Chada MD (2017)
Choosing Wisely®: Things We Do for No Reason
Central Venous Line Insertion Revealing Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: Diagnosis and Management
Alzghoul B, Innabi A, Chada A, Tarawneh AR, Kakkera K, Khasawneh K (2017)
Case Reports in Critical Care
Etiology of malignant pleural effusion and utilization of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: a nationwide analysis
Chatterjee K, Goyal A, Kakkera K, Meena N (2017)
Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
Contemporary national trends of cystic fibrosis hospitalizations and co-morbidities in the United States
Chatterjee K, Goyal A, Shah N, Kakkera K, Jagana R, Anderson P (2016)
Advances in Respiratory Medicine
Successful Management of Neobladder Variceal Bleeding
Atwal D, Chatterjee K, Osborne S, Kakkera K, Deas S, Li R, Erbland M (2016)
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Identifying asymptomatic health care workers with COVID-19 in a community hospital: An institution’s experience
Neal Mehta, Krishna Kakkera, Roy Kamoga (2020)
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Not all that shines on PET scan is cancer: Silicone induced granuloma masquerading as malignancy
Krishna Vedala, Philip Sobash, Krishna Kakkera (2020)
Clinics and Practice
A rare case of Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis triggered by sepsis from MRSA bacteremia
Mitchell Keel, Krishna Vedala, Krishna Kakkera (2020)
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports

Best poster award winner
American College of Chest Physicians annual meeting CHEST, Los Angeles (2016)
Best poster award
American College of Physicians Arkansas chapter annual meeting (2016)
Selected for oral presentation
American Thoracic Society annual meeting, Washington D.C (2017)