Stormont Vail Health Welcomes Prathyusha Pagadala, M.D.

Stormont Vail Health is proud to welcome Prathyusha Pagadala, M.D., to our medical team as the newest endocrinology physician. Dr. Pagadala will provide medical care across the Stormont Vail Health region in Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, and Emporia.

Dr. Pagadala was born in India, but moved to the United States at a very young age. After spending over a decade in the U.S., Dr. Pagadala and her parents moved back to India in order to spend more time with family. While there, she completed medical school at Sri Ramachandra University before returning to the United States to complete her residency program at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Pagadala previously served as a Primary Care Physician at Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in Maryland and has gone through the University of Kansas Medical Center for her Endocrinology Fellowship, beginning in 2021.

“I specialize in Endocrinology, the branch of medicine that specializes in hormones; how they’re made, what their function is, and the diseases related to them. It’s a very analytical specialty.”

Dr. Pagadala's main goal is to take endocrinological chronic endocrine diseases and make them manageable for patients.

“I’m an empathetic provider,” she explained. “I know it’s very difficult to be in a position where you’re not feeling well and having to seek out care to find answers. Each patient encounter – if they leave their visit with me feeling like they’ve learned something, they’re empowered about their healthcare, and able to self-manage some of their issues or conditions, I define that as a successful visit.”

When Dr. Pagadala isn’t helping patients or learning more about her field, she enjoys spending time with her family, reading new Sci-Fi books, doing yoga to relax, and listening to podcasts to become an even more well-rounded person.