Uma Edupuganti, MD

Dr. Uma Edupuganti is a pulmonologist who brings 22 years of experience to respiratory medicine. She earned her medical degree from Sri Siddhartha Medical College at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences before completing her residency at Maimonides Medical Center in 2010. Dr. Edupuganti further specialized through a fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center, completing her training in 2013. She provides care in English for her patients.

Dr. Edupuganti practices at CoxHealth Wheeler Heart and Vascular Center in Springfield, Missouri. She focuses on treating patients with chronic lung disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Her expertise includes managing chronic bronchitis and other long-term breathing conditions. Dr. Edupuganti performs specialized procedures such as bronchoscopy to examine the airways and lung biopsies for diagnostic purposes. She also conducts testing for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic condition that can affect lung function. …Patients have given her an average rating of 2.3 on Vitals.