Srikant Rangaraju, MBBS, MS

Srikant Rangaraju, MBBS (a medical degree from outside the U.S.), specializes in vascular neurology. He provides comprehensive clinical care for patients with stroke in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

As an associate professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Rangaraju's research focuses on how the immune system in the brain affects diseases like Alzheimer's and stroke. He studies how certain brain cells, called neurons and glial cells, change at the molecular level with these conditions. One of his key projects involves a protein called Kv1.3, which influences how brain immune cells respond.

By understanding and potentially controlling this protein, Dr. Rangaraju hopes to develop treatments that can reduce inflammation and damage in the brain, ultimately helping to manage or slow down diseases like Alzheimer's and improve recovery after a stroke.

Dr. Rangaraju earned his medical degree from Christian Medical College Vellore in India. He completed his neurology residency at Emory University, followed by a vascular neurology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroimmunology at the University of California.