About Teja Poosarla, MD
Dr. Teja Poosarla is a board-certified medical oncologist. She joined Inova Health System in 2022 and has been practicing since 2012.
Prior to joining Inova, Dr. Poosarla worked as the lead breast medical oncologist at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AL. In this role, she facilitated the development of the breast program with a strong clinical focus and implemented the multidisciplinary breast team to provide patients with the best care possible. Additionally, she established the breast clinical trial program and was the principle investigator on nine different Phase I-III clinical trials in all subsets of breast cancer. Dr. Poosarla was also the associate director of the cardio-oncology program and collaborated with cardiology to provide breast patients with cardioprotective resources. She also participated in multiple research projects in translational breast research.
Memberships/Accreditations
- Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Society
- Society of Hematologic Oncology
- Anticoagulation Forum
- Society of Hospital Medicine
- Mississippi Oncology Society
- American Society of Hematology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Internal Medical Interest Group
- American College of Physicians
- Alpha Epsilon Delta
Research and Publications
Background
Medical Education
University of South Alabama College of Medicine 2012Residency
Training Specialty: Internal Medicine
7/1/2012 - 06/30/2015
Fellowships
Training Specialty: Hematolgoy / Oncology
7/1/2015 - 06/30/2018
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