Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH

Sleep Medicine
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Sleep Center Market Street
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship
  • Professor of Medicine (Sleep Medicine) at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

My education and training

  • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Washington University School of Medicine
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English
తెలుగు
Telugu

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Gurubhagavatula is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

M Tanaka, S Stranges, K Speechley, OE Garcia, M Mason, R Borchin, C Burroughs, C Yeung, J Gordon, I Gurubhagavatula, C Pagnoux, PA Merkel, L Barra Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Vasculitis , Sleep Medicine: 2026


K Kantera, A Wanga, D Gordon, A Singer, JS Brenner, I Gurubhagavatula, A Lingamoorthy, O Oni, CM Baston Feasibility and Form Factor Validation of Reflective Shoulder-Mounted Pulse Oximeter in Patients with Suspected Sleep Apnea , Sensors, 26(4): 2026,1276


M Tanaka, S Stranges, K Speechley, OE Garcia, M Mason, R Borchin, C Burroughs, C Yeung, J Gordon, I Gurubhagavatula, C Pagnoux, PA Merkel, L Barra Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Vasculitis , Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, revised manuscript submitted 5/2026: 2026


S Pamidi, R Mehra, M Teodorescu* and I Gurubhagavatula* (*co-senior authors) Initial self-reported data on sleep and burnout in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine: an initiative from the Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology of the American Thoracic Society , Respiratory Research, 26(1): 2025


KG Johnson, SS Sullivan, V Rastegar, I Gurubhagavatula Sleep Medicine Health-Care Worker Concerns About COVID-19: An Early Pandemic Survey , Respiratory Care, 66(11): 2021,1729-38


KG Johnson, SS Sullivan, A Nti, V Rastegar, I Gurubhagavatula The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sleep Medicine Practices , Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2020 Sep 23:jcsm-8830., 17(1): 2021,79-87


B Izci-Balserak, B Zhu, I Gurubhagavatula, BT Keenan, GW Pien A Screening Algorithm for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy , Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 16(10): 2019,1286-1294


MM Lyons, JF Kraemer, R Dhingra, BT Keenan, N Wessel, M Glos, T Penzel, I Gurubhagavatula Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Commercial Drivers Using EKG-Derived Respiratory Power Index , Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 15(1): 2019,23-32


S Jain, I Gurubhagavatula, R Townsend, ST Kuna, K Teff, TA Wadden, J Chittams, AL Hanlon, G Maislin, H Saif, P Broderick, Z Ahmad, AI Pack, JA Chirinos. Effect of CPAP, Weight Loss, or CPAP Plus Weight Loss on Central Hemodynamics and Arterial Stiffness , Hypertension, 70(6): 2017,1283-1290


D Chirinos, I Gurubhagavatula, P Broderick, J Chirinos, K Teff, T Wadden, G Maislin, H Saif, J Chittams, C Cassidy, A Hanson, AI Pack Depressive symptoms in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Biological Mechanistic Pathways , Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 40(6): 2017,955-963


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