Shwetha Sudhakar, MD
Hospital Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Hospital Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
My education and training
- Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
- Residency: Rainbow Babies and Children' Hospital
- Residency: University Hospitals of Cleveland
Spoken languages
English
English
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.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, 2025
- Pediatrics, 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Yousif PA, Sudhakar S, Malemud C, Blumenthal DE. Cardiac Tamponade as Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Third-Trimester Pregnancy. , Am J Case Rep., 23: 2022,e936273
Glenn T, Sudhakar S, Markowski A, Malay S, Hibbs AM. Patient characteristics associated with complications during neonatal intubations. , Pediatr Pulmonol., 56(8): 2021,2576-2582
Kumar S, Sudhakar S, Sajatovic M, Levin JB. Antipsychotic Medication in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review. , J Clin Psychopharmacol., 40(6): 2020,541-552
Lee SG, Harline K, Abar O, Akadri SO, Bastian AG, Chen HS, Duan M, Focht CM, Groziak AR, Kao J, Kottapalli JS, Leong MC, Lin JJ, Liu R, Luo JE, Meyer CM, Mo AF, Pahng SH, Penna V, Raciti CD, Srinath A, Sudhakar S, Tang JD, Cox BR, Holland CK, Cascella B, Cruz W, McClerkin SA, Kunkel BN, Jez JM. The plant pathogen enzyme AldC is a long-chain aliphatic aldehyde dehydrogenase. , J Biol Chem. , 295(40): 2020,13914-13926
Sudhakar S, Aebi ME, Burant CJ, Wilson B, Wenk J, Briggs FBS, Pyatka N, Blixen C, Sajatovic M. Health literacy and education level correlates of participation and outcome in a remotely delivered epilepsy self-management program. , Epilepsy Behav., 107: 2020,107026
Wang Y, Cella M, Mallinson K, Ulrich JD, Young KL, Robinette ML, Gilfillan S, Krishnan GM, Sudhakar S, Zinselmeyer BH, Holtzman DM, Cirrito JR, Colonna M. TREM2 lipid sensing sustains the microglial response in an Alzheimer's disease model. , Cell. , 160(6): 2015,1061-71