Oncologist Dr. Eswar Tipirneni has joined Gifford Medical Center’s Oncology Department and is now seeing patients in Randolph.
Gifford is one of only five hospitals in Vermont designated as an accredited cancer program by the national American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. The Oncology Department includes a team of specially certified oncology nurses and provides compassionate cancer care and services (planning options for treatment following a diagnosis; outpatient chemotherapy; and some treatments for hematology conditions, such as anemia).
Board certified in both internal medicine and hematology/oncology, Dr. Tipirneni received his MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) at Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences in Andhra Pradesh, India. He completed his internal medicine internship at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, MI, his internal medicine residency at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MA, and his hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA, where he was the chief fellow.
Also a provider in the UVM Health Network, Tipirneni brings the resources of an academic cancer research center to his care for patients at Gifford, including participation in multidisciplinary tumor boards and current clinical trials. He says he was drawn to cancer care during his first student rotations in outpatient oncology.
“I saw the deep attachment patients have with their oncologists, a person they often will see every other week during treatment, and I was interested in providing this continuity of care,” he said. “I learn a lot from my patients—their positive attitude in the sickest of times is a driving force for me.”
Dr. Tipirneni is married to Dr. Saranya Kodali, who is currently finishing her internal medicine residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA and they have a three-year-old daughter. When not working he enjoys traveling, hiking and cricket.
