Dr. Pothula attended Sri Venkateswara University, Andhra Pradesh, India. He received gold medals for academic achievement during medical school. He completed an internship at Government General Hospital, Kurnool, and a Pediatric Medicine residency at Kurnool Medical College.
He completed a transitional year residency at Flushing Medical Center, Flushing, N.Y., and an Internal Medicine residency at Wayne State University, Detroit. He did his Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., and his Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Brown University.
He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology and Pediatric Medicine. He is licensed in Illinois and Iowa.
