Shailendra Prasad, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Associate Director, North Memorial Family Medicine Residency

Expertise

Medical education, health care systems, public health and health policy

Education

MD, Mysore Medical College, India
MPH, University of Minnesota
Henry Ford Hospital Family Medicine Residency

Bio

Prior to joining University of Minnesota North Memorial Family Medicine Residency faculty, Shailey Prasad, MD, MPH, completed a fellowship in academic medicine at Henry Ford Hospital. He is actively involved with undergraduate, medical student, and residency education and also works at the Rural Health Research Center in the Division of Health Policy at the University of Minnesota. He has extensive experience working with forest tribes and in rural areas of southern India and is actively involved in projects there, advocating that health is critical to overall development of an area.

Contact Information

1020 W Broadway Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55411
612-302-8200
pras0054@umn.edu

Current Grants

2012, Minnesota Department of Health, PI, “HIV and HCV Rapid Testing in At-Risk Individuals”

2011-12, MAFP, co-PI/mentor, “Perceptions of Hormonal Contraception and Sources of Contraception Information Among African American Women”

Recent Publications

Lounsbury J, Prasad S, Rowland K. For most patients with diabetes and dyslipidemia, adding a fibrate does not improve cardiovascular outcomes. Clinical Reviews. 2011;21(1):11-12.

Sharma M, Bairy I, Pai K, Satyamoorthy K, Prasad S, Berkovitz B, et al. Salivary IL-6 levels in oral leukoplakia with dysplasia and its clinical relevance to tobacco habits and periodontitis. Clinical Oral Investigations. 2011;15:705-14.

Egan M, Prasad S, Hickner J. Statins for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver? J Fam Prac. 2011;60(9):536-8.

Levy R, Prasad S, Rowland K, Ewigman B. Consider this option for heavy menstrual bleeding. J Fam Prac. 2011;60(7):410-12.

Lounsbury J, Prasad S, Rowland K. For most patients with diabetes and dyslipidemia, adding a fibrate does not improve cardiovascular outcomes. Clinical Reviews. 2011;21(1):11-12.