Dr Rama Lakshmi Koripella

About Dr Rama Lakshmi Koripella

Dr Rama Lakshmi Koripella is a Senior Consultant and Head of the Department of Microbiology at Medicover Hospitals, Vizag, with more than 19 years of experience in medical microbiology and infectious disease diagnostics. She holds an MBBS and MD in Microbiology and has developed extensive expertise in laboratory-based diagnosis of bacterial, viral, fungal and other microbial infections.

Her work focuses on helping clinical teams identify the organisms responsible for infection and understand their antimicrobial sensitivity patterns. This information can be particularly important when patients have persistent, recurrent or complicated infections and when treatment decisions depend on accurate laboratory findings.

Dr Rama Lakshmi Koripella has experience across a broad range of advanced microbiology services, including bacterial and fungal culture and sensitivity testing, serological investigations, PCR-based testing, tuberculosis diagnostics, HIV viral-load testing and viral hepatitis testing. She has also worked extensively in laboratory quality management and infection-control-related roles.

At Medicover Hospitals, her role combines clinical microbiology expertise with laboratory diagnostics, supporting timely and evidence-based decisions in the management of infectious diseases.