Sonia Ananthakrishnan, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Ananthakrishnan has been active in medical student and resident education at Boston University since 2008. She also practices in clinical endocrinology and has a focus in Neuroendocrinology.

Dr. Ananthakrishnan has served as an Evans Student Educator since 2009. She currently serves as the Director of Student Education in the Department of Medicine and is the clerkship director to 3rd year students in the Medicine 1 clerkship. Her area of focus is in feedback and assessment. She is an active national member of Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine. Dr. Ananthakrishnan has served as the faculty mentor for the Internal Medicine Interest Group at BUSM since 2012, the student-led group that plans activities designed to educate the student body on the field of Internal Medicine and its various subspecialties.

Dr. Ananthakrishnan’s outpatient practice is in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition at Boston Medical Center. Her focus is in neuroendocrinology, and she works as the Endocrine director of a multidisciplinary Neuroendocrine group. She is a Spanish-speaking provider.

Dr. Ananthakrishnan received her BA in Latin American Studies from Northwestern University and her MD from Northwestern University School of Medicine. She completed her Categorical Internal Medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia followed by a chief residency year at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, PA. She completed her fellowship in Endocrinology at Boston Medical Center.

Publications

  • Published 9/17/2024

    Govindraj R, Binda DD, Harris AC, Ananthakrishnan S, McGrath ME, Kuohung W, Hsu TY, Siegel J, Yadavalli G. Responding to Interprofessional Microaggressions: Bystander Training-A Virtual Simulation Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents. MedEdPORTAL. 2024; 20:11435. PMID: 39290215.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/28/2024

    Uetz M, Ananthakrishnan S, Tulsky A, Demers LB, Noronha C. More specific feedback: why "confidence" in feedback is too ambiguous. Postgrad Med J. 2024 Jun 28; 100(1185):521-522. PMID: 37973406.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/4/2022

    Malik A, Ananthakrishnan S. Diabetes Physical Examination. Med Clin North Am. 2022 May; 106(3):483-494. PMID: 35491068.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/17/2021

    Ananthakrishnan S, Eyllon M, Noronha C. Can You Hear Me Now? Helping Faculty Improve Feedback Exchange for Internal Medicine Subspecialty Fellows. MedEdPORTAL. 2021 02 17; 17:11099. PMID: 33644304.

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  • Published 6/16/2020

    Pinardo H, Rubin SJ, Hashemi S, DePietro J, Pearce EN, Ananthakrishnan S, Alexanian SM, Steenkamp DW, Noordzij JP. The use of vitamin D in preventing post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia: An endocrinologist survey study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2020 11; 93(5):598-604. PMID: 32469425.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

  • Member, Amyloidosis Center
    Boston University

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Education

  • Northwestern University School of Medicine, MD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MSc
  • Northwestern University, BA

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