Anita Hegde, M.D.

Dr. Hegde completed her Internal Medicine training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  She was drawn to UTSW by the opportunity to work with the patient population at Parkland.  Dr. Hegde is interested in Global Health and Quality Improvement, specifically Transitions in Care with regards to underserved populations.   Her interests outside of medicine include travel and Kansas basketball.

Undergraduate	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004), Electrical Engineering
Medical School	University of Kansas Medical Center (2009), Medicine

Featured Publications

In vitro methylation of nuclear respiratory factor-2 binding sites suppresses the promoter activity of the human TOMM70 gene.

Blesa JR, Hegde AA, Hernández-Yago J Gene 2008 Dec 427 1-2 58-64

Catch-up growth after hypothyroidism is caused by delayed growth plate senescence.

Marino R, Hegde A, Barnes KM, Schrier L, Emons JA, Nilsson O, Baron J Endocrinology 2008 Apr 149 4 1820-8

Spatial and temporal regulation of GH-IGF-related gene expression in growth plate cartilage.

Parker EA, Hegde A, Buckley M, Barnes KM, Baron J, Nilsson O J. Endocrinol. 2007 Jul 194 1 31-40

Fibroblast growth factor expression in the postnatal growth plate.

Lazarus JE, Hegde A, Andrade AC, Nilsson O, Baron J Bone 2007 Mar 40 3 577-86

Fabrication and biocompatibility of polypyrrole implants suitable for neural prosthetics.

George PM, Lyckman AW, LaVan DA, Hegde A, Leung Y, Avasare R, Testa C, Alexander PM, Langer R, Sur M Biomaterials 2005 Jun 26 17 3511-9