Dr. Madhu Badireddy: “Out-of-the-box” Thought Leader in Hospital Medicine

Egotiating the busy work environment inside a hospital often limits the ability of the hospitalist to attend to all problems of the patients. Importantly, mental and behavioral health issues are often ignored, and many relevant points in history taking are evaded. Scary as it may sound, practicing hospitalists are well-aware about these deficits in routine care. Dr. Madhu Badireddy needs special mention in this regard, where he has taken major steps in circumventing these issues during care delivery as a hospitalist. Dr. Badireddy is a consultant hospitalist with Sound Physicians in San Antonio, Texas. His succinct work in bridging the deficits related to behavioral health in hospitalized patients have attracted the attention of the medical fraternity.