Harathi Bandaru, MD | Doctors & Nurses

Bio

Harathi Bandaru, MD MS FACP FACG, earned her medical degree from Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam, India. She completed her residency in internal medicine and neurology at Bronx-Lebanon Medical Center, affiliated with Albert Einstein School of Medicine, in Bronx, N.Y. Dr. Bandaru completed her neurology training at the University of Texas Tech Health Sciences in El Paso, Texas.

Dr. Bandaru is board certified both by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and also by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

“As a physician, I work with patients as well as their families to achieve health goals,” says Dr. Bandaru. “I believe family education is equally as important because they take care of their loved ones at home. With 18 years of clinical experience, I collaborate with my patients to provide a patient-centered, multidisciplinary approach, tailored to their unique needs.”

Doctor Bandaru's Languages

English, Telugu, Hindi

Specialty

Neurology

Procedures and Diagnosis

Diagnosis

Comprehensive migraine and headache management
Stroke
Transient Ischemic Attack
Seizures and epilepsy
Alzheimer's and dementia
Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders
Parkinson’s & other movement disorders
- For Parkinson’s patients, our neurologists may indicate a treatment called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy to address the movement symptoms of the disease, providing improved quality of life with fewer medications (and their associated side effects).
Trigeminal neuralgia
Myasthenia Gravis
Neuropathy
Dizziness
Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

Procedures

Botox for chronic migraines
Bilateral sphenopalatine ganglion block for migraines
Trigeminal neuralgia and atypical facial pain
Bilateral Occipital nerve blocks
Botox for spasticity
Trigger point injections
Botox for cervical dystonia
Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Awards/Publications

Invited as an international speaker of recent advances in headache management for the national conference
Outstanding Physician Award – 2021
Best Teaching Award at Texas Tech University of Health Sciences - Consistently for the three years (2021, 2020 and 2019)
2019 Outstanding Excellence Award at Texas Tech University of Health Sciences
Elected as a Fellow of American College of Physicians (FACP) July 2018
Elected as a Fellow of American College of Gastroenterology May 12, 2017
Awarded FACG certificate (FACG)
Certificate of honor of 2012 Circle of Excellence April 2012 at Sierra Providence East Medical Center, TX
Leadership Award of the year 2007 at East Stroudsburg University, PA
Award of Outstanding Academics, April 2007, Masters in Biological Sciences at East Stroudsburg University, PA
Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of contributions to East Stroudsburg University, PA, May 2007