Raghava Potula, PhD
Raghava Potula is the Medical Director of the Clinical Microbiology and Immunology Laboratories at Temple University Hospital and the Temple University Health System. He is Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and a faculty member in the Center for Substance Abuse Research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. His clinical research interests include the use of molecular methodologies to develop more accurate, cost-effective, and timely laboratory tests; addressing specific infectious disease questions, such as the prevalence and epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance; and outcome studies aimed at measuring the clinical and financial impact of new diagnostic tests and algorithms. His extramurally funded basic research spans an interdisciplinary field encompassing infectious disease, substance abuse, and immune modulation.
The Clinical Microbiology and Immunology Section at Temple University Hospital is a full-service laboratory offering testing in bacteriology, virology, mycobacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and immunology. It serves patients at Temple University Hospital, Shriners Hospital for Children, TUH–Episcopal Campus, TUH–Jeanes Campus, and Fox Chase Cancer Center. The laboratory is equipped with instrumentation for the detection, isolation, and characterization of infectious agents, employing rapid molecular assays where appropriate to optimize patient care. Increasingly, we leverage the speed and accuracy of mass spectrometry to enhance the identification of bacteria, fungi, and mycobacteria.
