m pooja

• 2025-Present, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, City of Hope National Medical Center
• 2022-2024, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, City of Hope National Medical Center
• July 2022-Present, Fellowship Program Site Director, Endocrinology fellowship, City of Hope National Medical Center
• August 2020-June 2022, Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX
• August 2020-June 2022, Associate Program Director, Endocrinology fellowship, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX
• July 2016 - July 2020, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
• July 2019 - July 2020, Director Thyroid Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA    
• July 2018 - July 2019, Clinical lead Quality/Value, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA    
• July 2018 - July 2019, Associate Program Director (Quality), Endocrinology Fellowship Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 

• 2018, Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound (ECNU)
• 2016, ABIM- Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism Certification
• 2016, Certified Clinical Densitometrist (CCD)
• 2014, American Board of Internal Medicine- Internal Medicine Certification
• 2010, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)

• 2016, Best Poster (Clinical Research), Department of Medicine Research Day, UPMC
• 2014, Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2009, Honors in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine and ENT in Medical School

Dr M Pooja completed her medical school training in Mumbai, India, where she graduated with honors, followed by an internal medicine residency at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio. She completed her fellowship training in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism with a focus on thyroid neoplasia at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where she had the distinct honor and privilege of being clinical director of the thyroid unit.

Dr M Pooja specializes in endocrinology and uses a systematic and methodical approach to diagnosing and treating endocrine disorders. In addition to being board certified in internal medicine and endocrinology, she is certified in performing office-based diagnostic thyroid and cervical lymph node ultrasound exams and ultrasound-guided biopsies. She is also certified in interpreting bone-density exams (DKA scans).

Beyond her work treating patients directly, Dr M Pooja has been a member of the multidisciplinary thyroid center, where she trained fellows and conducted multiple research projects focused on improving the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid nodules. She has also volunteered for various public health programs, including polio eradication, tuberculosis treatment, and primary school health inspection and immunization programs in Mumbai, India.