Local physician and community leader Dr. Jayaram Naidu is sworn to the Texas Medical Board as his wife, Sujani, looks on. Senior Judge Tryon Lewis administered the oath to Naidu during a ceremony and reception Thursday at Odessa Regional Medical Center. The appointment, made by Gov. Greg Abbott, marks the third term for Naidu on the statewide board, which regulates the practice of medicine in Texas. (Pat Canty|Odessa American)
Dr. Rama Chemitiganti, regional chairman of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Department of Internal Medicine, left, and TTUHSC Regional Dean Dr. Tim Benton, right, present a plaque of appreciate to Dr. Jayaram Naidu for his years of service to the local institution. Naidu, a longtime local physician and assistant clinical professor at the health sciences center, was presented the honor during a ceremony Thursday at Odessa Regional Medical Center in which he was sworn in to his third term on the Texas Medical Board. (Pat Canty|Odessa American)
Dr. Jayaram Naidu was sworn in to the Texas Medical Board by Tryon Lewis on Thursday night at Odessa Regional Medical Center.
This is Naidu’s third term on the statewide board. He was reappointed in September by Gov. Greg Abbott. His term is set to expire on April 13, 2027. The Board regulates the practice of medicine in Texas.
Naidu is a physician and president of Naidu Clinic and an assistant clinical professor for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
He has been in private practice as an internist for over 40 years. He is a member of the Texas Medical Association, Ector County Medical Society and the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Advisory Board and a past board member of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he is a former gubernatorial appointee of the Chronic Kidney Disease Task force.
Naidu received a medical degree from the Guntur Medical College in Andhra, India in 1966, and completed his residency in internal medicine at the A.C. Logan Memorial Hospital in New York.
