Our Physicians

Vasanth Nalam, MD

Specialty:

Pediatrics

Medical Training:

Medical Degree: Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam, India

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Vasanth Nalam, MD, board-certified pediatrician, earned a medical degree in 1969 from Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam, India, where he later received a Child Health diploma in 1972. He completed a pediatrics residency at Harlem Hospital Center and later an ambulatory care pediatrics fellowship at Columbia University, both in New York. He worked as a pediatrician in Jamaica before entering the US Air Force, where he achieved the rank of Major. He moved to Lafayette in 1979 and established a pediatrics practice, where he has treated generations of Acadiana children.

Dr. Nalam is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Lafayette Parish Medical Society, Louisiana State Medical Society and Acadiana Pediatrics Society. 

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