Dr. Tummalapalli graduated from Harvard College with a BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Economics, followed by an MD/MBA at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business School. She completed internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai Hospital and nephrology fellowship at University of California, San Francisco, where she obtained a Masters in Clinical Research.
Dr. Tummalapalli practices inpatient nephrology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where she teaches medical students, residents, and fellows. She is a Research Associate at the Rogosin Institute, a nationally renowned provider of kidney care. As a member of the American Society of Nephrology Quality Committee, she actively engages with policymakers which informs her research interests.