Gopi Krishna Raju Penmetsa
( out of 396 reviews )

Gopi Krishna Raju Penmetsa, MD, MBBS

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Sugar House Health Center

Salt Lake City
801-581-2000
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  • Gopi Penmetsa, M.D. is an Associate Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. He is a general clinical rheumatologist who sees patients with all forms of rheumatic disease including ankylosing spondylitis. My clinic focuses on evaluation and treatment of patients with Spondyloarthritis.

    He received an M.B.B.S. at Andhra Medical College and an internship at King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam, India. He completed his internal medicine residency, rheumatology fellowship and geriatrics fellowship at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Penmetsa joined the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2014.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Rheumatology)
    National Board of Medical Examiners

    Patient Rating

    4.9 /5
    ( out of 396 reviews )

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    The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

    Patient Comments

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    January 24, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    I've always trusted in Dr Penmetsa's direction of my health care and quality of life. Im sure he is truly dedicated to all of his patient not just me

    January 15, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Explaining everything to me and listening and answering all my questions [TRANSLATED]

    January 14, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Dr. Penmetsa always treats me with kindness and professionalism. He is very thorough and expresses genuine concern for my overall health and wellbeing.

    January 12, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    They are the best group around

    January 11, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    He has taken great care of me for almost fifteen years and I wouldn't think of going to anyone else.

    January 03, 2025
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

    Excellent clinician.

    January 02, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Kind, knowledgeable, thorough competent caregiver.

    January 02, 2025
    SUGAR HOUSE HEALTH CENTER

    Dr. Penmetsa is a wonderful, highly knowledgeable doctor and a wonderful human being.

    December 16, 2024
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Dr Penmetsa is a great doctor. He's very personable and provides excellent medical care.

  • Gopi Penmetsa, M.D. is an Associate Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. He is a general clinical rheumatologist who sees patients with all forms of rheumatic disease including ankylosing spondylitis. My clinic focuses on evaluation and treatment of patients with Spondyloarthritis.

    He received an M.B.B.S. at Andhra Medical College and an internship at King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam, India. He completed his internal medicine residency, rheumatology fellowship and geriatrics fellowship at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Penmetsa joined the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2014.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Associate Professor (Clinical)
    Academic Divisions Rheumatology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Rheumatology)
    National Board of Medical Examiners

    Education history

    Fellowship Rheumatology - University of Utah Hospital Fellow
    Fellowship Geriatrics - University of Utah Hospital Fellow
    Residency Internal Medicine - University of Utah Hospital Resident
    Residency Medicine - St. John of God Hospital Medical Officer
    Residency Stroke Unit - Lister Hospital Senior House Officer
    Residency Cardiology - Lister hospital Junior House Officer
    Internship Apollo Hospital House Officer
    Internship King George Hospital Intern
    Professional Medical Andhra Medical College M.B.B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Walsh JA, Pei S, Penmetsa GK, Leng J, Cannon GW, Clegg DO, Sauer BC (2018). Cohort identification of axial spondyloarthritis in a large healthcare dataset: current and future methods. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 19(1), 317. (Read full article)
    2. Walsh JA, Pei S, Burningham Z, Penmetsa G, Cannon GW, Clegg DO, Sauer BC (2017). Use of Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs for Inflammatory Arthritis in US Veterans: Effect of Specialty Care and Geographic Distance.LID - jrheum.170554 [pii]LID - 10.3899/jrheum.170554 [doi]. J Rheumatol, 45(3), 430-436. (Read full article)
    3. Frech TM, Pimentel R, Mineau G, Sawitzke A, Penmetsa G, Wong J (2015). Parental influence on systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken), 67(2), 310-2. (Read full article)

    Case Report

    1. Kinard K, Walsh JA, Penmetsa GK, Warner JE (2014). Adalimumab and Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy: A Case Report. Neuroophthalmology, 38(5), 272-277. (Read full article)
    2. Penmetsa GK, Rodgers GM, Smock KJ (2010). Avoiding errors in the laboratory evaluation of potent lupus anticoagulants. Am J Hematol, 85(4), 272-4. (Read full article)

    Abstract

    1. Penmetsa G, Walsh J, Pei S, Sauer B, Douglas K, Walker J, Clewell J, Feng B (2021). Identifying Erosive Disease from Radiology Reports of Veterans with Inflammatory Arthritis with Natural Language Processing [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021; 73 (suppl 10).  [Abstract].
    2. Overbury R, Pei S, Penmetsa G, Sauer B, Patil V, Walker J, Clewell J, Douglas K, Clegg D, Cannon G, Halwani A, Walsh (2019). Treatment Patterns with Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs in United States Veterans with Newly Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, or Ankylosing Spondylitis [Abstract]. 71(suppl 10), 2369.
    3. Penmetsa G, Walsh J (2018). Cohort Identification of Axial Spondyloarthritis in a Large Healthcare Dataset: Current and Future Methods [Abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol, 70(suppl 10).
    4. Overbury RS, Pei S, Penmetsa G, Cannon GW, Clegg DO, Sauer B, Walsh J (2018). Identification of Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients in a Large Dataset: The Development and Validation of Novel Methods [Abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol, 70(suppl 10).