Devaprabu Abraham, MD

Languages spoken: English, Tamil
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  • Dr. Dev Abraham completed his graduate and post graduate training in India and in England respectively. He joined the University of Utah internal medicine residency program in 1993 and then pursued endocrine fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Following his fellowship training he returned to the University of Utah in 1998 and joined as endocrinology faculty in the Department of Medicine and the VAMC. He is currently appointed as Clinical Professor of Medicine and also serves as an adjunct Professor in departments of Surgery and Pathology. He is passionate about medical education and has been a devoted teacher. He is involved with medical student, resident and fellowship training in endocrinology locally and nationally. He has been awarded numerous local and international teaching awards. He was awarded the prestigious AACE Jack Baskin Endocrine teaching award in 2016. He is a dedicated clinician and is the Director of Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumor Program. He is an expert in performing ultrasound evaluation of thyroid and parathyroid tumors. He is certified by the ECNU / AIUM to perform head and neck ultrasonography. He has developed unique techniques for parathyroid and medullary thyroid cancer localization.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine - Primary
    Pathology - Adjunct
    Surgery - Adjunct
    Academic Divisions


    Patient Rating

    4.7/5

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    October 08, 2022

    I have a severe needle phobia. I informed Dr. Abraham about this when he said we would be doing a FNA biopsy, something I was not prepared for since I was told radiology would be contacting me to schedule that and I'd be able to to make sedation accommodation plans. When I broke down in tears and uncontrollable shaking, Dr. Abraham told me "FNA biopsies are just like getting your blood drawn". Obviously now I know that's not true. Also, I have a connective tissue disorder, making lidocaine injections NOT an option as they do not numb the area enough to be numb, and I get bad reactions to lidocaine injections. This was an incredibly horrifying experience that didn't need to be. The nurse was an angel and wiped my tears and comforted me while I was feeling every moment of the FNA in my NECK. Dr. Abraham was confused about my emotional reaction, and was genuinely confused about why I was even crying. Please please remember that you don't need to be a young child to have fears of needles and procedures. Also I was told it wouldn't be painful afterwards, and it's been four days and it is still sore to the touch and difficult to move my neck comfortably.

    October 07, 2022

    Dr. Abraham is such a compassionate and knowledgeable doctor. I am so thankful to be receiving treatment here!

    October 03, 2022

    I am well pleased with Dr. Abraham and his Nurse. They are thorough and communicate very well.

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  • Dr. Dev Abraham completed his graduate and post graduate training in India and in England respectively. He joined the University of Utah internal medicine residency program in 1993 and then pursued endocrine fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Following his fellowship training he returned to the University of Utah in 1998 and joined as endocrinology faculty in the Department of Medicine and the VAMC. He is currently appointed as Clinical Professor of Medicine and also serves as an adjunct Professor in departments of Surgery and Pathology. He is passionate about medical education and has been a devoted teacher. He is involved with medical student, resident and fellowship training in endocrinology locally and nationally. He has been awarded numerous local and international teaching awards. He was awarded the prestigious AACE Jack Baskin Endocrine teaching award in 2016. He is a dedicated clinician and is the Director of Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumor Program. He is an expert in performing ultrasound evaluation of thyroid and parathyroid tumors. He is certified by the ECNU / AIUM to perform head and neck ultrasonography. He has developed unique techniques for parathyroid and medullary thyroid cancer localization.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Pathology -Adjunct
    Surgery -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions


    Research interests

    Education history

    Fellowship Endocrinology - Mayo Clinic Fellow
    Internal Medicine - Mayo Clinic Resident
    Residency Internal Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    General - Norfolk and Norwich Hospital Resident
    Graduate Training Leighton Hospital
    Wythenshawe Hospital
    Residency General Medicine/Surgery - Thanjavur Medical College Resident
    Medicine - University of Madras M.B.B.S.

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