Bridgeport Endocrinology
Bridgeport, W.Va.—Apoorva S. Iyer, MD, is joining Bridgeport Endocrinology, having finished her endocrinology fellowship at West Virginia University School of Medicine.
She graduated from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. Following was a Doctor of Medicine degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA, and an internal medicine residency from the West Virginia University School of Medicine.
Awards and honors include selection as an Endocrine Society Early Career Forum Travel Award and winner for a National Advance Care Planning Conference poster and presentation. Earlier in her education she was a Virginia State scholarship recipient and was an Echols Scholar while at the University of Virginia, joining a select group of students who are offered unusual academic freedom, creative opportunity, community, and attention that will assist in achieving academic and career goals.
Her clinical skills include continuous glucose monitoring interpretation; lipids, obesity and weight loss medicine; osteoporosis and bone disorders; thyroid ultrasounds; and thyroid fine needle aspirations.
Dr. Iyer is board eligible for endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism certification and holds internal medicine certification from the American Board of Internal Medicine.
She enjoys music, both as a vocalist and instrumentalist, including time spent as an a cappella musician. She has had experience in both South Indian and North Indian classical music.
Dr. Iyer joins Bridgeport Endocrinology, the practice of Jennifer S. Turner, MD, which is located at 710 Genesis Boulevard, in Bridgeport. For more information or an appointment, call 681.342.3070 or visit www.wvendocrinology.com.
About WVU Medicine United Hospital Center United Hospital Center (UHC) is the result of a merger between St. Mary’s and Union Protestant hospitals in 1970. This bold move provides North Central West Virginia with a regional community hospital that offers a vast array of services. The new UHC opened in 2010 and is located along I-79 in Bridgeport. The 736,403 square foot structure rises eight stories. It is designed around the environment with patients, family, employees, and community in mind, which includes enhanced patient privacy, a high level of technological integration, and improved access to care. The acute care facility has 292 private inpatient rooms and a medical staff that consists of more than 366 physicians, advanced practice providers, and allied health professionals. UHC has more than 2,613 employees and is a member of WVU Medicine (West Virginia United Health System). For more information about UHC, please visit uhcwv.org.