Dr. Vijaya Thakur holds board certification in internal medicine. Licensed by both the Medical Board of California and the Drug Enforcement Agency, she has run a private practice since 2004. Prior to that, she was a hospitalist providing in-patient care to medical and critical care patients with the Inpatients Physicians Network of Colorado and a physician at Kaiser Permanente in Orange County. She is affiliated with Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock. She is currently a member of the American College of Phlebology.

Vijaya Thakur completed her undergraduate degree in Patna, India; she then earned her Doctorate in Medicine from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Karnataka, India. Dr. Thakur did postgraduate research at the California Institute of Technology and USC and then went on to do her residency in internal medicine at the USC County Medical Center (USC-LAC).

Dr. Vijaya Thakur was recognized for academic distinction in medical school and won a research grant from the National Association of Family Welfare in India along with a research prize from the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals. Vijaya Thakur is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association and the Stanislaus Medical Society. She previously chaired the Medicine/ICU/Infection Control Committee at Emanuel Medical Center and served on the Physician Well-Being Committee and the Medical Executive Committee there as well.

AWARDS:

ACADEMIC DISTINCTION IN MEDICAL COLLEGE:

Consistent performance above the 90th percentile

RESEARCH GRANT FROM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY WELFARE IN INDIA:

Evaluated the efficacy of family planning in Bihar compared to similar programs in other states of India.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS:

Resident Research Prize for work on Sonic Hedgehog in a model of fetal alcohol syndrome.

PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

1. Thakur A, Hines OJ, Thakur V, Gordon HE, Tumoral Calcinosis Regression After
Subtotal Parathyroidectomy: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature. Surgery 1999; 126(1): 95-98

2. Thakur A, Sase M, Lee JJ, Thakur V, Buchmiller TL. Effect of Dexamethasone on Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Expression in a Rabbit Model of Growth Retardation. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2000;35(6): 898-905.

3. Thakur A, Sase M, Lee JJ, Thakur V, Buchmiller TL. Ontogeny of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 in a Rabbit Model of Growth Retardation. Journal of Surgical Research 2000; 91(2): 135-140

4. Thakur A, Thakur V, Fonkalsrud EW, Singh S, Buchmiller TL. The Outcome of Research Training During Surgical Residency. Journal of Surgical Research 2000; 90(1): 395-96

5. Thakur A, Heer MS, Thakur V, Heer GK, Narone JN, Narone RK. Subtotal Hysterectomy for Uterine Rupture. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2001; 74(1): 29-33

6. Thakur A, Lansford R, Thakur V, Narone JN, Atkinson JB, Buchmiller TL, Fraser SE. Gene Transfer to the Embryo: Strategies for the Delivery and Expression of Proteins at 48 to 56 Hours Post fertilization. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2001; 36(8): 1304-7. Recipient of the Resident Research Competition Prize

7. Ahlgren SC, Thakur V, Bronner-Fraser M. Sonic hedgehog rescues cranial neural crest from cell death induced by ethanol exposure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Aug 6;99(16): 10476-81

NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS: 

1. Thakur A, Thakur V. Classic Articles in Colon and Rectal Surgery: Thomas Blizard Curling 1811-1888. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 1998;41(4):506-507

2. Thakur V. A Comparison of family welfare programs in Bihar with similar programs in other states of India. Presented at the meeting of the National Assn. Of Family Welfare in 1996 in Agra, India.