Dr. Rithvik Vutukuri
Rithvik is the son of Sunitha Gunda and Suresh Vutukuri. He graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School with distinction. He is a National Merit Semifinalist. He received the AP Psychology Award, is a National AP Scholar, and an AP Scholar with Distinction. He served as president of the Student Council, President of both Mu Alpha Theta and the Beta Club. He was a builder, designer and programmer in Robotics and participated in the Science Olympiad and the National Science Bowl. He has volunteered with Holston Valley Medical Center, H.O.T.S. (Higher Order Thinking Skills), Operation Gratitude, Middle School Math Day and Rubiks Cube Lessons.
Rithvik is a graduate of Tulane University, where he earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in Neuroscience. While at Tulane, he was elected to the Undergraduate Student Government as a Senator for The School of Sciences and Engineering, served as Internal Vice President of the Science and Engineering Honor Society, and was elected as the President of both the Pre-Medical Society and Minority Association of Pre-Med Students. He received a grant from the Center of Engaged Learning and Teaching and a second grant from Newcomb-Tulane College to fund an independent research project. Upon graduation, he was awarded the Neuroscience Faculty award and the 4.0 award.
He is currently a medical student at Tulane University School of Medicine, where he is pursuing his M.D. as part of the Tulane Pathways to Medicine BS/MD program. There, he was elected to the Junior AOA and Gold Humanism Honor Societies. He has held various leadership positions, including coordinator of the vaccine program, internal medicine clerkship chief, and clerkship review leader. He is actively involved in research, contributing to publications in journals such as Nature and Cancers, and he helped create the Tulane Research Network, a searchable database of research projects open to student participation.
Rithvik is now entering the couples match with his fiancee, Christine, hoping to both enter internal medicine residency programs, in June 2026.
