Soujanya (Chinni) Pulluru, MD, Higher Education Clinical Advisor, Beyond Academics

Dr. Soujanya (Chinni) Pulluru is an experienced family medicine physician and healthcare executive who currently serves as Senior Director for Walmart Health and Wellness. She also oversees their enterprise Patient Safety Organization. Pulluru has been active with the Walmart response team to manage and mitigate issues to safeguard customers, employees, and the communities they serve during this time. At Beyond Academics, Pulluru was instrumental in the COVID-19 Mitigation Playbook, Campus Pandemic Checklist, and Action Plan as she brought her experience managing pandemic response in high flow-through retail environments. She also provides insight to help the team develop evidence-based recommendations, operational best practices, and scenario planning.