Dr. Prasanna Santhanam received his M.B.B.S. from B.J. Medical College and his M.D. from N.H.L. Municipal Medical College – Sheth K. M. School of Post Graduate Medicine and Research. In addition to his nuclear medicine residency at Johns Hopkins, he completed a residency in medicine at N.H.L. Municipal Medical College – Sheth K. M. School of Post Graduate Medicine and Research and a residency in internal medicine, Marshall University School of Medicine. He performed a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at Marshall University School of Medicine. He underwent additional training in nuclear medicine, at the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Johns Hopkins, to pursue his research and clinical interests in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging of endocrine glands and disorders.

His clinical interests include thyroid disorders, endocrine neoplasms, and research focus on metabolic and molecular imaging of endocrine tissues and predictive analytics in metabolic disorders.