• Infectious Diseases Specialist, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Mich.
• Co-Chair, Infection Control Committee, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, Mich.
• Faculty, Hurley Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program, Flint, Mich.

Dr. Nagappan joined the Hurley Internal Medicine Department in August 2025, a welcome addition to the infectious disease specialist team and to the teaching faculty overall.

Education

• Physician Leadership Fellowship: Oakwood Physician Leadership Academy, Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, Mich.
• Post-Doctoral Primary Care Fellowhip: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
• Infectious Diseases Fellowship: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Internal Medicine Residency: Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.
• Internship: Helene Fuld Medical Center (now known as Capital Health REgional Medical Center), Trenton, NJ
• Medical Degree and Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery Degree: PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India, affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, India

Experience

• 2017-2025 Infectious Disease Consultant, Beaumont/Corewell Health Hospitals, Mich.
• 2008-2016 Faculty, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, Mich.
• 2007-2008 Associate, Oakland Infectious Diseases P.C., St Joseph Mercy Oakland, Pontiac, Mich.
• 2005-2007 Faculty, Division of Infectious Diseases, St. John Hospital, Detroit, Mich.
• 2002-2003 Chief Medical Resident, Internal Medicine Residency, Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.
• 1998-1999 Research Assistant, HIV Epidemiology Research Study, Harper Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.
• 1997-1999 Research Assistant Treatment of Pneumococcal Pneumonia / Endocarditis, Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.

Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine Diplomate
• American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases Board Diplomate

Honors

• Resident Research Mentor Award, Oakwood Internal Medicine Residency Program, 2009, 2011
• Second Place, Basic Science Research Oral Presentation, Sinai-Grace / WSU Research Day 2023

Professional Organizations

• Infectious Disease Society of America
• HIV Medicine Association
• American Academy of HIV Medicine
• American College of Physicians
• Past Board Member, Michigan Polio Network

Scholarly Activity (a selection)

Peer-reviewed publications:

• Dhar S, Marchaim D, Tansek R, Chopra T, Yousuf A, Bhargava A, Martin ET, Talbot TR, Johnson LE, Hingwe A, Zuckerman JM, Bono BR, Shuman EK, Poblete J, Tran M, Kulhanek G, Thyagarajan R, Nagappan V, Herzke C, Perl TM, Kaye KS. Contact precautions: more is not necessarily better. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Mar;35(3):213-21. doi: 10.1086/675294. Epub 2014 Feb 3. PMID:24521583
• Nagappan V, Boikov D, Vazquez JA. Assessment of In-vitro Kinetic Activity of Caspofungin against Candida glabrata. Antimicrobial Agents Chemother, 2010 Jan;54(1):522-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01339-08. Epub 2009 Oct 19. PMID: 19841143
• Jahamy H, Ganga R, Raiy . BA, Shemes S, Nagappan V, Sharma M, Riederer K, Khatib R. Staphylococcus aureus skin/soft tisse
  infections: The impact of SCC mec type and Panotn-Valentine leukocidin. Scand J Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 8:1-7. (Epub ahead of print) PMID: 18979597
• Nagappan V and Deresinski S. Reviews of anti-infective agents: Posaconazole: A Broad Spectrum Triazole Antifungal Agent. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Dec 15: 1610-1617. PMID: 18190324
• Gandhi T, Nagappan V, Cinti S, Wei W, Kazanjian P. Long-term immunologic and virologic responses in patients with highly
  resistant HIV infection who are treated with an incompletely suppressive antiretroviral regimen. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Oct 15;45(8):1085-92. PMID: 17879930
• Nagappan V,and Kazanjian P. Bacterial Infections in adult HIV-infected patients. HIV Clinical Trials. July/August 2005 Volume 6, Number 4. p 213 – 228; PMID: 16214737
• Sobel JD, Chaim W, Nagappan V, Leaman D. Treatment of vaginitis caused by Candida glabrata: use of topical boric acid and flucytosine. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Nov;189(5):1297-300. PMID: 14634557
• Munasinghe RL, Nagappan V, Siddique M. Urinary catheters: a one-point restraint? Ann Intern Med. 2003 Feb 4;138(3):238; author reply 239. PMID: 12558370
• Sobel JD, Nagappan V, Nyirjesy P. Metronidazole-resistant vaginal trichomoniasis—an emerging problem. N Engl J Med. 1999 Jul 22;341(4):292-3. PMID: 10419394

National/International presentations (a selection):

• "A seven year retrospective study of infections in patients with open tibial and ankle fractures, admitted to a level two trauma center, as part of a QI project to reduce infections" presented by Dr. V. Nagappan, MD Dr. D. Briggs, MD Dr. R. Smith, MD Dr. I. Onyekida, MD E. Ellul RN, BSN, A. White PA-C, Peter Marilley, BA, A. Faulkner, DO, at the July 31-Aug 1, 2015 Musculoskeletal infection society meeting, Cleveland Ohio
• Safety of Clostridium Difficile Testing Algorithm using Glutamate Dehydrogenase Antigen and Toxin Enzyme Immunoassay with Reflex PCR for Discordant Test, poster presentation, ID WEEK, San Diego, Oct. 18, 2012
• Teaching Residents to Teach: The Chalk-Talk Curriculum: presented at National ACGME conference, March 2012, Orlando
• Epidemiology and risk factors of Candidemia in a community hospital: Retrospective analysis of 111 episodes, IDSA, Boston, Abstract # M - 960, Oct. 22, 2011
• Contact Isolation Precautions: More is not Necessarily Better, SHEA, Atlanta, March 2010
• Long Term Immunologic and Virologic Responses in Patients with Highly Resistant HIV Treated with an Incompletely Suppressive Antiretroviral Regimen, IDSA, Abstract # 957, Oct. 6, 2007
• Community-Onset (CO) Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD): Frequency, Risk Factors and Characteristics, IDSA, Abstract # I- 1040, Oct. 14, 2006
• Physician Management of Candida glabrata Fungemia and Outcome Based on Choice of Therapy, IDSA, Abstract # M - 546, Oct. 13, 2006
• Nagappan V, Riederer K, Big C, Vazquez JA. In Vitro Activity of Echinocandins Against Different Strains of Candida parapsilosis. In: Program and Abstracts of the 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Francisco, CA, September 22-26, 2006. Abstract #M-1581., Sept. 26, 2006
• Assessment of the In vitro Kinetic Activity of Caspofungin Against Different Strains of Candida glabrata. V. Nagappan, Dina Boikov, J.A Vazquez ICAAC Conference, Washington D.C., Dec. 19, 2005