Krishna Tangella is a board certified Anatomic and Clinical pathologist practicing at Christie Clinic in the Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of Board of Directors of the Provena Covenant Medical Center Foundation. He is a Member, Board of Directors at Christie Clinic, Member, Board of Directors at Champaign County Medical Society, and Member, Board of Directors at Provena Covenant Medical Center. He actively participates in collaborative translational research at world renowned Beckman Institute at University of Illinois-UC. His research interests include cellular biomedical imaging and optical characteristics of cancers. He actively teaches medical students and internal medicine residents as a Clinical Assistant Professor in Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine at University of Illinois College of Medicine. He holds an MD from the prestigious Madras Medical College , completed his residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine, and also holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Dr. Tangella is passionate about cause campaigns. He believes that through patient education, many of medical ailments – especially cancers – can be prevented, detected early, better managed and cured.