Dr. Amit Vora joined ECET in March 2008. He did some of his early schooling in New York where his father taught medicine at New York Medical College. Their family moved back to India and after a few years, he returned to the US to do his training in Internal Medicine at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago where he was bestowed the humanitarian award for two years in a row. This was followed by fellowship training in Endocrinology at Penn State University.

 

Dr. Vora has lectured locally and nationally on diabetes care and is actively involved in the American Diabetes Association as the current President of its volunteer board. Dr. Vora is a member of several professional organizations including AACE and the Endocrine Society.

 

His wife, Dr. Bhavana Vora is a family practitioner, who trained at UT in Knoxville. They have been in the Knoxville area for about 10 years and have 2 daughters Anusha and Aashi. In his spare time Dr. Vora enjoys playing racquetball, hiking and camping in the Smokies and traveling.