Suffolk, Virginia

Principal Investigator
Banu Myneni, DO is a board certified physician specializing in family medicine and osteopathic manipulation therapy. Dr. Myneni studied Biology and Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University and attended medical school at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, WV. He completed residency training and served as chief resident at East Liverpool City Hospital outside of Pittsburgh, PA. Prior to joining Churchland Family Medicine, he served in a multi-disciplinary role at Rush University in Oak Park, IL outside of Chicago. He participated in clinical medicine, medical student education, and in-hospital patient care. He also served in a physician advisory role for the hospital’s Infectious Disease Committee and provided a lecture series for Oak Park Senior and Disabled Services. In the months leading up to his departure from the Chicago area, he served as a frontline physician in the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Myneni also worked part-time as a physician at Change, Inc., a rural, non-profit medical clinic in West Virginia, and as an urgent care physician with MedExpress. He has been a family physician for more than 7 years. Currently, Dr. Myneni serves as an assistant professor for the EVMS Department of Family and Community Medicine. He is a Hampton Roads native who grew up across the water in Yorktown, VA. In his free time, he is an avid cyclist and runner with a love for cooking and espresso brewing.