Dr. Ravi P. Gupta, MD

Expert Publications

• The draft genome and transcriptome of Amaranthus hypochondriacus: a C4 dicot producing high-lysine edible pseudo-cereal.
• Pilot scale study on steam explosion and mass balance for higher sugar recovery from rice straw.
• Structural features of dilute acid, steam exploded, and alkali pretreated mustard stalk and their impact on enzymatic hydrolysis.
• Ionic liquid pretreatment of biomass for sugars production: Driving factors with a plausible mechanism for higher enzymatic digestibility.
• Pilot scale dilute acid pretreatment of rice straw and fermentable sugar recovery at high solid loadings.
• Life cycle assessment of rice straw utilization practices in India.
• Cellulosic ethanol production via consolidated bioprocessing by a novel thermophilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from a Himalayan hot spring.
• Intensification of steam explosion and structural intricacies impacting sugar recovery.
• Characterization of ionic liquid pretreated plant cell wall for improved enzymatic digestibility.

Media Releases

Get to know Internist Dr. Ravi P. Gupta, who serves patients in Florida.

Board-certified internist Dr. Gupta is the Founder of Mid-Florida Primary Care, a specialized private internal medicine practice that offers a variety of health care services to patients at convenient locations in Leesburg and Summerfield, Florida. Committed to providing exceptional and individualized care, Mid-Florida Primary Care offers many services in-house in order for patients to be compliant with required and suggested treatments and procedures. 

Prior to opening Mid-Florida Primary Care in 2002, Dr. Gupta worked in an urgent care clinic for 6 years. At present, he is affiliated with The Villages Regional Hospital and Leesburg Regional Medical Center.

During his academic career, he earned his medical degree from Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India in 1990. Upon relocating to the United States, he went on to complete his residency in internal medicine at Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park, Illinois. 

As for the doctor’s achievements, he is board-certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine, a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Internal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes. They also care for hospitalized and ambulatory patients and may play a major role in teaching and research.

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