Dr. Suneela Vegunta, MD
Not yet claimedInternal medicine doctor, Menopause specialist · Physician (MD)
Scottsdale, AZ
Suneela Vegunta is an internal medicine physician who works as a women's health consultant at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She focuses on menopause, sexual health, and breast health.
About Dr. Suneela Vegunta, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Suneela Vegunta is an internal medicine physician who works in women's health at Mayo Clinic in Arizona (Scottsdale/Phoenix). Her practice focuses on menopause, sexual health, and breast health. She earned her medical degree at Guntur Medical College in India in 1989 and completed her internal medicine residency at Ohio State University Hospital. She is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Besides seeing patients, she teaches. She is faculty at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona and is the program director of the Mayo Clinic Women's Health Fellowship in Arizona. In her journal articles she uses the credentials MD, FACP, NCMP, which include certification as a menopause practitioner through the North American Menopause Society (now called MSCP).
She writes and speaks publicly about menopause. She is the first author of a 2019 review in the Journal of Women's Health on genitourinary syndrome of menopause, and has co-authored papers on over-the-counter progestin-only birth control, alcohol use at midlife and in menopause, and treating sexual pain in women. She has appeared in a Mayo Clinic Minute video about hot flashes and on a Mayo Clinic Talks podcast episode about menopause and bone health. She also writes consumer health articles for Mayo Clinic Press.
Federal Open Payments records for 2021-2025 show one industry payment totaling $22.08, from Pfizer Inc. Payments from industry to doctors are common and legal, and this amount is very small.
- Board certified in internal medicine
- She is certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. doximity.com
- Menopause and women's health focus
- Mayo Clinic Press describes her as a women's health consultant at Mayo Clinic Arizona focusing on menopause, sexual health, and breast health. mcpress.mayoclinic.org
- Fellowship program director
- She is program director of the Mayo Clinic Women's Health Fellowship in Arizona. college.mayo.edu
- Medical school teaching role
- She is faculty at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona. mcpress.mayoclinic.org
- Certified menopause practitioner
- Her journal bylines list the credentials MD, FACP, NCMP, meaning Fellow of the American College of Physicians and NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner (now MSCP). doi.org
- Training background
- She received her medical degree from Guntur Medical College (NTR University) in India in 1989 and completed internal medicine residency at Ohio State University Hospital. doximity.com
- Published research record
- A ResearchGate profile aggregating her work lists 73 research items and about 835 citations; the page is auto-generated rather than author-maintained. researchgate.net
- Review on menopause symptoms
- She is first author of a 2019 Journal of Women's Health review, 'Newer Name, Newer Treatments: The Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause.' doi.org
- Public education on hot flashes
- She explained the physiology of hot flashes in a Mayo Clinic News Network 'Mayo Clinic Minute' segment. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org
- Small industry payment total
- CMS Open Payments records for 2021-2025 show one payment totaling $22.08, from Pfizer Inc. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- A WebMD directory entry describes her as specializing in internal medicine and gastroenterology, which does not match Mayo Clinic's own description of her as a women's health and menopause consultant. Directory listings are often out of date; the Mayo Clinic page is the authoritative source. doctor.webmd.com
- Doximity lists past or current licenses in Nevada, Illinois, Ohio, and Alabama. An active Arizona license is implied by her Mayo Clinic Arizona practice but was not confirmed against a state board source during this research. doximity.com
- No guideline-panel appointments, named society board or officer roles, or awards were found in public sources. researchgate.net
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$22
1 payment
| 2021 | $0 |
| 2022 | $22 |
| 2023 | $0 |
| 2024 | $0 |
| 2025 | $0 |
Top payers
- PFIZER INC.$22
Payment types
- Food and Beverage$22
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
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Practice location
Mayo Clinic Arizona
13737 N 92nd St
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
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