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Sandhya K. Balaram, M.D., Ph.D.
Address:
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
1111 Amsterdam Avenue
New York , NY 10025
Phone:
(212) 523-2798
(212) 523-5344 (fax)
e-mail: sbalaram@chpnet.org
Departments:
Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Interests:
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Thoracic Aneurysms
Robotic Surgery
Education:
1987-1993 Bachelor of Arts, Biology
University of Missouri (Six-Year B.A./M.D. program) Kansas City , MO
1987-1993 Doctor of Medicine
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Kansas City, MO
1995 - 1999 Doctor of Philosophy in Vascular Biology
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha , NE
Dissertation: The Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Vascular Disease
Postdoctoral Training:
1993-2000 General Surgery Residency
Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha , NE
1995-1997 General Surgery Research Resident
Vascular Surgery Research Laboratory
Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
1999 ( Jan-June ) General Surgery Registrar
Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster , England
2000-2001 General Surgery Attending Physician
(General Surgery, Critical Care, Trauma)
Luther-Midelfort Hospital , Mayo Health System, Eau Claire, WI
2001-2003 Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI
2003-2004 Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship Junior Attending in Cardiothoracic Surgery
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York , NY
Licensure:
Nebraska # 19939 1995-2002
Wisconsin #42794-020 2000-2003
New York #229489 2003-present
Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery April 2001
American Board of Thoracic Surgery June 2004
Publications:
Orginal, Peer Reviewed Articles
• Balaram SK. Cell Adhesion Molecules and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I in Vascular Disease. Creighton University Graduate School Ph.D. Thesis 1999.
• Balaram SK , Agrawal DK, Allen RT, Kuszynski CA, and Edwards JD. "Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Vascular Disease." J Vasc Surg 1997. 25:866-867.
• Balaram SK , Agrawal DK, and Edwards JD. "IGF-1 activates NF k B and increases transcription of ICAM-1 gene in endothelial cells." Cardiovascular Surgery 1999. 7:91-96.
• DeRose JJ Jr, Toumpoulis IK, Balaram SK , Ioannidis JP, Belsley S, Ashton RC Jr, Swistel DG, Anagnostopoulos CE . Preoperative Predictors of Long-Term Survival Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Low Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions ( <25%). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surgery. 2005 Feb;129(2):314-321.
• Balaram SK , Toumpoulis IK, DeRose JJ, and Swistel DG. Results of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting in Women. Circulation 111 (4) E40 Feb 2005.
• Balaram SK , Sherrid MV, DeRose JJ, Hillel Z, Winson G, and Swistel DG. Beyond Extended Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The RPR (Resection-Plication-Release) Repair. Ann Thorac Surg 2005 Jul;80(1):217-223
• Joshi S, Steinberg JS, Ashton RC, Balaram S , Fischer A, DeRose JJ, Jr. Follow-up of Robotically-Assisted Left Ventricular Epicardial Leads for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005. 46;12:2358-2359.
• DeRose JJ Jr, Balaram SK , Ro C, Swistel DG, Singh V, Wilentz JR, Todd GJ, Ashton RC Jr. Mid-term results and patient perceptions of robotically-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2005;4:406-411.
• DeRose JJ Jr, Balaram SK , Ro C, Swistel DG, Steinberg JS, Joshi S, Ashton RC Jr. Midterm follow-up of robotic biventricular pacing demonstrates excellent lead stability and improved response rates. Innovations 2006;1:105-110.
• Ro CY, DeRose JJ Jr., Connery CP, Balaram SK , Ashton RC Jr. Three-year experience with totally endoscopic robotic thymectomy. Innovations 2006;1:111- 114.
• Toumpoulis IK, Anagnostopoulos CE , Balaram SK , Rokkas CK, Swistel DG, Ashton RC, DeRose JJ. Assessment of Independent Predictors for Long-Term Mortality between Women and Men after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Are Women Different than Men? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Feb;131(2):343-351. Epub 2006 Jan 18.
• Toumpoulis IK, Anagnostopoulos CE, Balaram SK , Swistel DG, Ashton RC, and DeRose JJ. Does Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting Increase Long-term Survival in Diabetic Patients? Ann Thorac Surg . 2006 Feb;81(2):599-606; discussion 606-607.
• Balaram SK and Swistel DG. Long-Term Prognosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy after Surgery. Anatolian J Cardiology. 2006;6 Suppl 2: 37-39.
• Swistel DG, and Balaram SK . Resection, Plication, Release-the RPR procedure for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 2006 ;6 Suppl 2:31-36.
Case Reports
1. Balaram SK , Murray BT, and Richards, AT. "Adherent thrombus from bleeding ulcer results in obstructing duodenal pseudotumor." J Am Coll Surg July 2001 193 (1): 104.
Abstracts
• Balaram SK , Agrawal DK, and Edwards, JD. "Increased Expression of Cell Adhesion Molecules in Smoking" Nebraska American College of Surgeons Meeting Presentation. April 1996.
• Balaram SK , Agrawal DK, Allen RT, Kuszynski CA, and Edwards JD. "Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Vascular Disease" Midwest Vascular Surgical Society Presentation. April 1997.
• Balaram SK , Agrawal DK, Allen RT, Kuszynski CA, and Edwards JD."Cell Adhesion Molecules and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I in Vascular Disease Coller Society Meeting, Jobst Award Presentation. October 1996.
• Balaram SK , Agrawal DK, and Edwards, JD. "Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Activates NF k B and Increases Transcription of ICAM-1 Gene in Endothelial Cells" Society of Vascular Surgery Presentation. June 1997.
• Balaram SK , Agrawal DK, and Edwards, JD. "Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 Activates NF k B and Increases Transcription of ICAM-1 Gene in Endothelial Cells" International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery Presentation. September 1997.
• Balaram SK , Agrawal DK, and Edwards JD. "Inhibitors of Protein Tyrosine Kinases Inhibit IGF-1 Induced ICAM-1 Expression in Endothelial Cells" Coller Society Meeting Presentation. October 1997.
• Balaram SK , Ashton RC, Steinberg JS, Swistel DG, Ehlert F, Vloka ME, and DeRose, JJ. "Success of Robotic Bi-Ventricular Pacing Following Open Heart Surgery: The Importance of the Posterior Approach." Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Meeting Presentation. March 2004.
• Balaram SK , DeRose JJ, Sherrid MV, Winson G, Swistel DG. "Beyond Extended Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The RPR (Resection-Plication-Release) Repair Comes of Age." Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Meeting Presentation. March 2004.
• Balaram SK , Ashton RC, Steinberg JS, Swistel DG, Ehlert F, Vloka ME, and DeRose JJ. Improved Response Rate and Left Ventricular Epicardial Lead Stability Following Robotically-Assisted Ventricular Resynchronization. American College of Cardiology Meeting Presentation. March 2004.
• Belsley SJ, Connery CP, DeRose JJ, Balaram SK , McGinty JJ, Ashton RC. Robotic Esophageal Mobilization for Three-Hole Esophagectomy. Heart Surgery Forum. Volume 7, Supplement 1: S57. June 2004.
• Belsley SJ, Connery CP, DeRose JJ, Balaram SK , McGinty JJ, Ashton RC. Surgical Techniques in Robotic Esophageal Surgery. Heart Surgery Forum . Volume 7, Supplement 1: S23-24. June 2004.
• Balaram SK , Ashton RC, Steinberg JS, Swistel DG, Ehlert F, Vloka ME, Todd GF, DeRose, JJ. Left Ventricular Mapping Results in Improved Response Rates for Robotically-Assisted Bi-Ventricular Pacing. Heart Surgery Forum Volume 7, Supplement 1:S20. Presentation London , UK June 2004.
• Balaram SK , Ashton RC, Swistel DG, Singh V, Willentz J, DeRose, JJ. Mid-Term Experience with Robotically-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass: Lessons Learned. Heart Surgery Forum . Volume 7, Supplement 1: S57. June 2004.
• Balaram SK. Robotic Bi-Ventricular Pacing: The Posterior Approach and LV Mapping. Minimally Invasive Robotic Association Meeting Presentation. October 2004.
• Balaram SK . Epicardial Lead Implant: Rationale and Strategies. 5 th annual New Frontiers in Heart Failure Therapy: Integrating Devices and Pharmacotherapy. Presentation. January 2005.
• Robert C. Ashton, Cliff P. Connery, Scott Belsley, Charles Ro, Sanju Balaram , and Joseph J. DeRose. Robotic Thoracic Surgery: Where We Stand in 2005. Chest 2005 128: 144S.
• Ro CY, DeRose JJ, Balaram SK , Ramila A, Kancherla P, Connery CP, and Ashton RC. Robotically-Assisted Resection of and Esophageal Granular Cell Tumor. ISMICS June 2005.
• Ro CY, Ashton RC, Balaram SK , Swistel DG, DeRose JJ. What Are Patients' Perceptions of Robotic Cardiothoracic Surgery? ISMICS 2005.
• Balaram , SK . Long-Term Prognosis in Surgery for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Symposium Presentation. New York December 2005.
• Philip A. Gideon, Simbo M Chiadika , Royd Fukumoto, Sripal Bangalore, Seth Uretsky, Sandhya K Balaram,; Chandra Sehgal, Joseph J DeRose, Farooq A. Chaudhry Distensibility Characterization of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Using Echocardiographic Strain and Doppler Tissue Imaging: Is Size the Only Important Character? AHA presentation, Nov 2006