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Kunal Deepak Kotkar, M.D.
Barnes Jewish Hospital
660 South Euclid Avenue
Campus Box 8234
Saint louis  63110
United States
5072719755
3149518919 (alternative)
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Role: 
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic

Other Interests

  • Heart failure surgery – ECMO, Ventricular assist devices, Heart transplantation
  • Develop high quality surgical practice with good clinical outcomes in:
  1. Heart Failure Surgery- ECMO, Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplantation
  2. CABG (off-pump and on-pump and minimally invasive techniques)
  3. Valve replacement and repairs

Research

Serial Number

Trait

Publication

1.

Book chapter

Chapter 8: Artificial Blood; Transfusion. Edited by Dr Alaka Deshpande Published by State Blood transfusion cell, Maharashtra,2003

2.

Original Article

Mishra A K, Mohite P N,Bal A, Kotkar K, Singh J. Extramediastinal thymolipomas—challenges in diagnosis and dilemmas in approaches: a review. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 26:255–258

3.

Case Report

Kotkar K, Thakkar R, Songra MC. Giant urethral calculus. JSCR 2011. 8:9

 

4.

Case Report

Mohite PN, Rana SS, Singh J, Kotkar KD, Puri GD, Sodhi SK. Acute superior vena cava obstruction due to tight pericardial closure following congenital defect repair.J Cardiovasc Dis Res. 2012 Apr;3(2):135-7.

5.

Surgical Technique

Mohite PN, Kotkar KD, Popov AF, Thingnam SK. Tunneling technique for anatomical positioning of aortoaxillary bypass graft. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2012 Feb;20(1):93-4.

6.

Case Report

Kotkar KD, Chaudhary A, Brar R, Mahant TS. Reduced left internal mammary artery blood flow on normal sternal retraction.Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2013 Nov 5. pii: 0218492313504209 [2]. [Epub ahead of print]

7

Case Report

Kotkar Kunal, Sameh M. Said, Hector Michelena, Brendan Wanta, Maria D. Fritock, Larry M. Baddour. Right Coronary Artery Septic Embolization Secondary to Aerococcus urinae Native Mitral Valve Endocarditis; The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , Volume 102 , Issue 4 , e295 - e297

8

Case Report

Kotkar Kunal, Sameh M Said. Libman-Sacks Endocarditis in a Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , Volume 102 , Issue 1 , e31 - e32

9

Images in Cardiovascular surgery

Ratnasari Padang, Kunal D. Kotkar, George D. Gilkey, David L. Joyce, Hector R. Villarraga. Cardiac calcified amorphous ‘tumour’: the CAT is on a broken line; Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging Sep 2016, 17 (9) 1064; DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew112

10

Case report

Vaidya V, Kotkar K, Akhtar N, Said S, Best P. An unusual cause of dyspnea after remote percutaneous saphenous graft intervention: organized pericardial hematoma. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(13_S):1223. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(16)31224-4

11

Case Report

Said SM, Pislaru S, Kotkar KD, Rihal CS, Mauermann WJ, Schaff HV, Dearani JA. Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction After Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Ring Implantation: A Word of Caution. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Dec;102(6):e495-e497

12

Original article

Kotkar KD, Said SM, Dearani JA, Schaff HV. Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: the Mayo Clinic experience. Ann Cardiothorac Surg 2017;6(4):329-336

13

Original article

Kotkar KD, Said SM, Schaff HV. Transapical approach for myectomy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Ann Cardiothorac Surg 2017;6(4):419-422

 

Additional Educational Information

Qualification and Degrees:

  1. Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (April 2004)

[MBBS]

Grant Medical College, Byculla, Mumbai

Currently Grant Government Medical College, Byculla Mumbai

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik

  1. Master of Surgery (June 2009)

[MS – General Surgery]

Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Barkutullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

 

 

  1. Magister Chirurgiae (December 2011)

[MCH – Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery]

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

  1. Diplomate of National Board (December 2012)

[DNB – Cardio Thoracic Surgery]

National Board of Examinations, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

  1. ECFMG certificate:  0-808-090-5 (August 8, 2014)
  2. Fellowship in Advanced Cardiovascular surgery ( July 2015 – June 2017), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
  3. Fellowship in Mechanical circulatory support devices and heart transplant ( July 2017- June 2018) , Washington University, St Louis, MO

Bridging Programmes & Qualifying Examinations:

Details are according to the date

Sr no

Course / Programme

College / Hospital

City / State

University

Span

Result

1

Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery

[MBBS]

with Internship

Grant Medical College

Byculla, Mumbai

Maharashtra University of health Sciences, Nashik, Maharashtra

21st August  1998  to 31st December 2003

Passed in First Attempt

2.

Resident medical officer

Leelavati Hospital and research center

Bandra, Mumbai

Not Applicable as it is a non-academic position

1st February 2004 to 31st July 2004

Not applicable

3.

Resident medical officer (general surgery)

Bhatia Hospital and research center

Tardeo, Mumbai

Not Applicable as it is a non-academic position

1st February 2005 to 31st July 2005

Not applicable

4

Master of Surgery

[MS – General Surgery]

Gandhi Medical college

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Barkutullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

15th June 2006 to 15th June 2009

Passed in First

Attempt

 

 

 

5

Magister Chirurgiae

[MCH – Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery]

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research

 

PGIMER

Sector 12

Chandigarh

160012

Union Territory

India

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER)

1st July 2009 to 30st June 2012

Passed in First Attempt

6

Diplomate of National Board

[DNB – Cardiothoracic Surgery]

National Board of Examinations

(NBE)

Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

National Board of Examinations

(NBE)

December 2012 Session

Passed in First Attempt

7

Attending Consultant, Department of cardiothoracic surgery (Non Academic Post)

Fortis hospital

Mohali, Punjab, India

Not Applicable as it is a non-academic position

9th July 2012 to 2nd June 2013

Not Applicable

8

Assistant professor, Department of cardiovascular thoracic surgery

MGM Medical college and hospital

Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

MGM University of Health sciences (deemed university)

15th June 2013 to 15th June 2015

Not Applicable

9

Fellowship in Advanced Cardiovascular surgery

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Mayo clinic

1st July 2015 to 30th June 2017

Not Applicable

10

Fellowship in Mechanical circulatory support devices and heart transplant

Washington University

St Louis, MO

 

Washington Unioversity

1st July 2017 to 30th June 2018

Not Applicable

 

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Practice Areas

  • Cardiac
  • Aorta
  • Aortic valve disease
  • Coronary disease
  • Extracorporeal circulation
  • Heart failure
  • Mechanical circulatory assistance
  • Mitral valve disease
  • Pericardium
  • Transplant
  • Heart Transplant
  • Tricuspid valve disease
  • Valve disease
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