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Specialty |
Cardiology |
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Subspecialty |
Heart Failure & Transplant |
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Education |
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery), Siddhartha Medical College, India |
Training
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Fellow, Adult Cardiovascular, State University of New York
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Fellow, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant, Columbia University
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Chief Resident & Resident, Interfaith Medical Center, New York
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Board Certifications
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ABIM, Cardiovascular Disease
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ABIM, Advanced Heart Failure and
Transplant Cardiology
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IBHRE, Cardiac Device Specialist
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National Board of Echocardiography
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Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology
Procedures Expertise
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Echocardiography (transesophageal, transthoracic)
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Nuclear Cardiography
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Cardiac Catheterizations
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Cardiopulmonary Stress Testing
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Pacemaker/Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation and Programming
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Endomyocardial Biopsies
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Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
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Languages |
English, Hindi |
Dr. Chandra Kunavarapu joins Texas Transplant Physician Group as an associate medical director for the Heart Transplant and Failure program. He comes to us from Georgia, where he served as the medical director of heart failure and transplant program at the Medical College of Georgia. While at MCG he successfully started the Heart Transplant program there.
Dr. Kunavarapu completed his adult cardiovascular fellowship training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York and his heart failure and transplant fellowship training at the renowned Columbia-NY Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City.
He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology. He is an IBHRE-Certified Cardiac Device Specialist (CCDS)., demonstrating his expertise in heart rhythm device therapy.
Dr. Kunavarapu's expertise in cardiovascular procedures includes transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography, nuclear cardiography, cardiac catherizations, cardiopulmonary stress testing, pacemaker/implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)implantation and programming, endomyocardial biopsies and percutaneous ventricular assist device implantation.
His interests along with heart failure and transplant include device therapy in advanced heart failure patients, pulmonary hypertension, cell based therapy and pharmacogenomics of heart failure.
He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant and the Heart Failure Society of America. He has published several book chapters and articles in peer reviewed journals in the field of heart failure and transplant as well as other areas of cardiology.
Some of Dr. Kunavarapu's publications include:
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Kunavarapu C, Olkovsky Y, Lafferty JC, Homayuni AR, Mohan SS, McGinn J. Unusual Cardiac Complications of Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007
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Williams JJ, Lund LH, LaManca J, Kunavarapu C, Cohen DJ, Heshka S, Heymsfield SB, Mancini DM. Excessive weight gain in cardiac transplant patients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2006 Jan;25(1);36-41.
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Kunavarapu C, Bloomfield DM. Role of noninvasive studies in risk stratification for sudden cardiac death. Clin Cardiol. 2004 Apr;27(4):192-7.
Download the full list of Dr. Kunavarapu's publications here. Heart Failure and Transplant Clinic
4499 Medical Drive, Suite 166
(*A Campus of Methodist Heart Hospital)
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: (210) 575-8485
Fax: (210) 575-8499
Administrative Offices
8201 Ewing Halsell Drive, Mezzanine Floor
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: (210) 575-8514
Fax: (210) 575-8647
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Chandra Kunavarapu, MD, FACC
"I was drawn to heart failure and transplant as my chosen specialty because we work with very sick people, who are severely debilitated by their condition and we can turn that around, and give them a new lease on life."
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