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Sarma Singam

singamnv@gmail.com

Work · 225 Abraham Flexner Way, Lousiville, Kentucky, 40202

Education

  • MD · Medicine

    University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH, USA

    2010 – 2014

  • BS.E. · Biomedical Engineering

    University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH, USA

    2005 – 2010

Training

  • Fellowship · Fellowship

    University of Louisville · Mentor: Glen Hirsch MD

    2017 – 2020

  • Fellowship · Fellowship

    Mayo Clinic · Mentor: Darlene Nelson MD

    2017 – 2020

  • Residency · Residency

    University of Cincinnati · Mentor: Eric Warm MD

    2015 – 2017

  • Internship · Internship

    University of Cincinnati · Mentor: Eric Warm MD

    2014 – 2015

Employment

  • Cardiac Critical Care Attending

    Washington Hospital Center · Washington, DC, USA

    2022 – present

  • Assistant Professor

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC, USA

    2022 – present

  • Assistant Professor

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN, USA

    2021 – 2022

  • Chief Fellow

    University of Louisville · Louisville, KY, USA

    2019 – 2020

  • Co-director Cardiovascular Grand Rounds · Cardiovascular Division

    University of Louisville · Louisville, KY, USA

    2019 – 2020

  • Co-Founder

    High Enroll · Cincinnati, OH, USA

    2019 – present

  • JACC FIT Imaging Section: Web Editor

    Journal of American College of Cardiology

    2017 – 2018

Publications

  1. Optimizing outcomes: Impact of palliative care consultation timing in the cardiovascular intensive care unit Kumar S, VanDolah H, Rasheed AD, Budd S, Anderson K, Papolos AI, et al.. Heart & Lung. 2024;68:265-271.
  2. Pulmonary artery diastolic pressure as a surrogate for pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in cardiogenic shock Papolos AI, Kenigsberg BB, Singam NSV, Berg DD, Guo J, Bohula EA. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2024;30(6):853-856.
  3. Shock Teams: A Contemporary Review Stevenson MJ, Kenigsberg BB, Singam NSV, Papolos AI. Current Cardiology Reports. 2023:1-7.
  4. Changes in Doppler-Derived Kidney Venous Flow and Adverse Cardiorenal Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure Husain-Syed F, Singam NSV, Viehman JK, Vaughan L, Bauer P, Gall H, et al.. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023;12(16):e030145.
  5. Echocardiographic findings in cardiogenic shock due to acute myocardial infarction versus heart failure Singam NSV. International Journal of Cardiology. 2023.
  6. The role of echocardiography in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Hockstein MA, Singam NS, Papolos AI, Kenigsberg BB. Current Cardiology Reports. 2023;25(1):9-16.
  7. Pulmonary hypertension in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a retrospective analysis Baqir M, Singam NSV, DuBrock HM. Sarcoidosis, Vasculitis, and Diffuse Lung Diseases. 2023;40(2):e2023020.
  8. Echocardiographic Correlates of Mortality Among Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Jentzer JC, Tabi M, Wiley BM, Singam NSV, Anavekar NS. Shock. 2022;57(3):336-343. PMID 34710882.
  9. In-vivo platelet activation and aggregation during and after acute atherothrombotic myocardial infarction in patients with and without Type-2 diabetes mellitus treated with ticagrelor Singam NSV, AlAdili B, Amraotkar AR, Coulter AR, Singh A, Kulkarni S, et al.. Vascul Pharmacol. 2022;107000. PMID 35623547.
  10. Echocardiographic Characteristics of Cardiogenic Shock Patients with and Without Cardiac Arrest Tabi M, Singam NSV, Wiley B, Anavekar N, Barsness G, Jentzer JC. J Intensive Care Med. 2022. PMID 35656768.
  11. Cardiovascular Mechanisms of Exercise Intolerance in Older Patients with Heart Failure Singam NSV, Tabi M, Fleg JL. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022;23(9):313.
  12. Incidence, underlying conditions, and outcomes of patients receiving acute renal replacement therapies in tertiary cardiac intensive care units: An analysis from the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry van Diepen S, Tymchak W, Bohula EA, Park JG, Daniels LB, Phreaner N, et al.. Am Heart J. 2020;222:8-14. PMID 32006910.
  13. Percutaneous Coil Embolization for Symptomatic Coronary Fistula: Pre-Operative Cardiovascular Optimization Before Renal Transplantation Otero D, Singam N, Petrovic M, Barry N, Singh V. JACC Case Rep. 2020;2(15):2397-2399.
  14. Dual-Venc acquisition for 4D flow MRI in aortic stenosis with spiral readouts Callahan S, Singam NS, Kendrick M, Negahdar MJ, Wang H, Stoddard MF, et al.. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2020;52(1):117-128.
  15. Cardiac changes associated with vascular aging. Singam NSV, Fine C, Fleg JL. Clin Cardiol. 2020;43(2):92-98. PMID 31845364.
  16. The evolution of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Development of mid-ventricular obstruction and apical aneurysm 11 years after initial diagnosis Singam NSV, Stoddard MF. Echocardiography. 2019;36(5):987-991. PMID 30868653.
  17. Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery from the Left Main Coronary Artery in the Setting of Critical Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis Singam NSV, Burkhart T, Ikram S. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2019;15(3):223-225.
  18. A curious case of an absent left atrial appendage Singam NSV, Gopinathannair R, Stidam JM, Solankhi NK, Bessen M, Stoddard MF. Echocardiography. 2018;35(11):1882-1884. PMID 30338562.

Presentations

  1. Echocardiography Hands-on Teaching – Right ventricular dysfunction — Lecture, Walter Reed Army National Hospital · 2023
  2. DC5: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices — Oral, Regional Presentation · 2022
  3. Research Presentation - Echocardiography parameters of mortality in ACS patients with CS — Oral, Mayo Clinic · 2022
  4. Hemoptysis: Case Presentation — Oral, Mayo Clinic · 2022
  5. Journal Club: In patients with septic shock, is the use of IV push phenylephrine before or immediately after initiation of norepinephrine continuous infusion associated with higher incidence of hemodynamic instability? — Oral, Mayo Clinic · 2021
  6. Acute Respiratory Failure: Case Presentation - Case of acute mitral valve prolapse leading to respiratory failure in the MICU — Oral, Mayo Clinic · 2021
  7. Contrast Associated Nephropathy: Myth? Pro-Con Debate - Pro-position of why CAN is a myth — Oral, Mayo Clinic · 2021
  8. Echocardiographic characteristics of cardiogenic shock patients with and without acute coronary syndrome — Poster, JACC · 2021
  9. Dude, Where is my central line? Case of a persistent LIJ — Oral, Mayo Clinic · 2020
  10. A Measly Case of Encephalopathy — Oral, Mayo Clinic · 2020
  11. Accelerated Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging via Deep Learning — Poster, 2020 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) · 2020
  12. Acute Ischemic Heart Disease. Pathology and Pathophysiology — Lecture, University of Louisville · 2019
  13. Atherosclerosis. Pathology and Pathophysiology — Lecture, University of Louisville · 2019
  14. Atherosclerosis. Pathology and Pathophysiology — Invited, The University of Louisville · 2019
  15. Mechanism Based Pharmacologic Treatment for Heart Failure — Lecture, University of Louisville · 2019
  16. Heart Failure. Hemodynamics, Pathophysiology, Pathology — Lecture, University of Louisville · 2019
  17. Surviving Your First Medical Conference — Oral, ACC National Conference · 2019
  18. Measurements of in vivo Platelet Activation and Aggregation Following Administration of Ticagrelor at the Time of Acute Type 1 Myocardial Infarction in Diabetics and Non-Diabetics — Poster, Circulation · 2019
  19. Virtual Fractional Flow Reserve Computed Through Design of Experiments Has Significant Correlation With Pressure Wire Fractional Flow Reserve — Poster, Circulation · 2019
  20. Mitral valve clip closure orifices yield the same hemodynamic results irrespective of differences in area: Implications for calculation of mitral valve area by continuity equation — Poster, JACC · 2017
  21. The evolution of apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy — Poster, JACC · 2017
  22. Triiodothyronine Thyrotoxicosis resulting in profound Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Cardiomyopathy — Oral, ACP Ohio · 2016
  23. Optimizing heart failure management: Catheter ablation in a patient with frequent premature ventricle complexes (PVCs) with Non-Compaction Cardiomyopathy — Oral, American College of Physicians Internal Medicine National Meeting · 2014

Teaching

  • Acute Ischemic Heart Disease, Pathology and Pathophysiology · Lecturer

    University of Louisville · medical students · 2 hr/yr

  • Atherosclerosis. Pathology and Pathophysiology · Lecturer

    University of Louisville · medical students · 2 hr/yr

Mentorship

  • Brototo Deb MD — Fellow

    Mentor

    Ongoing

    2022

  • Brototo Deb — Fellow

    Mentor

    Quality Improvement: Reducing sound in the CVICU

    2022

  • Grace Demarco MD — Fellow

    Mentor

    Accepted as an abstract and poster for American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2023

    2022

  • Grace Demarco — Resident

    Mentor

    Accepted as an abstract and poster for American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2023

    2022

Committee Service

  • Chief Cardiology Fellow · Chief Fellow

    University of Louisville · department

    2019 – 2020

  • Cardiovascular Grand Rounds · Co-director

    University of Louisville · department

    2019 – 2020

Peer Review

  • Journal of American College of Cardiology

    Editorial board

    2017 – 2018

Societies

  • Society of Critical Care Medicine

    member

    2020

  • American Society of Echocardiography

    member

    2019

  • Journal of American College of Cardiology

    member

    2017

  • American Heart Association

    member

    2017

Awards

  • Fellow of the Year

    University of Louisville, Cardiovascular Medicine

    2020

  • ACP Resident National Abstract Winner

    American College of Physicians

    2014

Board Certifications

  • Critical Care Medicine

    American Board of Internal Medicine

    Issued 2023

  • Cardiovascular Medicine

    American Board of Internal Medicine

    Issued 2020

  • Internal Medicine

    American Board of Internal Medicine

    Issued 2017

Languages

  • English

    fluent

  • Telugu

    fluent