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Preeti Chandra, M.D.

Director of Preventive Cardiology

Specialties: Cardiology
Languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi
Areas of Expertise: I am passionate about all aspects of general cardiology, and have special interest in heart disease in women, health disparities, lipidology and preventive cardiology, as well as 3D echocardiography, strain imaging and arrhythmias.

(928) 336-1675

Accepts New Patients

Reputation Summary

Location

Yuma Regional Medical Center
Cardiology
2460 S. Parkview Loop, Suite 204
Yuma, AZ 85364

Care Philosophy

My patient care philosophy is based on four principles: 1) Developing an in-depth understanding of each patient’s problem and being a good listener. 2) Drawing from a solid and up-to-date base of subject knowledge and latest advancements. 3) Personalizing treatments to suit the specific needs of each individual patient. 4) Most importantly, involving the patient and their family in the medical decision making process.

Preeti Chandra, M.D. is the Director of Preventive Cardiology at Yuma Regional Medical Center Cardiology. She received her medical degree from Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, University of Mumbai in Mumbai, India. She completed an internal medicine residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY and a cardiovascular disease fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center and Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, NY.

In her spare time, Dr. Chandra is an avid reader and enjoys swimming, cycling, pingpong and singing. She also likes to spend time with her family.

Medical Degree - Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, University of Mumbai in Mumbai, India
Internal Medicine Residency - Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship - Maimonides Medical Center and Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, NY

Dr. Chandra's professional highlights include:

  • One of two cardiologists selected from the state of New York for the Young Investigator Award, 2009. This  honor was awarded by the New York State Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and the New York Cardiological Society  for research on “Angiographic Features, Demographics and Outcomes of Coronary Perforations in the Contemporary Interventional Era: A Ten Year Experience in a Single Center” 10/2009 
  • First prize winner out of 400 poster presentations at the American College of Physicians (ACP), Downstate scientific meeting and poster competition for “Coronary Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention- A Case managed Conservatively” 8/2008
  • Jury selection at American Society of Echocardiography for “Federal Savings of Over 1 Million Dollars by Duplication Prevention Strategies to Curb the Over-Utilization of Echocardiography: A 10-Year Single Center Experience” 2/2011
  • Among the Top 10 Posters at American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2012 Annual Scientific Session for “Comparing Newer Oral Anti-platelets Prasugrel and Ticagrelor-A Cumulative Network Meta-analysis” 4/2012                                 
  • Authored (solo author) the 2013 Risk Management Module for Cardiology- aimed at minimizing patient injury. Cardiologists from 5 hospitals including Mount Sinai hospital, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein-Montefiore medical center, Maimonides Medical center who completed this module received an additional $1,000,000 in malpractice insurance coverage from FOJP. 2012            
  • Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC), the most prestigious journal of cardiology in US, paper published "Incidental Diagnosis of Cor-triatriatum in Two Elderly Patients." 2012
Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Preeti Chandra, MD; Saurav Chatterjee, MD; Nishant Koradia, MD; Deepak Thekkoott, MD; Bilal Malik, MD; Robert Frankel, MD; Jacob Shani, MD. Predisposing Factors, Demographics, Angiographic Features, and the Possible Role of Inflammation in Coronary Perforations- A 10-year Single Center Experience. American heart Hospital journal. 2011: 9(2)- 87-9.
  2. Vallakat A, Nerella N, Chandra P, Sadiq A, Shani J. Incidental Diagnosis of Cor Triatriatum in 2 Elderly Patients. Journal of American College of Cardiology. Volume 59, Issue 22, May 2012.
  3. Chatterjee S, Chandra P, Guha G, Kalra V, Chakraborty A, Frankel R. Pre-procedural Elevated White Blood Cell Count and Neutrophil-Lymphocyte (N/L) Ratio are Predictors of Ventricular Arrhythmias During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 2011 Oct 26.
  4. Saurabh Thakar MD, Preeti Chandra MD, Gerald Hollander MD, Edgar Lichstein MD. Electrocardiographic changes in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology - Official journal of the International Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology Society. 2011 Oct; 34(10) : 1278-82.
  5. Chatterjee S, Chandra PA, Malik B, Shani J. Association of Involvement of Major Branches of Coronary Arteries with Development of Ventricular Arrhythmias in the Catheterization Laboratory. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 2011 Nov; 12(11):821-3
  6. Saurabh Thakar, MD; Preeti Chandra, MD; Manali Pednekar, MD; Chaim Kabalkin, MD; Jacob Shani, MD.
  7. Nerella N, Lodha A, Tiu CT, Chandra PA, Rose M. Thromboembolism in Takotsubo Syndrome: A case report. International Journal of Cardiology. 2008 Feb 29; 124(2): e37-8.
  8. Ajay Vallakati, Preeti Chandra, Nishant Nerella, Adnan Sadiq and Jacob Shani. JACC: Journal of American College of Cardiology, accepted for publication in 2011. Incidental Diagnosis of Cor-triatriatum in Two Elderly Patients.
  9. Vallakati A, Chandra PA, Hollander G, Shani J. Direct rennin inhibitor induced renal failure. American Journal of Therapeutics 2014 Mar-Apr;21 (2):e53-5.
  10. Chandra PA, Margulis Y, Schiff C. Rituximab is useful in the treatment of Felty’s syndrome. American Journal of Therapeutics. 2008 Jul-Aug; 15 (4): 321-2
  11. Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Chibuzo Nwokolo, MD; Dmitry Chuprun, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD. Cardiac Tamponade Caused by Fracture and Migration of Inferior Vena Cava Filter. Southern Medical Journal. 2008 Nov -101:11
  12. Preeti A Chandra, MD; Gary Golduber, MD; Dmitry Chuprun, MD; Abhinav B Chandra, MD, MSc. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. Volume 10(4)April 2009 p 333-335
  13. Preeti A. Chandra, MD, Abhinav B. Chandra, MD, and Gregory K. Todd, MD. Avascular osteonecrosis of the mandible following bisphosphonate therapy. American Journal of Therapeutics. Volume 16(1) January/February 2009pp 65-67
  14. Preeti A Chandra, Abhinav B Chandra. Brugada Syndrome Unmasked by Lithium.  South Med J. 2009 Dec;102(12):1263-5
  15. Preeti A Chandra, Ajay Vallakati, Abhinav B Chandra, Manali Pednekar, Joydeep Ghosh. Repetitive Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia as a Manifestation of Sub-optimally Treated Thyrotoxicosis. The Am Heart Hosp J. 2010 Winter;8(2):E113-4.
  16. Ajay Vallakati, MD, Preeti A Chandra, MD, Frankel, Robert, MD  and  Jacob Shani, MD. Dronedarone Induced Digoxin Toxicity: New Drug, New Interactions. Am J Ther. 2011 Apr 23.
  17. Manali Pednekar, Abhinav B. Chandra, Preeti A. Chandra. Disseminated Tuberculosis Secondary to Adalimumab.
  18. Manali Pednekar, MD; Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Yevgeniya Margulis, MD; Abhinav B Chandra, MD; Carl Schiff, MD. Protothecal Olecranon Bursitis- An Unusual Algal Infection. Am J Med Sci. 2011 Nov;342(5):424.
  19. Abhinav B Chandra, MD; Preeti A Chandra, MD; Edward K Chapnick, MD. Bacteremia Caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis in a Patient with Biliary Pancreatitis.Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 18(1):54-55, January 2010.
  20. Saurav Chatterjee, MD, Jaspreet Singh,MD, Preeti Chandra, MD. Native Aortic Valve Perforation with Streptococcus Sanguis Bacteremia-A Case Study. Journal of Heart Valve Disease. Accepted for publication in December 2009.
 Published Abstracts
  1. PA Chandra, N Koradia, D Thekkoott, B Malik, R Frankel, J Shani. Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes of Coronary Perforations in the Contemporary Interventional Era - A Single Center Experience Over A Decade. Journal of Investigative Medicine. Volume 58, Number 4, April 2010. Abstract#127, page 682.
  2. Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD. Lithium-unmasked Brugada Syndrome. Heart Rhythm Vol 5, No. 5 May Supplement 2008.
  3. Saurav Chatterjee; Preeti Chandra; Gunjan Guha; Vikas Kalra; Anasua Chakraborty. Pre-procedural Elevated White Blood Cell Count and Neutrophil-Lymphocyte (N/L) Ratio are Predictors of Ventricular Arrhythmias During PCI. Circulation. 2010; 122:A10440
Research Posters 
  1. “Comparing Newer Oral Anti-platelets Prasugrel and Ticagrelor-A Cumulative Network Meta-analysis” saurav chatterjee, Nishant Nerella, Gunjan Guha, Preeti Chandra, Robert Frankel. Among the Top 10 Posters ACC (American College of Cardiology 2012 Annual Scientific Session) 4/2012
  2. “Federal Savings of Over 1 Million Dollars by Duplication Prevention Strategies to Curb the Over-Utilization of Echocardiography: A 10-Year Single Center Experience” Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Manali Pednekar, MD; Abhinav B Chandra, MD; Adnan Sadiq, MD; Alvin Greengart, MD; Jacob Shani, MD Accepted for presentation to American Society of Echocardiography. 2/2011
  3. “Angiographic Features, and Outcomes of Coronary Perforations in the Contemporary Interventional Era: A Ten Year in a Single Center” Preeti A. Chandra MD, Nishant Koradia MD, Deepak Thekkoott MD, Bilal Malik MD, Robert Frankel MD,  Jacob Shani MD. Poster accepted to The World Congress of Cardiology, held in China. (Abstract published in Circulation). 6/2010                                            
  4. “Coronary Perforations During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A 10 Year Experience” Preeti A. Chandra MD, Nishant Koradia MD, Deepak Thekkoott MD, Bilal Malik MD, Robert Frankel MD,  Jacob Shani MD Young Investigator Award poster presentation at the 3rd Annual Scientific Session of The New York Cardiological Society and the Annual Meeting of the New York State Chapter of the American College of Cardiology held on Saturday, October 3, 2009, at The New York Athletic Club, New York. 10/2009
  5. “Recurrent Left main Coronary Artery and Diffuse Vasospasm Treated with left main Coronary Artery Stenting” Preeti Chandra, MD; Nishant Nerella, MD; Bilal Malik, MD; Gerald Hollander, MD; Sergey Ayzenberg, MD; Robert Frankel, MD; Jacob Shani, MD Oral Presentation at i2 Interventional Summit at American College of Cardiology scientific symposium, New Orleans. 4/2011
  6. “Development of Ventricular Fibrillation during PCI is related to amount of myocardium in jeopardy, more than dominant vessel involvement-a 10 year experience”. Saurav Chatterjee, MD;  Preeti A Chandra, MD; Bilal Malik MD, Robert Frankel MD, Jacob Shani, MD.
    Presented at Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions in San Diego from May 5-8, 2010. 5/2010                                     
  7. Practice patterns and Utilization of Drug Eluting vs Bare Metal Stents; A 10- year review of a Nationwide In-patient database (1998-2007)” O. Bolorunduro MD MPH, K. Bello MD MPH, M. Amir MD, S. Chatterjee MD, P. Chandra MD, B. Malik MD, R. Frankel MD,  E. Lichstein MD, J. Shani MD Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 34th Annual Scientific Sessions. 2/2011                    
  8. “Dronedarone Induced Digoxin Toxicity”, Ajay Vallakati, MD; Preeti Chandra, MD and Manali Pednekar, MD. Heart Rhythm 2011, San Francisco. 5/2011
  9. “Cardiogenic Shock Secondary To Late Presentation Of STEMI- Does Impella 2.5 Provide Better Hemodynamic Support When Compared To Intra Aortic Balloon Pump?” Himanshu Pathak,  Preeti A Chandra, Sergey Ayzenberg, Gerald Hollander, Robert A. Frankel. Poster presented at Cardiovascular Revascularization Therapies (CRT) 2010, Washington, D.C. 2/2010
  10. Pre-procedural Elevated White Blood Cell Count and Neutrophil-Lymphocyte (N/L) Ratio are Predictors Of Ventricular Arrhythmias During PCI” Saurav Chatterjee, Preeti Chandra, Gunjan Guha; Vikas Kalra; Anasua Chakraborty. Accepted for Oral presentation at the American Heart Association meeting held at Chicago. 11/2010
  11. "First Reported Case of Digoxin Toxicity Secondary to Interaction with Dronedarone"  Ajay Vallakati, MBBS, Preeti A. Chandra, MD, Robert Frankel, MD, Jacob Shani, MD. Poster Finalist, American College of Physicians National Abstract Competitions 2011. 04/2011
  12. “Congenital Coronary to Pulmonary Artery Fistula in an Adult Patient” Jaspreet Singh, Preeti A. Chandra, Robert Frankel. Poster presentation at Medical Society of the State of new York (MSSNY) 2010, April 16, 2010, Westchester, NY. 4/2010
  13. “Development of Ventricular Fibrillation during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Clinical, Angiographic and Electrocardiographic patterns-A 10 year Single Center Experience” presented at American College of Physicians New York State Chapter Meeting, New York. 
    Saurav Chatterjee MD,  Preeti A Chandra MD, Bilal Malik MD FACP FACC FSCAI, Robert Frankel MD FACC, Jacob Shani MD FACP FACC FSCAI. 4/2010
  14. “A Case Report of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Right Atrial Extension Responding to Sorafenib” Ajay Vallakati, MD; Preeti A Chandra, MD; Robert Frankel, MD; Jacob Shani, MD. Research poster presentation at the 11th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at Atlanta, GA. 10/2010
  15. “A Case of Refractory Hemolytic Anemia Secondary to Paravalvular Regurgitation” Ajay Vallakati, MD;  Preeti A Chandra, MD; Robert Frankel, MD; Jacob Shani, MD.Research poster presentation at the Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at Atlanta, GA. 10/2010
  16. “Right Ventricular Perforation and Cardiac Tamponade Following Fracture and Migration of an Inferior vena cava (IVC) Filter.” Kim, Sofia MD; Konig, Michael, MD; Chandra, Preeti, MD. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at American College of Physicians, New York Chapter scientific meeting, Rochester, New York. 11/2010
  17. “Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Fracture and Migration Causing Right Ventricular Perforation and Cardiac Tamponade” Kim, Sofia MD; Konig, Michael, MD; Chandra, Preeti, MD Research poster presentation at the Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at Atlanta, GA. 10/2010                                                                                                                     
  18. “Intra-cardiac Extension of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Dramatic Response to Chemotherapy”. Ajay Vallakati, MD; Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Adnan Sadiq, MD; Robert Frankel, MD; Jacob Shani, MD. Accepted for poster presentation at the American Medical Association Annual Meeting, to be held in San Diego. 11/2010 
  19. “Disease of the Young Attacks the Old: Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Causing Cholestasis in an Elderly Male” Manali Pednekar MD;  Preeti A Chandra MD, Robert Moskowitz MD, Larry Lutwick MD. American Medical Association AMA-RFS Poster Symposium. 9/2010                                                        
  20. “Air embolism in evolution: Lessons learned from an open central venous catheter port” Preeti A. Chandra MD, Manali Pednekar MD, Abhinav B. Chandra MD, William Pascal MD Research poster presentation at the Joint Research Poster Symposium of the American Medical Association Resident and Fellow section Interim Meeting held at Houston, Texas. 11/2009                                                                                            
  21. “A case of heart failure and renal failure due to Kappa light-chain deposition disease” Abhinav B. Chandra, MD, MSc; Bipul Roy, MD; Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Yelena Patsiornik, MD.
    Research poster presentation at the Joint Research Poster Symposium of the American Medical Association Resident and Fellow section Interim Meeting held at Houston, Texas.11/2009  
  22. “Coronary angiography complicated by cerebrovascular accident: significance of patient selection for cardiac catheterization” Preeti A. Chandra, M.D.; Manali Pednekar, M.D.; Abhinav B. Chandra, M.D. Research poster presentation at the Joint Research Poster Symposium of the American Medical Association Resident and Fellow section Interim Meeting held at Houston, Texas. 11/2009
  23. “Low-dose methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis causing profound neutropenia” Abhinav B. Chandra, MD, MSc; Patsiornik Yelena, MD; Preeti A. Chandra, MD; E.Volozhanina,MD; Y.Huang,MD Research poster presentation at the 10th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at New Orleans, LA. 10/2009
  24. “Kappa light-chain deposition disease causing renal failure and heart failure” Abhinav B. Chandra, MD, MSc; Bipul Roy, MD; Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Yelena Patsiornik, MD. Research poster presentation at the 10th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at New Orleans, LA. 10/2009
  25. “Giant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) with massive Gastrointestinal Bleed” Salman S. Fidahussein,  Preeti A Chandra,  Nison Badalov,  Bradly Clark, Ava Anklesaria , Jack Braha, Ian Wall, Rabin Rahmani, Konstantin Vaizman, K. Iswara, JianJun Li American College of Gastroenterology, Annual Scientific Meeting held at San Diego. 10/2009    
  26. “Air embolism through an open central venous catheter port- A preventable in-hospital complication” Preeti A. Chandra MD, Manali Pednekar MD, Abhinav B Chandra MD, William Pascal MD Research poster presentation at the 10th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at New Orleans, LA. 10/2009                
  27. “Stroke complicating cardiac catheterization-Importance of patient selection for coronary angiography” Preeti A. Chandra, M.D.; Manali Pednekar, M.D.; Abhinav B. Chandra, M.D.
    Research poster presentation at the 10th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at New Orleans, LA. 10/2009
  28. “A curious case of elbow swelling: protothecal olecranon bursitis”
    Manali Pednekar MD,  Preeti A Chandra MD, Yevgeniya Margulis MD, Abhinav B Chandra MD, Carl Schiff MD. Research poster presentation at the 10th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at New Orleans, LA. 10/2009 
  29. “Patella as the solitary bone metastasis from lung cancer”
    Swati Pathak M.D,  Abhinav Chandra M.D, MSc ;  Himanshu Pathak  M.D, Preeti  A. Chandra M.D, Lech Dabrowski M.D. Research poster presentation at the 10th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at New Orleans, LA. 10/2009
  30. Thrombosis Of A Porcine Valve On Stopping Warfarin: Whom Should We Anticoagulate?
    Himanshu Pathak MD, Preeti Chandra MD, Swati Pathak MD, Gerald Hollander MD, Jacob Shani MD. Research poster presentation at the 10th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at New Orleans, LA. 10/2009
  31. "Predisposing Factors, Demographics and Angiographic Features of Coronary Perforations in the Current Interventional Era: A Single Center Experience" Preeti A. Chandra MD, Nishant Koradia MD, Deepak Thekkoott MD, Bilal Malik MD, Robert Frankel MD,  Jacob Shani MD. Poster presentation at Cardiovascular Revascularization Therapies (CRT) 2009 held on March 4, 2009 at Washington, D.C. 4/2009
  32. “A case-based protocol to manage patients with factor XI deficiency undergoing major procedures” Abhinav B Chandra, MBBS, MD, MSc;  Preeti A Chandra, MD; Philip Rubin, MD
    Research poster presentation at The Medical Society of the State of New York Annual Scientific Meeting held at Manhattan, NY. 5/2009
  33. “Tryst with a Cyst: Bacterial Pericarditis Caused by an Infected Sebaceous Cyst” Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD, MSc. Research poster presentation at The Medical Society of the State of New York Annual Scientific Meeting held at Rochester. 5/2009
  34. “Idiopathic Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia: A distinctive ventricular tachyarrhythmia”
     Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD, MSc. Research poster presentation at The Medical Society of the State of New York Annual Scientific meeting held at Rochester. 05/2009
  35. “Internuclear Opthalmoplegia as an Isolated Symptom of Ischemic Infarction Completed with Absence of Bilateral Posterior Communicating Arteries” Fidahussein SS, Chandra PA, Khambalia MA, and Chandra AB. Research poster presentation at the New York Chapter American College of Physicians’ scientific meeting held at New York. 05/2009
  36. ‘Thyrotoxicosis Presenting As Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia’ Preeti A. Chandra, MD (Associate); Abhinav B Chandra, MD; Joydeep Ghosh, MD. Research poster presentation at the New York Chapter American College of Physicians’ scientific meeting held at New York. 05/2009 
  37. “Patient with factor XI deficiency undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting managed with fresh frozen plasma and periodic monitoring of factor levels” Abhinav B Chandra, MBBS, MD, MSc; Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Philip Rubin, MD. Research poster presentation at the New York Chapter American College of Physicians’ scientific meeting held at New York. 05/2009
  38. “Coronary Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention- A Case managed Conservatively” PreetiA. Chandra MD, Nishant Koradia MD, Abhinav B Chandra MD, Deepak Thekkoot MD, Bilal Malik MD, Jacob Shani MD. Poster Finalist at National Scientific Session of American College of Physicians held at Philadelphia. 04/2009
  39. “Adult-onset Pineal Germinoma presenting as Diabetes Insipidus and Seizures.” Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Yelena Patsiornik, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD; Lech Dabrowski, MD. Research poster presentation at the Joint Research Poster Symposium of the American Medical Association Resident and Fellow section Interim Meeting held at Florida on November 7, 2008. 11/2008                                                                                              
  40. “Candida Parapsilosis Endocarditis Following Abdominal Surgery.” Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Shia Lin, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD; Monica Ghitan, MD. Research poster presentation at the Joint Research Poster Symposium of the American Medical Association Resident and Fellow section Interim Meeting held at Florida on November 7, 2008. 11/2008
  41. “Colon Cancer Unraveled by an Echocardiogram: Hepatic Metastases causing Right-sided Heart Failure." Abhinav B. Chandra, MD; Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Subrahmanyam Nasika, MD. Research poster presentation at the Joint Research Poster Symposium of the American Medical  Association Resident and Fellow section Interim Meeting held at Florida on November 7, 2008.  11/2008                                                                                              
  42. “Disseminated Tuberculosis after Adalimumab Masquerading as Fever of Unknown Origin.”
    Abhinav B. Chandra, MD; Preeti A. Chandra, MD. Second Prize Winner in the Clinical Vignettes Category at the Joint Research Poster Symposium of the American Medical Association Resident and Fellow section Interim Meeting held at Florida on November 7, 2008.  11/2008   
  43. “An unusual case of diabetes insipidus and seizures due to adult-onset pineal germinoma with suprasellar extension.” Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Yelena Patsiornik, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD; Lech Dabrowski, MD. Research poster presentation at the New York Chapter American College of Physicians’ Upstate scientific meeting held at Rochester on November 13, 2008. 11/2008
  44. “Isolated Left Ventricular Non-compaction in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease.”
    Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Bhavesh Gala, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD; Ronald Wharton, MD.
    Research poster presentation at the New York Chapter American College of Physicians’ Upstate scientific meeting held at Rochester on November 13, 2008. 11/2008
  45. “Right-sided Heart Failure due to Extrinsic Compression of the Right Atrium and Ventricle by Hepatic Metastases.” Abhinav B. Chandra, MD; Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Subrahmanyam Nasika, MD. Research poster presentation at the 9th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at Atlanta, Georgia. 11/2008
  46. “An unusual case of diabetes insipidus and seizures due to adult-onset pineal germinoma with suprasellar extension.” Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Yelena Patsiornik, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD; Lech Dabrowski, MD. Research poster presentation at the 9th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine Conference held at Atlanta, Georgia.  11/2008
  47. “Lithium-unmasked Brugada Syndrome.” Preeti A. Chandra, MD; Abhinav B. Chandra, MD.
    Research Poster Presentation at Heart Rhythm 2008, and published in Heart Rhythm Vol 5, No. 5 May Supplement 2008. 05/2008
  48. “Stent or surgery: Management of coronary perforations after percutaneous intervention- Two case reports and a review of literature.” Chandra PA, Koradia N, Thekkoott D, Malik B, Shani J.
     Poster Finalist at ‘Internal Medicine 2008’ – National Scientific Symposium of the American College of Physicians (ACP) held at Washington, DC. 05/2008
  49. “Unmasking of Brugada syndrome by Lithium.” Chandra PA, Chandra AB. Research poster presentation at the Society of Hospital Medicine's Annual Meeting held at San Diego, California. 04/2008
  50. “Catastrophe unleashed: Cardiac Tamponade due to metastatic melanoma.”
    Chandra PA, Chandra AB. Research poster presentation at the Society of Hospital Medicine's Annual Meeting held at San Diego, California. 04/2008
  51. “Coronary perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention- a case managed conservatively.” Chandra PA, Koradia N, Thekkoott D, Malik B, Shani J. First Prize Winner for Poster presentation at the American College of Physicians (ACP), Downstate scientific meeting and poster competition held at Westchester, New York. 08/2008  
  52. “A heart broken by a shock: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following electroconvulsive therapy.”
    Chandra PA, Golduber G, Chuprun D. Research poster presentation at the 2007 ACP Upstate Scientific Meeting. 10/2007
  53. “Brevundimonas Vesicularis Bacteremia in a patient with Biliary Pancreatitis: Case Report.”
    Chandra PA, Verma D, Chapnick E. Research poster presentation at the MSSNY (Medical Society of the State of New York) Research Poster Symposium. 04/2007 
  54. “Pseudoaneurysm of the left ventricle following acute myocardial infarction.” Chandra PA, Sadiq A. Research poster presentation at the MSSNY (Medical Society of the State of New York) Research Poster Symposium. 04/2007                                       
  55. “Bisphosphonates causing jaw osteonecrosis: Prevention is better than cure.”
    Chandra PA, Todd G. Poster Presentation at New York Chapter ACP Downstate Scientific Meeting. 03/2007

Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography

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