Overview
Dr Thandra attended medical school at Bhaskar Medical College in Hyderabad, India. After receiving his medical degree, he moved to Omaha, Nebraska where he completed Internal medicine residency, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology fellowships at Creighton University. He sharpened his leadership skills while serving as a chief cardiology fellow. He received awards recognizing his scholarly activity throughout fellowship and was honored with Syed M. Mohiuddin excellence in cardiovascular disease fellowship award. He has over 60 research publications on several topics including coronary artery disease, valvular disease, and heart failure.
He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, echocardiography, and nuclear medicine. He practices interventional cardiology with expertise in performing complex coronary intervention including different kinds of atherectomy, mechanical circulatory support devices, chronic total occlusions, peripheral vascular interventions, PFO closures and left atrial appendage closures.
Dr. Thandra is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertensive Heart Disease. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Atherectomy, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 27 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
3333 Jodeco Road, Mcdonough, GA 30253
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Heart AttackDr. Thandra isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- AnginaDr. Thandra isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- ApoplexyDr. Thandra isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Thandra isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- AtherectomyDr. Thandra isAdvanced. Learn about Atherectomy.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Thandra isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Experienced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Thandra isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- AngioplastyDr. Thandra isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Thandra isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Thandra isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Thandra isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Thandra isExperienced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.