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 Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis. 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. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis.
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Locations
3333 Jodeco Road, Mcdonough, GA 30253
Clinical Research
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Piedmont Heart Of Newton
Kalaimani Elango, MD is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Vascular Interpretation.Dr. Elango has been practicing medicine for eight years. Prior to joining Piedmont, Dr. Elango was an Invasive Cardiologist at Kingman Regional Medical Center in Kingman, Arizona. Dr. Elango specializes in invasive cardiology, general cardiology heart blockages, congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Dr. Elango is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Pulmonary Edema.
Piedmont Heart Of Newnan
Dr. Akhtar specializes in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at Piedmont Augusta. His clinical interests include Cardiac MRI, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Right Heart Catheterizations. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), The Medical Association of Georgia, and the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA). Dr. Akhtar offers treatment for conditions such as Congestive Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Cardio-Oncology, Pulmonary Hypertension, Post-partum cardiomyopathy, and other Cardiovascular Diseases.Dr. Akhtar has more than 15 years' experience in general cardiology, and is currently board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant. He manages patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD), Cardiomems®, and other implantable cardiac devices with remote heart failure monitoring capabilities. Dr. Akhtar takes great care in providing high quality care and timely follow up for his patients.In his spare time, Dr. Akhtar enjoys spending time with his family, and playing golf. Dr. Akhtar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Pulmonary Edema, Thrombectomy, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Areas of Expertise
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- Heart AttackDr. Thandra isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
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- 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.
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- 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.