
Sriram Nathan, MD
- Professor, McGovern Medical School
- Director, Cardiogenic Shock, Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-TMC
- Cardiologist, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation
- Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology Fellowship -McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
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Biography
Dr. Sriram Nathan completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree at the Pune Armed Forces Medical College in 1991 and complete his Internship at University Hospital and Clinic in Columbia, Missouri. He completed a three-year fellowship in cardiology thereafter as an Attending Physician from 2000-2010 at Marion General Hospital in Indiana. During that period he was also Clinical Faculty in the teaching program for medical students at Indiana University for more than five years.
Dr. Sriram Nathan joined the faculty at UT Health in 2012 and is presently a Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Director of cardiogenic Shock, Center for Advanced Heart Failure Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX. Dr. Nathan is dedicated to the educational mission of UT Health McGovern Medical School. As an advanced heart failure cardiologist, his specific area of expertise is treating the sickest acute and chronic heart failure patients that require temporary or long-term mechanical circulatory support or heart transplantation. His research is primarily focused on mechanical circulatory support devices and heart transplantation.
He is the recipient of several awards including the Excellence in Teaching & Mentoring award for Advanced Heart Failure. He has also been nominated in Houstonia’s Top Doctors from 2019-2021. Dr. Nathan is a devoted Houston Astros fan, loves watching and attending home games, and enjoys spending quality time with his family.
Education
- Medical Education
- Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India
- Residency
- University Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, Mo.
- Fellowship
- University Hospital and Clinics, Columbia, Mo.
Areas of Interest
Clinical Interests
Advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation, cardiogenic shock, invasive hemodynamics in structural heart disease, mechanical assist devices.
Selected Publications
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair for Severe,Symptomatic Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
- Traumatic respiratory failure and veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support
- Regression of severe heart failure after combined left ventricular assist device placement and sleeve gastrectomy
- Association Between Early Tracheostomy and Delirium in Older Adults in the United States
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Utility in Postpartum Patients
- Complications of LVAD utilization in older adults
- Use of Transthoracic Echocardiogram to Detect Left Ventricular Thrombi
- Risk of pump thrombosis and stroke in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices and gastrointestinal bleeding
- Clinicopathological manifestations of myocarditis in a heart failure population
- Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Graft Obstruction: A Case Series
For a complete list please visit https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/