Sahith Reddy Thotamgari

Board certified in Internal Medicine and currently a cardiology fellow, with a strong background in advanced cardiovascular care and clinical research. Before residency, completed a year of advanced echocardiography research, so I have in depth experience in cardiac imaging, data analysis and study design. Skilled in the evaluation and management of critically ill and complex cardiac patients, with hands on experience at a high volume tertiary care institution. Proficient in both inpatient and outpatient settings with a strong emphasis on evidence based practice, research excellence and a commitment to the advancement of cardiovascular medicine.

• Advanced training in Echo research – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Certification course – "Fundamentals in Clinical and Translational Research" Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Clinical Life Support (ACLS) certified by American Heart Association

1. Thotamgari SR, Babbili A, Bucchanolla P, Thakkar S, Patel HP, Spaseski MB, Graff-Radford J, Rabinstein AA, Asad ZUA, Asirvatham SJ, Holmes DR Jr, Deshmukh A, DeSimone CV. Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2023 Jun 2;7(4):222-230. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2023.04.008. PMID: 37304065; PMCID: PMC10250577.

2. Thotamgari SR, Sheth AR, Patel HP, Sandhyavenu H, Patel B, Grewal US, Bhuiyan MAN, Dani SS, Dominic P. Safety of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation in patients with cancer: a nationwide cohort study. Postgrad Med. 2023 Aug;135(6):562-568. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2023.2218188. Epub 2023 May 29. PMID: 37224412.

3. Thotamgari, S.R., Grewal, U.S., Bhuiyan, M., Asad, Z., & Dominic, P. (2022, Jun). The Association of Cardiac Arrhythmias with Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy in Hospitalized Patients: Insights from National Inpatient Sample. European Journal of Cancer. Accepted 2022 July 21.

4. Thotamgari SR, Grewal US, Sheth AR, Babbili A, Dominic P. Can glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors help in mitigating the risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes?. Cardiovasc Endocrinol Metab. 2022;11(3):e0265. Published 2022 Jun 8. doi:10.1097/XCE.0000000000000265

5. Thotamgari SR, Sheth AR, Ahmad J, et al. Low left atrial appendage emptying velocity is a predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation [published online ahead of print, 2022 Jun 2]. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2022;10.1111/jce.15580. doi:10.1111/jce.15580

6. Thotamgari SR, Sheth AR, Patel HP, et al. Liver cirrhosis is independently associated with increased in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing left atrial appendage occlusion device implantation [published online ahead of print, 2022 Apr 28]. Heart Rhythm. 2022;S1547-5271(22)01895-1. doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.04.009

7. Thotamgari SR, Bath AS, Dhaliwal L, Kommineni SK, Aujla P, Brar V. Real world analysis of cardiac adverse events associated with clozapine: A pharmacovigilance analysis using food and drug administration adverse event reporting system [published online ahead of print, 2022 Apr 4]. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2022;S0163-8343(22)00049-4. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.03.011

8. Thotamgari SR, Grewal US, Shaik L, Dominic P. Cardiac adverse events associated with chimeric antigen receptor T- cell therapy. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Feb 23:S0735-6757(22)00125-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.02.040. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35227547.

9. Thotamgari SR, Sheth AR, Grewal US. Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease Among Patients with Cancer in the United States: The Elephant in the Room. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Feb 11;44:101297. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101297. PMID: 35198921; PMCID: PMC8851072.

10. Thotamgari SR, Bodar V, Jaisingh K, Modi K. Spectral Doppler tracing of locomotor brachii sign in severe aortic insufficiency. QJM. 2022 Feb 21;115(2):96-97. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcab253. PMID: 34597407.

11. Babbili A, Lakra R, Thotamgari SR, Gaddam SJ, Grewal US, Dominic P. Comparative Analysis of Risk Prediction Scores for Treatment-Emergent Atrial Fibrillation Among Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treated With Ibrutinib. Am J Ther. 2024 Jul-Aug 01;31(4):e453-e455. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000001666. Epub 2024 Feb 2. PMID: 38305826.

12. Babbili A, Thotamgari SR, Thakre A, Patel S, Grewal US, Dominic P. Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Patients With Carcinoid Syndrome: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Jun 1;196:67-69. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.03.014. Epub 2023 Apr 22. PMID: 37094490; PMCID: PMC10226372.

13. Vyas R, Panchal V, Jain S, Sondhi M, Singh M, Jaisingh K, Thotamgari SR, Thakre A, Modi K. Evaluating the efficacy and safety of mavacamten in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis focusing on qualitative assessment, biomarkers, and cardiac imaging. PLoS One. 2024 Apr 18;19(4):e0301704. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301704. PMID: 38635724; PMCID: PMC11025865.

14. Ahmad J, Thurlapati A, Thotamgari S, et al. Anti-cancer Drugs Associated Atrial Fibrillation-An Analysis of Real-World Pharmacovigilance Data. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;9:739044. Published 2022 Apr 15. doi:10.3389/fcvm.2022.739044

15. Grewal US, Thotamgari SR. The exchange visitor visa and foreign medical graduates in the United States. J Public Health Policy. 2023 Dec;44(4):701-703. doi: 10.1057/s41271-023-00447-0. Epub 2023 Oct 18. PMID: 37853115.

16. Grewal US, Thotamgari SR. The exchange visitor visa and foreign medical graduates in the United States. J Public Health Policy. 2023 Oct 18. doi: 10.1057/s41271-023-00447-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37853115.

17. Grewal US, Brown T, Mudigonda GR, Davila-Chapa C, Thotamgari SR, Crooms C, Singh JS, Mahadevan R. Using Shared Medical Appointments for Delivering Patient-Centered Care to Cancer Survivors: A Feist-Weiller Cancer Center Pilot Study. J Patient Exp. 2022 Jan 13;9:23743735211069834. doi: 10.1177/23743735211069834. PMID: 35071749; PMCID: PMC8772348.

18. Grewal US, Thotamgari SR, Sheth AR, Gaddam SJ, Ahmad J, Beedupalli K, Dominic P. Cardiovascular complications associated with novel agents in the chronic lymphocytic leukemia armamentarium: A pharmacovigilance analysis. Int J Cardiol. 2021 Dec 1;344:186-189. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.10.011. Epub 2021 Oct 12. PMID: 34653574.

19. Grewal US, Gaddam SJ, Thotamgari SR, Brown T, Beedupalli K, Mills GM. Hospitalized patients are needlessly over-tested for heparin induced thrombocytopenia [published online ahead of print, 2022 Apr 11]. Eur J Intern Med. 2022;S0953-6205(22)00139-X. doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2022.04.003

20. Grewal US, Thotamgari SR, Shah PR, Uppal JK, Gaddam SJ. Re: Hematological immune related adverse events after treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors: Immune checkpoint inhibitor-related haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Eur J Cancer. 2021 Aug;153:270-271. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.04.046. Epub 2021 Jun 18. PMID: 34148729.

21. Brown T, Grewal US, Ananthaneni AK, Thotamgari SR, Beedupalli K. Letter to the Editor: Poor Access to Ambulatory Palliative Care and Needless Aggressive Care toward the End of Life among Patients with Lung Cancer. J Palliat Med. 2022;25(5):698-699. doi:10.1089/jpm.2022.0020

22. Sheth AR, Grewal US, Thotamgari SR, Shi R. Outcomes in patients with primary malignant cardiac tumors: A surveillance, epidemiology, and end results program (SEER) database analysis. J Card Surg. 2021 Sep;36(9):3463-3465. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15725. Epub 2021 Jun 6. PMID: 34091949.

23. Sheth AR, Thotamgari SR, Grewal US, Thakre A, Dominic P. Financial burden of drugs prescribed for management of atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 2023 Oct;20(10):1466-1467. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.07.060. Epub 2023 Jul 20. PMID: 37481221

24. Sheth AR, Grewal US, Patel HP, Thotamgari SR, Patel S, Desai R, Thakkar S, Papayannis A. Inpatient cardiovascular outcomes in patients with cancer affected by viral influenza infection. Postgrad Med J. 2023 Jun 30;99(1173):701-707. doi: 10.1136/pmj-2022-141738. PMID: 37161913.

25. Sheth AR, Grewal US, Thotamgari SR, Patel HP, Dominic P. Trends in Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Cancer in the United States (1999 to 2020). Am J Cardiol. 2023 Oct 15;205:162-163. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.07.113. Epub 2023 Aug 18. PMID: 37598601.

26. Gaddam SJ, Grewal US, Brown TS, Salard M, Bhargava P, Iqbal F, Thotamgari SR, Kantamani D, Master S, Ramadas P. Impact of body mass index on venous thromboembolism recurrence with direct oral anticoagulants. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 May;67:187-188. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.03.003. Epub 2023 Mar 11. PMID: 36933989.

27. Shaik L, Thotamgari SR, Kowtha P, Ranjha S, Shah RN, Kaur P, Subramani R, Katta RR, Kalaiger AM, Singh R. A Spectrum of Pulmonary Complications Occurring in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis. Cureus. 2021 Jun 3;13(6):e15426. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15426. PMID: 34249571; PMCID: PMC8254517.

28. Shaik L, Kashyap R, Thotamgari SR, Singh R, Khanna S. Gut-Brain Axis and its Neuro-Psychiatric Effects: A Narrative Review. Cureus. 2020 Oct 24;12(10):e11131. doi: 10.7759/cureus.11131. PMID: 33240722; PMCID: PMC7682910.

29. Egbe AC, Pellikka PA, Afzal A, Jain V, Thotamgari S, Miranda WR, Connolly HM. Prognostic Implications of Left Ventricular Cardiomyopathy in Adults With Tetralogy of Fallot. CJC Open. 2019 Nov 18;2(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2019.11.004. PMID: 32159130; PMCID: PMC7063625

30. Egbe AC, Banala K, Vojjini R, Osman K, Afzal A, Jain V, Thotamgari S, Ammash NM. The applications and potential limitations of right ventricular volumes as surrogate marker in tetralogy of fallot. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2019 Nov 14;26:100430. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2019.100430. PMID: 31763442; PMCID: PMC6864123.

31. Egbe AC, Wajih Ullah M, Afzal A, Banala K, Vojjini R, Najam M, Osman K, Thotamgari S, Hagler DJ. Feasibility, reproducibility and accuracy of electrical velocimetry for cardiac output assessment in congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2020 Jan 9;26:100464. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2019.100464. Erratum in: Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2020 Dec 19;32:100698. PMID: 31956694; PMCID: PMC6956751.

• Best Poster Presentation on “Left Atrial Appendage emptying velocity is a predictor of atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients undergoing catheter ablation” at Annual Research Meet, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 2021.
• Second prize in Poster Presentation on "Novel Drug Delivery Systems" at a national level undergraduate medical conference (Osmania Medical Conference) 2015.
• Received an academic scholarship for graduation by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2011.