Dr Deepak Gowda completed his medicine from Vijaynagar institute of medical sciences, Bellary from 2004-2009. He then underwent cardiac surgery training from one of the prestigious institutes in the country, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram, India where he was trained in both adult and pediatric cardiac surgeries. After his graduation in 2015, he joined as a junior consultant in the same institute. During this period he got to improve his surgical skills in the field of both adult and pediatric heart surgeries. He has done around 450 open heart surgeries independently and assisted around 2600 open heart surgeries till date. He was fortunate enough to get trained by world renowned cardiac surgeons like Dr Valluvan Jeevanandam (Renowned transplant surgeon from university of Chicago), Dr Mohan Sarabu (Cardiothoracic surgeon, New York), Dr Krishna S Iyer (Executive director, Pediatric and congenital cardiac surgery, Fortis Escorts heart institute, New Delhi) and many more. He is now working as a consultant cardiac surgeon at Star pinnacle heart Centre, Visakhapatnam, India from 2019.
PUBLICATIONS
Chapters Written
Chapter on Aortopulmonary window in book entitled Cardiac Surgery: A Complete Guide. Published by Springer in February 2020.
Throughout my medical career, I’ve had the opportunity to research and report on a broad range of topics and fields. I’ve written many articles on different topics concerning cardiac surgery. He has also published the largest series of aortopulmonary window cases in the world. His acclaimed works have been published and are well-respected by medical professionals all over the world. Read some of my written works below
1. An unusual case of giant coronary sinus causing left ventricular inflow obstruction. D Gowda, CH Praveen, A Sirohi, N Desai. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.153 (2), e27-e29.feb 2017
2. Use of Volatile Anesthetic Agent in Extracorporeal Circuit as a Cause of Break in Polycarbonate Connector-Lessons Learnt. D Gowda, K Rashmi, N Pandarinathan, N Desai. The journal of extra-corporeal technology. Sep;49(3):198-200.2017
3. Management of atrial thrombus formation following surgical closure of an atrial septal defect. RK Bhukar, D Gowda, JN Rao, N Desai. Journal of Cardiac Surgery.32 (8), 476-478.2017
4. Surgical management of aortopulmonary window: 24 years of experience and lessons learned. D Gowda, T Gajjar, JN Rao, P Chavali, A Sirohi, N Pandarinathan, N Desai. Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, Volume 25, Issue 2, 1 August 2017,Pages 302–309, https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivx099
5. Angiosarcoma of the right atrium and right ventricle. Rao JN, Gowda G D, Anand R, Desai NB. J Card Surg. 2017;32:807-808. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.13381
6. Bicuspidization of the morphological tricuspid aortic valve with ascending aorta replacement in a 5-year-old child. Bhukar RK, Gowda D, Rao JN, Desai N. J Card Surg. 2018;33:41–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.13515 7. Surveillance, Auditing and Feedback (SAF) approach can reduce Surgical Site Infection (SSI) to an extremely low level - Towards Zero SSI. B Manivannan, D Gowda, P Bulagonda, A R Pasupuleti, S S Raman; S V Natarajan. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2018 Apr;19(3):313-320. doi: 10.1089/sur.2017.272. Epub 2018 Feb 26
8. A Case Report of Calcified Submitral Aneurysm Associated with Takayasus Arteritis Hamsini BC, Gowda GD, Viswamitra S and Sola S. OMICS J Radiol 7: 293. doi:10.4172/2167-7964.1000293
9. Congenital anomalies of inferior vena cava, review of embryogenesis, presentation, associated congenital anomalies and surgical importance. Aaditya A, Neelam D, Nageswar rao J, Deepak G. Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery 2018 3(2): 1-6.DOI: 10.15226/2573-864X/3/2/00137
10. Anomalous Origin of Left Vertebral Artery from Ascending Aorta in a Case of Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Case Report. Hamsini BC, Gowda D. J Surg Forecast. 2018; 1(2): 1014