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Central Cardiology Medical Clinic
2901 Sillect Avenue
Bakersfield, California 93308
Phone: 661.323.8384
eMail:
mthatipelli@gmail.com
Hospital Appointments:

• Bakersfield Heart Hospital

Current Status:
Cardiologist, Central Cardiology Medical Clinic
Certifications:
American Board of Vascular Medicine (Endovascular): 2008
Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT): 2007
Peripheral CTA certification: 2007
American Board of Vascular Medicine (General): 2005
American Board of Internal Medicine: 2004
Academic Appointments:
Clinical Instructor
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, NJ
December 2007- Current
Licensure and Professional Affiliations:
California State License
Since February 2009
New Jersey State License
Since February 2007
Minnesota State License
Since February 2000
Federal DEA License
Since 1996
BLS and ACLS
Current
Fellow: Society for Vascular Medicine
Member: American College of Cardiology & American College of Phlebology
Member: Emerging Leadership Committee: Society for Vascular Medicine (2005-2007)
Experience:
Consultant (Vascular & Endovascular Medicine)
Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ
July 2007 - September 2008
Medical Director
Deborah Vein Center, Browns Mills, NJ
July 2007 - September 2008
Community Practice
Queen of Peace Hospital, New Prague, MN
December 2000 - September 2001
Education:
College (Pre-medicine)
C.K.M. Arts & Science College
Warangal, A.P., India
June 1981 - June 1983
Postgraduate Training:
MBBS (equivalent to MD in USA)
Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, A.P., India
October 1983 - October 1988
Medical Residency:
Internal Medicine
Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH
October 2001 - March 2004
General Surgery - Internship
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY
July 1993 - October 1994
General Surgery - Residency
Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, India
Jananuary 1990 - January 1993
Interventional Vascular Medicine Fellowship:
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center/ Tuft’s University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
July 1972 - June 1974
Vascular Medicine Fellowship:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
July 2004 - June 2006
Academic Honors and Awards:
"Cocaine induced cardiovascular complications - a review"
Presented at National Medical Association annual meeting, Chicago, 1996
Received "Andrew A. Best" award.
G.N. Mathur award for excellence in physiology
Kakatiya Medical College, India
Distinction in Biochemistry and University topper in anatomy & preventive medicine
Kakatiya University, India
Special Interests:
Renovascular disease
Venous disorders
Full-length peer reviewed original articles:
Thatipelli MR, Misra S, Johnson CM, et al; Renal Artery Stent Placement for Restoration of Renal Function in Hemodialysis Recipients with Renal Artery Stenosis: J Vasc Interv Radiol, Vol. 19, Issue 11, Pages 1563-68.
Misra S, Thatipelli MR, Barsness GW, Textor SC and McKusick MA; Preliminary study of the use of drug eluting stents in atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis 4 mm in diameter or smaller; J Vasc Interv Radiol, 2008 June; 19(6), 833-839.
Thatipelli MR, Sabater EA, Bjarnason H, McKusick MA and Misra S., CT angiography of renal artery anatomy for evaluating embolic protection devices, J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Jul;18(7):842-846.
MR Thatipelli, PA Pellikka, TW Rooke, RD McBane and WE Wysokinski; Prognostic value of ankle-brachial index and dobutamine stress echocardiography for cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality in patients with peripheral arterial disease; Vasc Surg. 2007 Jun 19;46(1):63-71.
MR Thatipelli, DL Hand, WT Irwin, PA Soukas, MA Stellar, and RM Schainfeld, Section of Vascular Medicine and Division of Gynecology/Oncology, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA; Images in vascular medicine: A variant of Mondor's disease!; Vasc Med 2007 12: 135-136.
Vincent Yacyshyn, Mallik Thatipelli, Anthony Stanson, David Holmes & Ryan Lennon; Clinical and anatomical success rate correlations of endovascular interventions for peripheral arterial diseases-A meta-analysis; Angiology 57: 403-417, 2006.
Iyengar S, Thatipelli MR, Armentano DS, Chumita RM, Haas GJ. Brain natriuretic peptide levels and left ventricular functional recovery in a chronic heart failure population. Congest Heart Fail 2006 Mar-Apr;12(2):80-4.
Thatipelli MR, Misra S, Schainfeld RM and Soukas PA, Division of vascular medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA; GuardWire embolic protection device usage in percutaneous stent supported renal artery angioplasty improves the outcomes (in press, J Vasc Interv Radiol).
Thatipelli; Mandeep Mehra & Patricia Uber Pharma D; ?Isolated tricuspid stenosis and heart failure ? A focus on carcinoid heart disease: Congest Heart Fail, Sept.-Oct. 2003; 9: 294-296.
Thatipelli MR, Morris P & Rajachandran M, Division of endovascular medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Brows Mills, NJ; Endovascular treatment of symptomatic pulmonary AV malformation in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (in press, ?Vascular Medicine?).
Thatipelli MR, RFJ Shepherd, EA Sabater, AW Stanson, H Bjarnason and S Misra; Endovascular interventions in renal artery stenosis with worsening renal function (manuscript in progress).
MR Thatipelli, RD McBane, TW Rooke, and WE Wysokinski; Natural history of mesenteric vein thrombosis: Incidence of recurrent venous thromboembolism and survival (manuscript in progress).
Thatipelli MR, Sanjay Misra, Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor, its receptors and matrix metalloproteinases in a porcine ischemic nephropathy model (in progress).
Thatipelli MR, Huettl EA, McKusick MA and Misra S; Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Angioplasty for renal fibromuscular dysplasia in older hypertensive patients (submitted for ?Vascular Medicine?).
Thatipelli MR, and Misra S; Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Superficial femoral artery stenting (in progress).
Thatipelli MR and Misra A: ?Renovascular interventions?: Review. Journal: Abdominal imaging; publisher: Springer (in press).
Thatipelli MR, Misra S, Sanikommu SR, Schainfeld RM and Soukas PA. Division of vascular medicine, St. Elizabeth?s Medical Center, Boston, MA; Safety, feasibility and short-term outcomes following frontrunner microdissection catheter assisted revascularization of symptomatic lower extremity arterial occlusions; submitted for J Vasc Interv Radiol.
Book Chapters:
Mallik Thatipelli, Leslie Cooper: "Inflammatory aortic diseases"
Harrison's On-line. Chapter 231;
August 2004 (Publisher: McGraw Hill)
Research Grants:
Thatipelli MR and Misra M. Computed tomographic angiographic evaluation of renal artery anatomy for designing embolic protection devices: Unrestricted grant from ev3 Inc. (Plymouth, MN).
Thatipelli MR (Author) and Sanjay Misra (mentor); Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor, its receptors and matrix metalloproteinases in a porcine ischemic nephropathy model; Awarded $8,500 (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN).
Thatipelli MR (Author), Rooke TW, Bjarnason H, and Wenneberg P (mentor); Evaluation of venous hemodynamic changes after vena caval filter placement and their relation to subsequent thrombotic complications; awarded $10,000 (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN).
Thatipelli MR (Author), David Richards (mentor) and Kanny Grewal , Midwest Cardiology Research Foundation, Columbus, OH; "Role of B-type natriuretic peptide in evaluating asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis": Unrestricted grant from Roche Diagnostics and $25,000 grant from Riverside Methodist Hospital Research Foundation, Columbus, OH.
Oral Presentations:
MR Thatipelli, EA Sabater, RFJ Shepherd and S Misra; Departments of Vascular Medicine and Vascular Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Renal artery stenting for patients with renal artery stenosis and dialysis dependent end stage renal disease; Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), Washington DC, Oct. 2006.
MR Thatipelli, Sabater EA, RFJ Shepherd and S Misra Demographic and ultrasonographic characteristics of non-failures vs. failures to renovascular interventions for ischemic nephropathy" (Society for Vascular Ultrasound 29th annual conference, Philadelphia, PA; June 2006).
MR Thatipelli, EA Sabater, RFJ Shepherd and S Misra; Endovascular therapy for patients with worsening renal function and renal artery stenosis (Society for Interventional Radiology 31st annual scientific meeting, Toronto, Canada; Apr. 2006).
MR Thatipelli, PA Pellikka, TW Rooke RD, McBane and WE Wysokinski; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation for Education and Research, Rochester, MN; ABI-A better cardiovascular risk Predictor in patients with peripheral arterial disease than dobutamine stress echocardiography; (Annual meeting of European chapter of International Union of Angiology 2005; Glasgow, UK).
MR Thatipelli, RD McBane, TW Rooke and WE Wysokinski, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation for Education and Research, Rochester, MN: Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis - A heterogeneous clinical entity; (Annual meeting of European chapter of International Union of Angiology 2005; Glasgow, UK).
Thatipelli MR, Wysokinski WE, and McBane RD; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation for Education and Research, Rochester, MN; Natural History of Mesenteric vein thrombosis: Incidence of recurrent venous thromboembolism and survival: (International Society on Thrombosis & Hemostasis (ISTH) XX Congress, Sydney, Australia; Aug. 2005).
Wysokinski WE, Thatipelli MR, I Gosk-Bierska, K Karnicki, RD McBane. Atypical Venous Thrombosis: Recurrence and Survival. Presented at the French-Swiss meeting de la Société Française de Phlébologie (Annul meeting of French Society of Phlebology 2005, Paris).
Abstracts:
Thatipelli MR, Schainfeld RM, Sanikommu SR and Soukas PA, Division of Vascular Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tuft's University School of Medicine, Boston; Stent-supported carotid angioplasty in Octogenarians performed at high-volume endovascular interventional centers is safe; International Symposium for Endovascular Therapy (ISET) 2008; Miami, FL.
Thatipelli MR, Schainfeld RM, Sanikommu SR and Soukas PA, Division of Vascular Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tuft's University School of Medicine, Boston: Does stent cell-design influence the neurological outcomes following carotid angioplasty?; ISET, Miami, FL; Jan. 2008.
Thatipelli MR, Schainfeld RM, Sanikommu SR and Soukas PA, Division of Vascular Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tuft's University School of Medicine, Boston: Safety and efficacy of controlled microdissection catheter in revascularization of symptomatic lower extremity chronic total occlusions - A single center experience; ISET, Miami, FL; Jan. 2008.
Thatipelli MR, Schainfeld RM, Sanikommu SR and Soukas PA, Division of Vascular Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tuft's University School of Medicine, Boston: Short-term outcomes following revascularization of symptomatic lower extremity chronic total occlusions using controlled blunt microdissection catheter- A single-center experience; TCT 2007, Washington DC.
Thatipelli MR, Sanikommu SR, Sharma SK, Schainfeld RM and Soukas PA, Division of Vascular Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tuft's University School of Medicine, Boston: GuardWire embolic protection device usage in percutaneous stent-supported renal artery angioplasty improves the outcomes: A case-control study; SCAI 2007, Orlando, FL.
Puggioni A, Kalra M, Miller V, Thatipelli M , Gloviczki P and et al. Evaluation of acellular biomaterial (Surgissis) as a xenographic large-caliber venous conduit in dogs; 18th American Venous Forum, Miami, FL, Feb. 2006.
Thatipelli MR, Wysokinski WE, and McBane RD; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation for Education and Research, Rochester, MN; Mesenteric vein thrombosis: The etiologic spectrum of a unique thrombotic disorder: ISTH XX Congress, Sydney, AU (Aug. 2005).
Thatipelli MR, Wysokinski WE, Pruthi RK and McBane RD; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation for Education and Research, Rochester, MN; Post-splenectomy mesenteric vein thrombosis: A Critical Analysis of thrombocytosis as a risk factor: ISTH XX Congress", Sydney, Australia (Aug. 2005).
Ansel GM, Silver MJ, Botti CF & Thatipelli MR; MidWest Cardiology Research Foundation, Columbus, OH; Restenosis characteristics and long-term results of endovascular treatment of nitinol in-stent restenosis in the superficial femoral artery utilizing a surveillance program: ISET 2004, Miami, FL.
Mallik Thatipelli, Steve Yakubov, MidWest Cardiology Research Foundation, Columbus, OH: "Role of cutting balloon in preventing side branch compromise during coronary artery stenting"; American College of Physicians annual meeting, Cincinnati, OH, (Oct. 2003).
Mallik Thatipelli, Linda Lemaster; Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH: A case report on "vertebral artery dissection after sneezing"- American College of Physicians-Ohio chapter annual meeting; Columbus, OH (Oct. 2002).
Mallik Thatipelli, G Haas; MidWest Cardiology Research Foundation, Columbus, OH: "Normal BNP! A sign of left ventricular recovery?", Journal of Cardiac Failure* Vol. 9; No 5, Supple. 2003, Presented at Heart Failure Society of America annual meeting; Las Vegas, NV; Sept. 2003.
Thatipelli MR, Schainfeld RM, Sanikommu SR and Soukas PA, Division of Vascular Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tuft's University School of Medicine, Boston: Feasibility and safety of symptomatic upper extremity arterial chronic total occlusion revascularization using frontrunner microdissection catheter.
Thatipelli MR, Huettl EA, McKusick MA and Misra S; Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Angioplasty for renal fibromuscular dysplasia in older hypertensive patients (submitted for 20th annual society for vascular medicine meeting, 2009; Denver, CO)
Online-interactive case reports (www.endovascular.org):
Thatipelli MR and Rajachandran M; Department of Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, NJ; Endovascular treatment of "blue-toe syndrome".
Thatipelli MR and Rajachandran M; Department of Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, NJ; Endovascular treatment of "May-Thurner Syndrome".
Thatipelli MR and Rajachandran M, Department of Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, NJ; Thrombosed popliteal artery aneurysm presenting as acute limb ischemia.
Morris P, Thatipelli MR and Rajachandran M; Department of Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, NJ; Endovascular repair of symptomatic aorto-pulmonary fistula.
Thatipelli MR and Rajachandran M; Department of Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, NJ; Acute IVC filter thrombotic occlusion presenting as phlegmasia: Management.
Thatipelli MR and Rajachandran M; Department of Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, NJ; A case of edema of lower torso: evaluation and management.
Thatipelli MR and Schainfeld RM; Department of Vascular Medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, NJ and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Focal aortic stenosis.
Thatipelli MR and Schainfeld RM; Department of Vascular Medicine, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, NJ and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Radiation arteriopathy of subclavian artery - An endovascular approach of management.
Editorial Work:
Manuscript reviews for European Heart Journal (1), Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (2)
Experimental Research:
MR Thatipelli (P.I.); "Post-thrombotic syndrome experimental animal model creation" Mentor: Dr. Manju Kalra, MBBS, Department of Vascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
"Ischemic nephropathy porcine experimental model" Mentor: Dr. Sanjay Misra, MD, Department of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Personal Interests:
Travel, movies about world history & Golf
Languages:
English, Hindi & Telugu
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