Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACC, FSCAI 570-840-9852 Medical School: B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India 6-1981 to 5-1987. Residency: State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, Internal Medicine, Categorical, 12-1988 to 6-1991. University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, Chief Resident Internal Medicine, 7-1991 to 6-1192. Fellowship: Presyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Cardiovascular Diseases, 7-1992 to 6-1995. Presyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. Interventional Cardiology, 7-1995 to 2-1996. Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Interventional Cardiology, 3-1996 to 6-1996. Certifications: Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine,1991. Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases,1995. Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine, Added qualification in Interventional Cardiology, 2000. Certified by the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, 1998. NASPeXAM testamur, 1997. Licenses: Pennsylvania (MD-045919-L), New York. Address: P.O. Box 620, Chinchilla, PA. 18410. Staff Privileges: Mercy Hospital, Scranton, PA, Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA, Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA, Barnes- Kasson Hospital, Susquehanna, PA, Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA.
Memberships: Fellow of Society of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. Fellow of American College of Cardiology Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians. Fellow, American College of Physicians. Member, Pennsylvania Medical Society HONORS: Awarded Gold Medal for best performance in Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Indian Pharmacologic Society Trust, 1984, 1987 Young Investigator award for research in Nephrology, Institute Of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Ahmedabad, India. Awarded Chief Medical Resident position, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 12/91. Inducted Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society, 1992, Awarded Chief Cardiology Fellow, Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 7/94. Appointed to Credentials Committee, Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, 2000. Residents teaching award, 2007-08, Scranton Temple Residency Program. FACULTY POSITION: Program Director, Fellowship in Cardiovascular diseases, Scranton-Temple Residency Program, Scranton, PA. (2-2010) Associate Professor of Medicine, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, PA.
FACULTY INVITATIONS: Invited as guest faculty, Duke Transradial Course, Duke University Medical College, Durham, NC, 7-2010. Co-director, Transradial Minicourse, Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Annual Sessions, San Diego, CA, 5/2010. Guest faculty, American College of Cardiology Annual Sessions, Atlanta, GA, 3-2010. Course Director, Transradial Interventional Program 2006, Scranton, PA. 10/2009. Course Director, Transradial Interventional Program 2006, Scranton, PA. 7/2006. Invited as Guest Faculty, Transradial Interventional Course, Ahmedabad, India, 1/05 to 1/09. Invited as guest faculty, St. Vincent s Catholic Medical Center of New York Radial Invention Course, 1/06 to 1/09. Invited as guest faculty, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Washington, D.C., 2006.
PUBLICATIONS (PEER REVIEWED): 1. Study of myocardial infarct remodeling by single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging. Mallavarapu C, Pancholy S, Cave V, Wasserleben V, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. Am J Cardiol. 1993 Oct 1;72(11):747-52. 2. Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of the spectrum of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in essential hypertension. Ren JF, Pancholy SB, Iskandrian AS, Lighty GW Jr, Mallavarapu C, Segal BL. Am Heart J. 1994 Apr;127(4 Pt 1):906-13. 3. Prognostic value of adenosine single-photon emission computed tomographic thallium imaging in medically treated patients with angiographic evidence of coronary artery disease. Kamal AM, Fattah AA, Pancholy S, Aksut S, Cave V, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. J Nucl Cardiol. 1994 May-Jun;1(3):254-61. 4. Prognostic significance of silent ischemia. Pancholy SB, Schalet B, Kuhlmeier V, Cave V, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. J Nucl Cardiol. 1994 Sep-Oct;1(5 Pt 1):434-40. 5. Prognostic implications of normal exercise tomographic thallium images in patients with angiographic evidence of significant coronary artery disease. Abdel Fattah A, Kamal AM, Pancholy S, Ghods M, Russell J, Cassel D, Wasserleben V, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. Am J Cardiol. 1994 Oct 15;74(8):769-71. 6. Serial changes in left ventricular function after coronary artery bypass: implications in viability assessment. Ghods M, Pancholy S, Cave V, Cassell D, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. Am Heart J. 1995 Jan;129(1):20-3. 7. Independent and incremental prognostic value of exercise thallium single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging in women. Pancholy SB, Fattah AA, Kamal AM, Ghods M, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. J Nucl Cardiol. 1995 Mar-Apr;2(2 Pt 1):110-6. 8. Relation between diastolic left ventricular function and myocardial blood volume during adenosine-induced coronary hyperemia. Ren JF, Pancholy SB, Kegel JG, Lighty GW Jr, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. Am Heart J. 1995 Apr;129(4):696-702. 9. Circadian variation of ventricular arrhythmia recurrences after cardioverterdefibrillator implantation in patients with healed myocardial infarcts.
Mallavarapu C, Pancholy S, Schwartzman D, Callans DJ, Heo J, Gottlieb CD, Marchlinski FE. Am J Cardiol. 1995 Jun 1;75(16):1140-4. 10. Results of adenosine single photon emission computed tomography thallium-201 imaging in hemodynamic nonresponders. Aksut SV, Pancholy S, Cassel D, Cave V, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. Am Heart J. 1995 Jul;130(1):67-70. 11. Impact on exercise single-photon emission computed tomographic thallium imaging on patient management and outcome. Nallamothu N, Pancholy SB, Lee KR, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. J Nucl Cardiol. 1995 Jul-Aug;2(4):334-8. 12. Prognosis of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting. Iskandrian S, Gioia G, Pancholy S, Dileva K, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Jan 15;77(2):199-200. 13. Comparison of left ventricular performance in healthy young women and men during exercise. Aksut SV, Pancholy S, Johnson J, Walter JD, DiMarzio D, Cave V, Cassel D, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. J Nucl Cardiol. 1996 Sep-Oct;3(5):415-21. 14. Subcutaneous administration of nitroglycerin to facilitate radial artery cannulation. Pancholy SB, Coppola J, Patel T. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006 Sep;68(3):389-91. 15. Transradial access in an occluded radial artery: New technique. Pancholy SB. J Inv Cardiol 2007; 19(12): 541-4 16. Transradial approach superior to transfemoral approach for guide catheter support for right coronary artery: Case report. Pancholy SB. Clin Med 2008: 10-13 17. Prevention of radial artery occlusion: Patent hemostasis evaluation trial (PROPHET study): A randomized comparison of traditional versus patency documented hemostasis. Pancholy SB, Coppola JT, Patel TM, Thomas MR. Cathet Cardiovasc Interv 2008:72:335 340. 18. Randomized Comparision of Judkins and Tiger catheters for Transradial Catheterization. Pancholy S. Journal of Medicine (accepted for publication)
19. Impact of two different hemostatic devices on radial artery outcome after transradial catheterization. Pancholy S. Journal of Invasive Cardiology 2009; 21(3): 101-4 20. Contralateral transradial approach for carotid artery stenting: a feasibility study. Patel T, Shah S, Ranjan A, Malhotra H, Pancholy S, Coppola J. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Feb 1;75(2):268-75. 21. Management of radial and brachial artery perforations during transradial procedures--a practical approach. Patel T, Shah S, Sanghavi K, Pancholy S J Invasive Cardiol. 2009 21(10):544-7. 22. Comparison of the effect of intra-arterial versus intravenous heparin on radial artery occlusion after transradial catheterization. Pancholy SB. Am J Cardiol. 2009;104(8):1083-5. 23. Comparision of door-to-balloon times for primary PCI using transradial versus transfemoral approach. Pancholy S, Patel T, Sanghvi L, Thomas M, Patel TM. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (accepted).