Manohar Sai Gowda was born in Bangalore, India to Dr. Hiranya Gowda and Saraswathi Devi Gowda. He attended Florida State University for his undergraduate degree and attended Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. He was first an Internal Medicine resident and then Cardiovascular fellow at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri from 1995 u...

KU faculty with the winners of the Manohar Gowda Young CV Research Award for 2012 (standing left to right – Rhea Pimentel MD, Raghuveer Dendi MD, Madhu Reddy MD, James Vacek MD, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy MD; sitting left to right Emanuel Finet MD, Ajit Janardhan MD and Sivakumar Soma MD)...

J.Emanuel Finet MD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Abstract Title: Atrial Gene Transfer of CaMKII Inhibitor Decreases Atrial Fibrillation Burden. Abstract Summary: They assessed the role of Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in the pathogenesis of AF in animal study in 10 pigs, with the conclusion that inhibition of CaMKII by Adenoviral gene transfer signi...

Ajit Janardhan MD, PhD, Washington University in St.Louis. Abstract Title: Low-Energy Multi-Stage Electrotherapy Cardioverts AF With Lower Energy Than a Single Biphasic Shock:In Vivo Results and Mechanism Revealed by Optical Mapping In Vitro. Abstract Summary: They showed that Multi-Stage Electrotherapy (MSE) significantly reduced the atrial defibrillation threshold (DFT) compared to single BP s...

Siva Kumar Soma MD, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg, PA. Abstract Title: Can Late Gadolinium Enhancement in Pulmonary Hypertension Predict Adverse Clinical Events? A CMR Single Center Study. Abstract Summary: They explored the prognostic value of Cardiac MRI in pulmonary hypertension patients by evaluating the significance of the presence of Late Gadolinium Enhancement (LGE) in the right v...

Madhu Reddy MD, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. Abstract Title: Role of Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assisst Devices in Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation. Abstract Summary: The role of percutaneous left ventricular assist devices (pLVADs) for hemodynamic support during Ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation was assessed in a multicenter study. Patients with intra aortic...