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. Lukes Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri from 1995 until July 2002. He was first and foremost a dedicated and compassionate physician who provided excellent care to his patients. Over the course of his training in Kansas City, Dr. Gowda published 9 papers in peer-reviewed medical journals and authored 18 abstracts presented at national meetings. In addition to his clinical skills and contributions to cardiovascular research, he is remembered by his colleagues as brilliant, insightful, and extremely hard-working. He was rarely seen without a smile, and was unfailingly kind and thoughtful to all with whom he interacted. He is survived by his parents, his wife Shubba Gowda, and daughter Anoushka Gowda.
Thanks to the generous contributions of family and friends of Manohar, we are pleased to announce the Third Annual Dr. Manohar Sai Gowda Memorial Young Investigator Cardiovascular Research Award, to be presented at the 2012 Kansas City Heart Rhythm Symposium. This award has been established in appreciation of the late Dr. Gowdas contributions to cardiovascular research as both an investigator and a mentor to young investigators.
Dr. Andrea Natale
Dr. Andrea Natale is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Dr. Natale also is the Senior Medical Director at Pacific Atrial Fib and Arrhythmia Center in San Francisco. He visits MetroHealth in Cleveland, and Akron General, Ohio. He has pioneered a new circumferential ultrasound vein-ablation system to correct atrial fibrillation and performed the procedure on the world's first five patients. For further details Please visit :Link
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS. is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at Mid-America Cardiology and The University of Kansas Hospital Clinics in Kansas City, KS, USA. He has several distinctions in clinical and research career to his credit and serves as an associate editor for Journal of Atrial Fibrillation.For further details Please visit :Link
