Returned to India after 17 years of training and practice in the USA

2020  Onwards  Apollo Hospitals Chennai

2014-2020 Robotic  & Cardiac Surgery, Afib Surgery, TAVR – UPMC Pinnacle, Pennyslvania USA

2012-2014 Robotic & Cardiac Surgery, Afib Surgery, TAVR - Ohio State University, Ohio, USA

2010-2012 Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery - Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA

2005-2010 General Surgery & Robotic Surgery - St.Lukes University, Pennsylvania, USA

2004-2005 – General Surgery -Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA

Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India

Certification:

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Certification Edwards

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Certification Medtronic

Cox-Maze IV Afib Ablation Certification

Surgical Leadership – Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Memberships:

Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society

Society Of Thoracic Surgeons

American Association of Thoracic Surgeons

Pennsylvania Medical Society

American College of Cardiology

American Association of Physician of Indian Origin

American College of Surgeons

American Association of Physician Leadership

2018 - Top Physician Under 40 – Pennsylvania, USA

2008 – International Basic Science Research Award – Society Surgical Oncology, Chicago, USA

2002 - Gold Medal – MBBS – Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India

USA – National Clinical Trial Investigatior –

Robotic Surgery – Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Trial

Atrial fibrillation Surgery – CONVERGE, DEEP & ATLAS

1.            Kriti Lnu, Shamim Ansari, Shantanu Mahto, Hemal Gada,Mubashir Mumtaz,David Loran,Nikhil P J Theckumparapil, Amit N. Vora. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement associated infective endocarditis case series: broadening the criteria for diagnosis is the need of the hour. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 21, 559 (2021)

2.            Kriti Lnu, Uba C Udeh, David B Loran, Chinmay P Patel, Michael G Link, Nikhil Theckumparampil.  Staged Hybrid Convergent Procedure for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Single Center Outcomes From a Community Hospital. Circulation. 2021;144:A1299

3.            Kriti Lnu, Resha Khanal, Isha Shrimanker, Vinod Nookala, and Nikhil Theckumparampil. Shot Through The Heart : Angina Like Symptoms Due to Inferior Vena Cava Filter Fracture Migrating to Intercostal Space. Complex Clinical Cases. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 May, 77 (18_Supplement_1) 2341

4.            Amit Vora, Mubashir Mumtaz, David Loran, Nikhil Theckumparampil, Saima Siddique, Hemal Gada. Safety and Efficacy of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty as a Bridge to Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. October 14-17,TCT 2020

5.            Hemal Gada, Amit Vora, Saima Siddiqui, David Loran, Nikhil Theckumparampil, Kimberley Sprow, Courtney Rodgers, Yijin Wert, Issen Michev, Nicolo Piazza, Mubashir Mumtaz, Gilbert Tang Reduction of Rates of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation With 34-MM Evolut R Using Cusp Overlap Technique. October 14-17,TCT 2020

6.            Nathaniel Melton , John F. Lazar, William K. Childers, Douglas Anderson, Nikhil P. Jaik, David B. Loran, Clarke Woods, Mubashir A. Mumtaz. Preventing Respiratory Failure After Cardiac Surgery Using Post-extubation Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure Therapy. Cureus 11(3): e4236. doi:10.7759/cureus.4236(March 12, 2019)

7.            Jaik NP, Whitson BA, Higgins R. Simultaneous Procedures During Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation:  Is Less Always More? Current Heart Failure Reports 2014 Mar;11(1):98-102.

8.            Maltais S, Jaik NP, Feurer ID, Wigger MA, Disalvo TG, Schlendorf KH, Ahmad RM, Lenihan DJ, Stulak JM, Keebler ME. Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation: Donor and Recipient Factors Influencing Graft Survival. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jul-4975(13): 1130-2

9.            Prabhakaran S, Doraiswamy VA, Nagaraja V, Cipolla J, Ofurum U, Evans DC, Lindsey DE, Seamon MJ, Kavuturu S, Gerlach AT, Jaik NP, Eiferman DS, Papadimos TJ, Adolph MD, Cook CH, Stawicki SP. Naso-enteric tube complications. Scand J Surg. 2012;101(3):147-55.

10.          Jaik NP, Umakanthan R, Leacche M, Solenkova N, Balaguer JM, Hoff SJ, Ball SK, Zhao DX, Byrne JG. Current status of hybrid coronary revascularization. Expert Rev CardiovascTher. 2011 Oct;9(10):1331-7.

11.          Burfeind WR Jr, Jaik NP, Villamizar N, Toloza EM, Harpole DH Jr, D'Amico TA. A cost-minimisation analysis of lobectomy: thoracoscopic versus posterolateral thoracotomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg.  2010 Apr;37(4):827-32.

12.          James Cipolla,Daniel R. Baillie,Steven M. Steinberg,Niels D. Martin, Nikhil P. Jaik, John J. Lukaszczyk,S. Peter Stawicki. Negative pressure wound therapy: Unusual and innovative applications. OPUS 12 Scientist 2008.

13.          Mery CM, Greenberg JA, Patel A, Jaik NP. Teaching and assessing the ACGME competencies in surgical residency. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2008 Jul;93(7):39-47.

14.          Nikhil P. Jaik, Brian A Hoey, and Stanislaw Peter Stawicki. Evolving role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in management of extrahepatic hepatic ductal injuries due to blunt trauma: Diagnostic and treatment algorithms. Review Article. HPB Surg. 2008;2008:259141