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Kewal Krishan, MD

Kewal Krishan
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  • Associate Professor, Clinical Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Associate Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation, Temple University Hospital
  • Associate Surgical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Temple University Hospital

Specialties

Lung Transplant Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Transplant Surgery

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About Me
Publications
About Me
Clinical Interests
  • Mechanical circulatory support
  • Technical excellence in cardiac surgery
    • Redo surgeries
    • Heart transplantation
    • Ventricular assist devices
    • Lung transplantation
    • ECMO
    • Aortic surgery
    • LV Aneurysms
Research Interests
  • Developing new centrifugal blood pump (LVAD)
Education
  • MD, Rajasthan University, Sardar Patel Medical College, India
Training
  • Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
  • Fellowship, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • Residency, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Rajasthan, S.M.S. Medical College & Hospital, India
  • Residency, General Surgery, University of Rajasthan, S.M.S. Medical College & Hospital, India
Memberships
  • Immediate Past President, Indian Society Heart and Lung Society of India (INSHLT)
  • Program Committee, MCS ISHLT
  • International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
  • Fellow/Life Member of Indian Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS)
  • ECMO Society of India
  • Ross Community
  • National Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Heart Failure Society of India
  • CTS Net Member
Awards and Honors
  • National Award for the Contribution in the Field of Science & Technology
  • Award for the Contribution in the Field of Heart Transplantation
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Offices

Office Locations

Temple Heart & Vascular Institute

3509 N. Broad St.

Boyer Pavilion, 4th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19140

Phone: 800-836-7536

Publications
Publications

1. Krishan K, Malohtra R.Surgical Management of Heart Failure.Journal of Clinical and Preventive Cardiology :January 2013;220-31

2. K. Krishan, S. Pinney, A.Nair, D. Adams, A. Anyanwu.Low Incidence of Bleeding after ventricular assist Device Placement in Current Era. Artif Organs. 2012;36:746–51

3. K. Krishan, S. Pinney, A. Anyanwu Successful Left Ventricular Assist Device Bridge ToTransplantation In A Patient With End Stage Heart Failure And Human Immunodeficiency Virus ; Artif Organs.2012;1498

4. K. Krishan, S. Pinney, A.Nair, D. Adams, A. Anyanwu. Liberal Use of Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty during Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Does Not Increase Perioperative Risk, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 41 (2012) 213–217

5. Kewal Krishan, Sean Pinney, and Anelechi C. Anyanwu Successful use of continuous flow ventricular assist device in patient with mechanical mitral and aortic valve prosthesis without replacement or exclusion of valves. EJCTS2009

6. Kewal Krishan, Sean Pinney, and Anelechi C. Anyanwu. Management of Giant Left Atrium in a Patient with Mechanical Circulatory Assist Device. Annals of Thoracic surgery 2010.

7. Kewal Krishan JayShree Raikhelkar, Paul Stelzer, Corey Scurlock, Radiological Findings in Chronic Mitral Stenosis accepted in Annals of thoracic Surgery 2009.

8. Vijay Kohli, Kewal Krishan “History of cardiac transplantation and its future” a chapter in a book History of Cardiology. 2012;517-19

9. Kewal Krishan, Sean Pinney, and Anelechi C. Anyanwu. Heart Mate II without Anticoagulant.