Syamasundar Patnana , MD
Office (713) 486-6755
Fax (713) 383-1478
6410 Fannin St
Ste 370
Houston, TX 77030
About
Syamasundar Patnana
Syamasundar Patnana, MD, DCH, FAAP, FACC, FSCAI, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained pediatric cardiologist. His special interests are physiologically advantageous ventricular septal defects, tricuspid atresia, and transcatheter management of heart defects in children.
Patnana is a pioneer in interventional pediatric cardiology and made many contributions in catheterization and angiography in the 1970s, balloon angioplasty/valvuloplasty in the 1980s, and transcatheter catheter closure of cardiac defects in the 1990s. He developed a new pediatric cardiology/pediatric cardiovascular surgery program in the 2000s and educational programs and teaching material for physicians in the 2010s and 2020s.
Patnana received his medical degree from Andhra University Faculty of Medicine in 1964. He served his internship at King George Hospital in1965. He started his pediatric training with residencies at King George Hospital in 1966, Mercy Hospital Medical Center in 1967, and Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in 1969. He then completed fellowships in pediatric cardiology at Stanford University Medical Center in 1970 and the University Hospitals of Cleveland in 1971.
Patnana has authored 440 papers, 17 monographs/books, and 150 book chapters. He had 230 abstract presentations at various national and international scientific societies, and his invited presentations were more than 150. He has lectured and made catheter intervention demonstrations in a number of countries including India, U.S., Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Jordan, New Zealand, and Sweden.
Primary Specialty
Pediatric Cardiologist
Practice
Syamasundar Patnana , MD
Gender
Male
Not Accepting New Patients
Languages
English, Telugu