Poonam Velagapudi, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.
- Name: Poonam Velagapudi, M.D.
- Title and department at UNMC/Title at Nebraska Medicine:
Structural interventional cardiologist, assistant professor of medicine and associate program director for cardiology fellowship, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Research/professional interests:
- I am interested in high-risk coronary interventions, mechanical circulatory support devices used in shock, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and mitra clip procedures.
- I am very active with the American College of Cardiology and am the immediate past chair of the fellows in training section.
- My focus is education and I am the associate program director for the cardiology fellowship at UNMC. I really enjoy working with and teaching house staff. It not only motivates me to keep myself current but also gives me the opportunity to learn from the brightest minds in medicine.
How I fell in love with interventional cardiology:
The ability to relieve symptoms and/or save a life by opening a closed artery during an acute MI (heart attack) as well as the ability to work with these patients post MI to prevent future events by providing appropriate medical therapy and promoting healthy lifestyles attracted me to interventional cardiology. I strongly believe that the field of interventional cardiology includes not only interventions but also prevention!
Degrees
- M.S.
- M.D.
- Residency, internal medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Ill.
- Fellowship, cardiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
- Fellowship, interventional cardiology, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
- Fellowship, structural heart disease, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
Memberships:
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)
Three things people may not know about me:
- I love listening to electric dance music and enjoy dancing.
- Growing up, l was an athlete and played a lot of volleyball. I love to exercise or play a sport in my free time.
- I am one of the social media editors for the Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC Interventions journal).
Clinic location: Durham Outpatient Center, UNMC
For appointments and referrals: Email Jessie Jarboe (Jessie.jarboe@unmc.edu) or Tom Rouse (tom.rouse@unmc.edu) for this information.