Dr. Gowdamarajan's Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
M.D. – University of Missouri-Kansas City – 1988 - 1994
B.A. – University of Missouri-Kansas City – 1988 - 1994
POST DOCTORAL, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Resident, Colorectal Surgery: July 2003 - June 2004
Grant Medical Center
Chief Resident, General Surgery: July 2001 - June 2002
The Ohio State University
Resident, General Surgery: July 2000 - June 2001
The Ohio State University
Research Fellow: July 1997 - June 2000
The Ohio State University
Resident, General Surgery: July 1994 - June 1997
The Ohio State University
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Surgery: July 2002 - June 2003
The Ohio State University, Department of Surgery
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
Ohio State Board of Medicine, License # 35076351 G
Indiana Medical Licensing Board, License # 01058836A
American Board of Surgery Certification: April 4, 2004
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery: September 2005
USMLE Step III - Passed (March 1995)
USMLE Step II - Passed (March 1994)
USMLE Step I - Passed (September 1993)
Basic Cardiac Life Support: 1990 - Present
Advanced Cardiac Life Support: 1992 - Present
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member, American Society of Colorectal Surgeons
Member, American College of Surgeons
Ohio State University Surgical Society
Indiana Cancer Consortium
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Network
Community Hospitals Endoscopy Committee
HONORS AND AWARDS
NRSA Research Fellowship Grant (1998-2000)
Ohio State University Department of Surgery Research Fellowship (1997)
Ohio State University Department of Surgery Education Committee (1999-2003)
Ohio State university Department of Surgery Resident Committee (1995, 2001)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1999 - 2000
Investigator: Myocardial oxygen utilization and heart failure responses to partial mechanical bypass with a centrifugal pump. Principal Investigator: P Andrew H. Goldstein MD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
1999 - 2000
Investigator: Soluble Human Fas in a Primate Model of Accelerated Graft Atherosclerosis. Principal Investigators: Robert E. Michler MD, and Paschal Goldschmidt MD, Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
1997 – 1999
Investigator: High Energy Phosphate Metabolism in Hibernating Myocardium. Principal Investigator: Eric Schertel DVM PhD, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
1998 – 1999
Investigator: HK Cardiosol (an Intracellular Organ Preservation Solution) for Myocardial Protection. Principal Investigator: Robert E. Michler, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
PUBLICATIONS
Michler RE, Gowdamarajan A, Abrishamchian AR, Noberto J. Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement and Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Through a limited Right Lateral Thoracotomy using a Balloon Aortic Cannula. Heart Surgery Forum 2002; 5:49-51.
Gowdamarajan A, Michler RE. Therapy for Primary Cardiac Tumors: Is There A Role for Heart Transplantation? Curr Opin Cardiol 2000 Mar; 15(2): 121-5
Gowdamarajan A, Cohen DM, Rowland DG, Davis JT, Schauer GM. Valve Sparing Operation in a Child With Aneurysmal Disease of the Ascending Aorta. Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 Apr. 7 (4): 1151-2.
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