V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA – UT Cardiothoracic Surgery

Associate Professor
Director of Emerging Technology
Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Residency

Email: [email protected]

Board Certifications:
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Certification 2006
American Board of Surgery Certification 2003
Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners 1996
Registered Licensee, Tennessee State Board of Medical Examiners 1998-2001
Registered Licensee, Georgia State Board of Medical Examiners 2003-2007
Registered Licensee, Drug Enforcement Agency 1998-2006
Texas Medical Licensure through 2009
American College of Surgeons Advanced Trauma and Life Support 1996

American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support 1995-2007

Education:
Vanderbilt University Owen School of Management MBA with Honors, 2000, Nashville, Tennessee

University of Alabama School of Medicine (UAB) MD with Honors, 1995, Birmingham, Alabama

Amherst College BA magna cum laude, 1990, Amherst, Massachusetts

Postgraduate training:
Associate, Cardiac Surgery Division, Emory University Medical Center 2005

Resident, Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery, Emory University Medical Center 2003-2005
Fellow, Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery, Emory University Medical Center 2002-2003
Chief Resident, General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2001-2002

Resident in General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 1996-2001

Research Fellow, Dept. of CT Surg., Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center 1998-2000
Intern in General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 1995-1996

Research interests: Outcomes research, electronic
medical records, IL-18 and LV hypertrophy.

Clinical interests: surgery for arrhythmias, complex pacemaker implantation, aortic surgery, endovascular
and minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and congenital heart surgery

Online Video:

In the News:

V. Seenu Reddy, MD, talks about new American Heart Association CPR guidelines:
The American Heart Association’s new guidelines for CPR issued on October 18, 2010, say chest compressions should
come before mouth-to-mouth breathing. “What we’re really trying to do is save lives,” says Dr. Reddy, Associate Professor
of Cardiothoracic Surgery. “I think a lot of people felt the breathing part is a little more
than they want to take on or a little more complex.” The American Heart Association guidelines revision does away with
the traditional A-B-C (airway, breathing, compressions) training. New guidelines say begin chest compressions immediately
after calling 911.
American Heart Association –
New CPR guidelines |
View KSAT-12 video |
KSAT-12 story |
KENS-5 video |

Heart resynchronization gives S.A. man a new lease on life: Three heart
attacks, congestive heart failure and an enlarged heart, all before the age of
30 — That’s what happened to a San Antonio man whose life has been turned around
with an amazing implanted device. V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, UT Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Manoj Panday, MD, UT Medicine Cardiology,
worked together to stabilize patient Samuel Ramirez’s heart – and completely changed the quality of Mr. Ramirez’s life.
Read KENS-5 story, view video
(7-2-10)

Heart laser and bypass treats crushing chest pain: V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, cardiothoracic surgeon, using a
procedure called transmyocardial revascularization, (TMR) is able to use traditional bypass procedures in conjunction
with a CO2 heart laser to eliminate chest pain and stimulate new blood vessel growth.
“During the same operation, we’re able to both bypass the arteries that are
bypassable, and then on areas of the heart where the vessels were too small to
be bypassed, we created laser channels that are one millimeter in size and about
a centimeter apart,” explained Dr. Reddy.
View KENS-5 video |
Learn more about transmyocardial revascularization
from the American Heart Association |
Patient Care – TMR |
Appointments and referrals – 210-358-8001 (7-2-10)

Happiness
associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease:
Interviewed for an article in the San Antonio
Express-News, V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, discusses the link between happiness and good health. Unhappy or
depressed people tend to engage in unhealthy activities — drinking too much, smoking, poor diet, etc.
If you are depressed and have heart disease, your risk of some sort of cardiac event is increased. |
Read San Antonio Express-News article |
(3-16-10)

Doctors are not paid more (or less) for minimally invasive surgery:
In an interview with the San Antonio Business Journal, V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, UT Medicine cardiothoracic surgeon,
states that, whether the patient is undergoing traditional open cardiac surgery or one of the newer minimally invasive
surgeries (MIS) — where a surgeon goes in through the patient’s side using robotic equipment —
payment for the procedure is fixed. Although cost is no different, the patient benefits with a significantly
reduced recovery period after an MIS procedure.
Read more in
the San Antonio Business Journal (2-3-10)

‘Keyhole’ minimally invasive heart surgery leads to faster recoveries: In an interview on KENS-5 San Antonio, Dr. Reddy discusses the benefits of minimally
invasive cardiac surgery. With only one small incision in the right chest and without dividing any
bone, Dr. Reddy is able to use catheters to perform procedures that, in the past, have required a
much more invasive approach. With the minimally invasive procedure, patients experience less pain and
are able to return to work in a short period of time, as opposed to the traditional open heart surgery
which requires a much longer recovery period for the patient. |
Read
KENS-5 story and view video
(9-30-09)

V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, Cardiothoracic Surgery, selected
as one of the Advanced Clinical Education Skills (ACES) Top 20 Preceptors:
ACES is the 2nd year medical student course that teaches the students the
intricacies of the history and physical exam on patients with abnormalities. Award-winning
preceptors were selected by the students for effort and dedication to teaching excellence.
Students’ comments were overwhelmingly positive, making choosing the Top 20 a difficult
task — a compliment to the educators selected for the Top 20.
(6-16-09)

Cardiothoracic surgeons V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA,
and Daniel T. DeArmond, MD, are interviewed by the San Antonio Express-News regarding the impact of a depressed
economy on the health and healthcare of South Texas pulmonary and cardiac patients. Both the
intensity of stress and the effect of stress on our bodies are potentially harmful for some
post-surgical patients. Read
Express-News story
(3-19-09)

Minimally invasive heart surgery reaping maximum benefits: With traditional open-heart surgery, the
sternum is split and a bypass machine is used while the cardiothoracic surgeon operates on the
stopped heart. Minimally invasive heart surgery is performed through small incisions, typically between
the patient’s ribs. V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, Cardiothoracic Surgery, recently was interviewed by MySA.com regarding
the techniques and benefits of minimally invasive heart surgery.
Read complete story on
MySA.com | SA Express News Video
(2-23-09)

New heart surgery promises shorter hospital stay: Seenu V. Reddy, MD, MBA, performs first-time
minimally invasive heart surgery at Christus Santa Rosa. “This is a relatively newer technique,” said
Dr. Reddy. Instead of opening the patient’s chest, a small incision is made in the groin. Wires and
catheters are inserted through the incision, and will be used to insert a stent. Because this procedure
is significantly less invasive than traditional heart surgery, it is
especially useful for older patients who might not be in the best of health.
Read story on WOAI |
View WOAI Video
(2-10-09)

Publications:
Venkatesan B, Valente AJ, Seenu Reddy V, Siwik DA, Chandrasekar B.
Resveratrol
Blocks Interleukin-18-EMMPRIN Crossregulation and Smooth Muscle Cell Migration.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2009 Jun 26. Epub ahead of print.

Reddy VS, Harskamp RE, van Ginkel MW, Calhoon J, Baisden CE, Kim IS, Valente AJ, Chandrasekar B.
Interleukin-18 stimulates fibronectin expression in primary human cardiac fibroblasts via PI3K-Akt-dependent NF-kappaB activation.
J Cell Physiol. 2007 Dec 6.

Reddy VS, Mykytenko J, Giltman LI, Mansour KA.
Primary malignant melanoma of the lung: review of literature and report of a case.
Am Surg. 2007 Mar;73(3):287-9.

Vassiliades TA Jr, Reddy VS, Puskas JD, Guyton RA.
Long-term results of the endoscopic atraumatic coronary artery bypass.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Mar;83(3):979-84; discussion 984-5.

Luu TD, Reddy VS, Miller DL, Force SD.
Gastric rupture associated with diaphragmatic hernia during pregnancy.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Nov;82(5):1908-10.

Reddy VS.

Endovascular Approaches for Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury: Immediate Versus Delayed Therapy.
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care: Vol62(6) Supplement – June 2007p S23

Halkos ME, Levy JH, Chen E, Reddy VS, Lattouf OM, Guyton RA,
Song HK. Early experience with activated recombinant factor VII for
intractable hemorrhage following cardiovascular surgery. Ann Thor
Surg 2005; 79:1303-6.

Reddy VS, Lattouf OL Everting Suture Line
Technique for AVR with On-X Valve for treatment of subannular abscess
following infective endocarditis; submitted to STS 2005

Reddy VS,
Lattouf OL Tracking primary outcomes and compliance following
CABG‚ A single institution review submitted to STS 2005

Reddy VS,
Mansour KA Primary pulmonary melanoma submitted to Annals Surgery

Simsic JL, Reddy VS, Kanter K et al. Use of Nesiritide (Human B-Type
Natriuretic Peptide) in Infants Following Cardiac Surgery Pediatr
Cardiol. 2004 Mar 4

Hwang, J, Reddy, VS, Sharp KW Pneumatosis
cystoides intestinalis with free intraperitoneal air: A Case report,
Am Surg 2003 69(4):346-49.

Davis SF, Byrd III, BF, Reddy VS et al.
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Following Cardiac
Transplantation, (submitted to J Heart Lung Transplant)

Reddy VS,
Parikh SM, Drinkwater DC, et al. Morbidity after procurement of
radial arteries in diabetic patients and the elderly undergoing coronary
revascularization, Ann Thorac Surg 2002 73: 803-808.

Reddy VS, Chen
AC, Johnson HK et al. Cardiac Surgery after Renal Transplantation,
Am Surg 2002; 68(1):1-5.

Reddy VS, Phan HH, OTNeill JA et al.
Laparoscopic versus open splenectomy in the pediatric population: a
contemporary single-center experience. Am Surg. 2001 Sep;67(9):859-63.

Research funding:

2008, University Research Council grant, $40,000 – ‘IL-18 expression in human cardiovascular tissue and its role in left ventricular hypertrophy.’

Biosketch:
Dr. Reddy obtained his Medical Degree with Honors from The University of
Alabama, in Birmingham, Alabama. He completed a residency in General
Surgery and a Research Fellowship in Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt
University in Nashville, Tennessee. His Cardiothoracic training was at
Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. Before joining us in January
2006, he was a special fellow in the Division of Vascular Surgery at
Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia gaining exposure to Endovascular
Surgical techniques, especially in the treatment of thoracic aortic
disease. Dr. Reddy has also obtained an MBA with Honors from Vanderbilt
University Owen School of Management in Nashville, Tennessee in 2000. He
is the Director of Emerging Technology, Director of Thoracic Aortic
Surgery and is also an Associate Professor at UTHSCSA. He is Board
Certified in Surgery and is Board Eligible for Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Reddy’s primary clinic
interests include diagnosing and treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysm, minimally invasive
cardiac surgeries, and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgeries.

Academic Awards and Honors:
Scene in SA ‘Top Doc’ 2009
Top 20 Preceptors, Academic Clinical Evaluation Skills (ACES) for 2nd Year Medical Students, 2009
Board of Directors, American Heart Association, 2007-2008
Presidents Award, Best Paper STSA 2005

Am College of Surgeons, Jabbour Prize for Basic Science, 2nd place 2000
Am College of Surgeons, Trauma Paper Competition, 3rd place 2000

Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business School Honor Society 2000
AMA National Leadership Award & Travel Grant 2000
Medical Student Teaching Commendations, Vanderbilt University 1995-98
Resident Research Forum Prize, Vanderbilt University 1996
Carey Phillips/UAB Caduceus Club International Travel Fellowship 1995

Clinical Honors Achievement Award, Univ. of Alabama School of Medicine 1995
Medical Student Research Society Prize 1993

Sigma Xi, National Scientific Honor Society
Amherst College 1990 Magna cum laude – B.A. in Neuroscience

John Woodruff Simpson Fellowship, Amherst College 1990

Senator, Advisory Council on Health Care (U. S. Sen. Heflin-AL) 1994-95

National Merit Finalist 1986

American Diabetes Association State Service Award 1984-85

Honorary member of Order of The Kentucky Colonels 1995
Alabama State Militia-Lt. Col. Aide-de-Camp,(hon.)(appt. by Gov. Wallace) 1983

Senatorial Certificate of Merit for Service (presented by Sen. Heflin-AL) 1983

Eagle Scout 1983

Research & Educational Awards Medtronic Corporation Travel Award for STS 2005 2004

AMA Foundation Seed Grant Award 2000

Southern Medical Association Research Project Award 1998

NIH Medical Student Research Fellowship 1992

John Woodruff Simpson Fellowship 1990

Professional societies:
American College of Surgeons – Fellow
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Aust Society
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
H. William Scott Surgical Society

Southeastern Surgical Congress

American Heart Association Board of Directors
American Medical Association
American Association of Clinical Anatomists

Southern Medical Association
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

ACGME, Past Board of Directors