Kanika Kalra

Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor

kanika.kalra@emory.edu

Emory University Hospital Midtown
Cardiothoracic Surgery
550 Peachtree Street, Davis Fischer Building, 4th floor

Overview

Kanika Kalra completed her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree at the Lady Hardinge Medical School, New Delhi, India in 2011. She went on to complete a Cardiothoracic Research Fellowship, General Surgery Residency, and a Cardiothoracic Fellowship all here at Emory University. During her tenure, she has been actively involved in basic, translational and clinical research and was awarded the Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Early Career Investigator Abstract Award by American Heart Association and the best abstract award by STS/EACTS in 2020. Her articles have been published in a number of leading journals including the Journal of American College of Cardiology, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

She is based primarily at Emory University Hospital Midtown with clinical focus on minimally invasive coronary revascularization and valvular heart disease.

Her lab research will focus on pathophysiology, early detection and therapies for right sided valvular lesions and right ventricular failure.

Academic Appointment

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship from Emory University
General Surgery Residency from Emory University
Post doctoral Fellow from Cardiothoracic Research Laboratories, Emory University
MD from Lady Hardinge Medical School, University of Delhi

Research

Focus

Right sided valvular heart disease and heart failure
My lab focuses on pathophysiology, early detection and surgical treatment strategies of tricuspid valve disease and right ventricular failure.

Publications

How to avoid transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant as the second valve procedure: image assessment for the index transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Ann Cardiothorac Surg Volume: 14 Page(s): 112 - 121
03/31/2025 Authors: Grubb KJ; Ueyama HA; Tom SK; Reul RM; Nissen AP; Tully A; Camaj A; Lisko J; Xie J; Norton EL
Editorial: Prosthesis-patient mismatch in transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Cardiovasc Revasc Med Volume: 72 Page(s): 31 - 33
03/01/2025 Authors: Grubb KJ; Kalra K; Tom SK
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis-We Need a Well-Designed Randomized Control Trial.
J Clin Med Volume: 13
10/31/2024 Authors: Grubb KJ; Tom SK; Xie J; Kalra K; Camaj A
An Animal Model of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation by Leaflet Tethering Using Image-Guided Chordal Encircling Snares.
J Cardiovasc Transl Res Volume: 17 Page(s): 417 - 425
04/01/2024 Authors: Onohara D; Silverman M; Suresh KS; Xu D; He Q; King CL; Tom SK; Kalra K; Padala M
Transcatheter Treatment Options for Functional Mitral Regurgitation: Which Device for Which Patients?
Interv Cardiol Volume: 19 Page(s): e10
01/01/2024 Authors: Tom SK; Kalra K; Perdoncin E; Tully A; Devireddy CM; Inci E; Greenbaum A; Grubb KJ
Redo aortic surgery: Does one versus multiple affect outcomes?
JTCVS Open Volume: 16 Page(s): 158 - 166
12/01/2023 Authors: Norton EL; Kalra K; Leshnower BG; Wei JW; Binongo JN; Chen EP
Evaluation of Lower Extremity Calcium Score as a Measure of Peripheral Arterial Disease Burden and Amputation Risk.
Ann Vasc Surg Volume: 95 Page(s): 154 - 161
09/01/2023 Authors: Lee S; Kalra K; Kashikar A; Redpath B; Bernheim A; Brewster L; Shaw L; Arya S
Looking at Aortic Valve Disease Through the Lens of Preservation of At-Risk Myocardium.
Circ Cardiovasc Interv Volume: 16 Page(s): e013112
05/01/2023 Authors: Tully A; Norton EL; Deas DS; Kalra K; Grubb KJ
Commentary: Wrapping the Ross could prevent its loss!
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Volume: 165 Page(s): 56 - 57
01/01/2023 Authors: Kalra K; Chen EP
Undersizing mitral annuloplasty alters left ventricular mechanics in a swine model of ischemic mitral regurgitation.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Volume: 164 Page(s): 850 - 861.e8
09/01/2022 Authors: Xu D; McBride E; Kalra K; Wong K; Guyton RA; Sarin EL; Padala M
Reply: Cusp repair to achieve successful sparing of the valve in bicuspid aortopathy.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Volume: 163 Page(s): e3 - e4
01/01/2022 Authors: Kalra K; Chen EP
Commentary: Is the ring the lord of all problems and solutions in mitral valve repair?
JTCVS Tech Volume: 10 Page(s): 43 - 44
12/01/2021 Authors: Kalra K; Grubb KJ
Commentary: Aortic arch surgery-Acting your age.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Volume: 162 Page(s): 768 - 769
09/01/2021 Authors: Kalra K; Chen EP
Regurgitant Bicuspid Aortopathy: IsValve-Sparing Root Replacement Equivalent to Bentall Procedure?
Ann Thorac Surg Volume: 112 Page(s): 737 - 745
09/01/2021 Authors: Kalra K; Wagh K; Wei JW; McPherson L; Binongo JN; Leshnower BG; Chen EP
Papillary Muscle Approximation Reduces Systolic Tethering Forces and Improves Mitral Valve Closure in the Repair of Functional Mitral Regurgitation.
JTCVS Open Volume: 7 Page(s): 91 - 104
09/01/2021 Authors: Zhan-Moodie S; Xu D; Suresh KS; He Q; Onohara D; Kalra K; Guyton RA; Sarin EL; Padala M
Commentary: To repair or not repair-that is the question.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Volume: 161 Page(s): 480 - 481
02/01/2021 Authors: Kalra K; Chen EP
Commentary: Finding the Sweeter Fruit: Optimal Treatment of Diabetics With CAD.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Volume: 33 Page(s): 380 - 381
01/01/2021 Authors: Kalra K; Chen EP
Commentary: Pouring life into dead tissues: A brief history of the porcine small intestine submucosa (SIS) in cardiovascular surgery-success, failures, hype, and hope.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Volume: 160 Page(s): e217 - e219
10/01/2020 Authors: Kalra K; Padala M
Pathological Remodeling of Mitral Valve Leaflets from Unphysiologic Leaflet Mechanics after Undersized Mitral Annuloplasty to Repair Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.
J Am Heart Assoc Volume: 7 Page(s): e009777
11/06/2018 Authors: Sielicka A; Sarin EL; Shi W; Sulejmani F; Corporan D; Kalra K; Thourani VH; Sun W; Guyton RA; Padala M
Evaluation of Peripheral Calcium Score as a Measure of Peripheral Artery Disease Severity
Volume: 67 Page(s): E137 - E137
06/01/2018 Authors: Lee S; Kalra K; Path BR; Little B; Bernheim A; Brewster L; Shaw L; Arya S
A comparative review of open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs in the national operative quality improvement database.
Surgery Volume: 162 Page(s): 979 - 988
11/01/2017 Authors: Kalra K; Arya S
A Swine Model of Percutaneous Intracoronary Ethanol Induced Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.
J Cardiovasc Transl Res Volume: 10 Page(s): 391 - 400
08/01/2017 Authors: Shi W; McIver BV; Kalra K; Sarin EL; Schmarkey S; Duggan M; Thourani VH; Guyton RA; Padala M
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Therapies: Evolution, Status and Challenges.
Ann Biomed Eng Volume: 45 Page(s): 332 - 359
02/01/2017 Authors: Espiritu D; Onohara D; Kalra K; Sarin EL; Padala M
The Impact of Intimal Tear Location and Partial False Lumen Thrombosis in Acute Type B AorticDissection.
Ann Thorac Surg Volume: 102 Page(s): 1925 - 1932
12/01/2016 Authors: Girish A; Padala M; Kalra K; McIver BV; Veeraswamy RK; Chen EP; Leshnower BG
Swine (Sus scrofa) as a Model of Postinfarction Mitral Regurgitation and Techniques to Accommodate Its Effects during Surgical Repair.
Comp Med Volume: 66 Page(s): 290 - 299
01/01/2016 Authors: Sarin EL; Shi W; Duara R; Melone TA; Kalra K; Strong A; Girish A; McIver BV; Thourani VH; Guyton RA
Cardiac MRI Derived Forward Stroke Energy is a Better Index of Left Ventricular Pump Function over Ejection Fraction in Mitral Regurgitation
Volume: 132
11/10/2015 Authors: Kalra K; Padala M
Intra-ventricular Papillary Muscle Banding vs. Undersized Mitral Annuloplasty to Treat Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation in a Chronic Swine Model
Volume: 130
11/25/2014 Authors: Padala M; Kalra K; Shi W; Wang Q; Guyton RA; Sun W; Thourani VH; Sarin EL
Temporal changes in interpapillary muscle dynamics as an active indicator of mitral valve and left ventricular interaction in ischemic mitral regurgitation.
J Am Coll Cardiol Volume: 64 Page(s): 1867 - 1879
11/04/2014 Authors: Kalra K; Wang Q; McIver BV; Shi W; Guyton RA; Sun W; Sarin EL; Thourani VH; Padala M
Left circumflex scar burden quantified using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) predicts severity of ischemic mitral regurgitation and postoperative mortality
Volume: 219 Page(s): E4 - E4
10/01/2014 Authors: Chadid T; Kalra K; Eisner R; Sarin EL; Guyton RA; Thourani VH; Padala M
Temporal Changes in Inter Papillary Muscle Distance as an Active Indicator of Ventricular-valvular Interaction in Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Humans
Volume: 128
11/26/2013 Authors: Kalra K; McIver BV; Shi W; Guyton RA; Thourani VH; Padala M
Giant omental lipoma in a child.
Iran J Radiol Volume: 8 Page(s): 167 - 169
11/01/2011 Authors: Chaudhary V; Narula MK; Anand R; Gupta I; Kaur G; Kalra K

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