SARINYA PUWANANT, MD , FASE
Home Address:
Office:
55/78 Silom Park View Condominium,
Division of Cardiology, Renato Building, 2nd Floor
Saladang Soi 2, Silom Road,
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalonglorn University
Bangrak, Bangkok, 10500, Thailand
Rama IV Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330,
E-mail: spuwanant@gmail.com
Thailand. Tel. (662)2564291
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Professional Experience :
2008- Present
Attending Physician, Cardiovascular Medicine
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2007- 2008
Clinical Fellowship, Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2006- 2007
Clinical Fellowship (UNOS Certified), Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
2006- 2009
Research Collaborator, Echocardiography
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
2005- 2006
Research Fellowship, Echocardiography
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
2004- 2005
Senior Fellowship, Cardiology
Bangkok Heart Institute, Bangkok Hospital, Thailand
2002- 2004
Fellowship, Cardiology
Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
1999-2002
Residency, Internal Medicine
Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
1998-1999
Internship, Internal Medicine
Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
Education:
1992- 1998
Honors and Awards:
January 2009
Doctor of Medicine, graduated with honors
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE)
The American Society of Echocardiography, USA
July 2008
95thPercentile Rank, Examination of Special Competence in Adult
Echocardiography 2008 (ASCeXAM)
National Board of Echocardiography, USA
June 2008
Abstract Presenter Travel ASE Grant Award and Scholarship 2008
Awarded by the American Society of Echocardiography, USA
2006-present
Invited Reviewer, Echocardiography Journal
Editor- in -chief: Navin C. Nanda, MD. University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
June 2004
Excellent Score Award and Scholarship in National Cardiology Board Examination of
Thailand 2004
Awarded by the Heart Association of Thailand under Royal Patronage
June1997
Honorary Medal for Outstanding Fifth-year Medical Student with the Highest GPA
Awarded by Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
June 1997
Honorary Medal for the Highest Score and Clinical Clerkship in OB-GYN
Awarded by Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
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Publications:
1. Puwanant S, Park M, Popovic Z, Tang WHW, Farha S, George D, Sharp J, Puntawangkoon J, Loyd JE, Erzurum
S, Thomas JD. Ventricular Geometry, Strain, and Rotational Mechanics in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial
Hypertension. Circulation. 2010; 121:259-266.
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Puwanant S, Srimahachota S, Yanyong K, Boonyaratavej S. Rare Angiographic and Echocardiographic Findings
of an Aortic Arch Interruption in a Patient with Differential Cyanosis. Eur Heart J 2009 Epub ahead of print
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Puwanant S, Varr B, Gabriel R, Lowe B, Shrestha K, Saliba WI, Tang W, Klein AL. Role of CHADS2 Score in
Evaluation of Thromboembolic Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Transesophageal
Echocardiography Prior to Pulmonary Vein Isolation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 54 (22): 2032-9.
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Puwanant S, Tumkosit M, Sittisuk S, Buddhari W, Rungpradubwong W, Boonyaratavej S. Scimitar Sign in a
Patient with an Atrial Septal Defect; A comprehensive Noninvasive Assessment with Transthoracic
Echocardiography and Computerized Tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 54:1556
5.
Sallach JA, Puwanant S, Drinko JK, Jaffer S, Donal E, Thambidorai SK, Asher CR, Jaber WA, Stoddard MF,
Zoghbi WA, Weissmann NJ, Mulvagh SL, Malouf JF, Jasper SE, Borowski AG, Apperson-Hansen C, Lieber EA,
Li J, Klein AL. Comprehensive left atrial appendage optimization of thrombus using surface echocardiography:
the CLOTS multicenter pilot trial. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009;22:1165-72
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Puwanant S, Priester T, Mookadam F, Bruce CJ, Redfield MM, Chandrasekaran K. Right Ventricular
Dysfunction in Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Failure. Eur J of Echocardiogr 2009::10:733-7
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Verhaert D, Puwanant S, Gillinov MA, Klein AL. Atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery: how safe is early
conversion without anticoagulation? J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2009; 22:212 -3.
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Puwanant S, Hamilton KK, Klodell CT, Hill JA, Schofield RS, Cleeton TS, Pauly DF, Aranda JM, Jr. Tricuspid
Annular Motion as a Predictor of Severe Right Ventricular Failure after Left Ventricular Assist Device
Implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2008; 27:1102-7.
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Puwanant S, Click LR, Kalra M, Farley DR, Chandrasekaran K. Incidental Detection of Inferior Vena Caval
Dissection by Intra-operative High Frequency Duplex Vascular Ultrasonography. Echocardiography 2007; 24
(3): 1-3.
10. Puwanant S, Jongjirasiri S, Rerkpattanapipat P. Cardiac CT angiography: Comprehensive assessment of patient
suspected with coronary artery disease. J Med Assoc Thai 2005; 88:833-6
11. Puwanant S, Pumprueg S, Tongyoo S, Udol K, Tresukosol D. Proximal LAD ECG score: a new diagnostic
model for identifying proximal left anterior descending coronary artery as infarct-related artery in Thai patients
with anterior wall acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. Thai Heart Journal 2004; 17: 77-87.
12. Puwanant S, Sinsawaiwong S, Ratanasukon M.Von Hippel Lindua disease: the first case of Songklanagarind
Hospital. Songklanagarind Medical Journal 2002; 20:25-30.
Book Chapters:
1. Puwanant S, Grimm R. Coronary Artery Disease. In: Stoller J, Michota F, Jr, Mandell B, editors. Lippincott
Williams&Wilkins. The Cleveland Clinic Intensive Review of Internal Medicine 2009; 711-723.
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Puwanant S, Sinak L, Chandrasekaran K. Transesophageal Echocardiography. In: Murphy JG, Lloyd MA,
editors. Mayo Clinic Cardiology: Concise Textbook, 2006:151-172.
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Anavekar NS, Puwanant S, Chandrasekaran K. Acute Brain Injury and the Heart. In: Murphy JG, Lloyd MA,
editors. Mayo Clinic Cardiology: Concise Textbook, 2006:1033-1040.
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Freeberg SY, Varr B, Puwanant S, Gabriel RS, Tang WHW, Wazni OM, Lindsay BD, Klein AL. Natural History
of Left Atrial Appendage “Sludge” by Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. 20th
Annual Scientific Sessions, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE). Washington DC, USA, June 2009
(Poster Presentation)
Puwanant S, Varr B, Shrestha K, Hussain S, Gabriel R, Freeburg S, Tang WHW, Wazni O, Lindsay B, Saliba W,
Thomas JD, Klein AL. Selective Transesophageal Echocardiography Approach in Evaluation of Thromboembolic
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Risk in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Pulmonary Vein Isolation Stratified by CHADS 2 Score. 59th
Annual Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology (ACC), Orlando, FL, March 2009. (Poster
Presentation)
Varr B, Puwanant S, Lieber E, Williams SJ, Jasper S, Whitman C, Klein AL. role of CHADS2 Score in
Evaluation of Thromboembolic Risk and Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Direct Current
Cardioversion: an ACUTE Substudy. 59th Annual Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology (ACC),
Orlando, FL, March 2009. (Poster Presentation)
Hussain S, Puwanant S, Varr B, Freeberg S, Tang WHW, Wazni O, Lindsay B, Klein AL Clinical Significance
of Serum Natriuretic Peptide Prior to Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Preserved Left Ventricular
Ejection Fraction. 59th Annual Scientific Session, American College of Cardiology (ACC), Orlando, FL, March
2009. (Poster Presentation)
Puwanant S, Park M, Tang WHW, Farha S, Erzurum S, Thomas J. The Impact of Pulmonary Pressure and Right
Ventricle on Left Ventricular Torsion Assessed by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography. Annual Scientific
Sessions American Heart Association (AHA) 2008, November 2008, New Orleans, LA, USA (Oral
Presentation).
Update in 3-Dimensional Echocardiography. In Cardiovascular Grand Round, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL, USA, September 2008
Puwanant S, Hill JA, Klodell CT, Schofiled RS, Pauly DF, Aranda JM. Clinical Significance of Mitral
Regurgitation Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. 12th Annual Scientific Meeting, Heart
Failure Society of America (HFSA), Toronto, Canada, September, 2008 (Poster Presentation)
Ventricular Geometry, Strain, and Rotational Mechanics in Pulmonary Hypertension. Cleveland Clinic Cardiac
Imaging Grand Round, Cleveland, OH, August, 2006
Puwanant S, Park M, Tang WHW, Farha S, Erzurum S, Thomas J. Paradoxical LV Torsion Assessed by Speckle
Tracking in Family Members of Patients with Familial Pulmonary Artery Hypertension. 19th Annual Scientific
Sessions, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE). Toronto, Canada, June 2008 (Poster Presentation)
Puwanant S, Varr B, Gabriel R, Lowe B, Shrestha K, Saliba W, Tang, WHW, Klein A. Role of CHADS2 Score
in Evaluation of Thromboembolic Risk Undergoing Transesophageal Echocardiography Prior to Pulmonary Vein
Isolation. 19th Annual Scientific Sessions, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Toronto, Canada,
June 2008 (Oral Presentation)
Puwanant S, Hamilton KK, Klodell CT, Hill JA, Schofield RS, Pauly DF, Aranda JM, Jr. Tricuspid Annular
Motion as a Novel Predictor of Severe Right Ventricular Failure and the Need for Right Ventricular Assist Device
Support Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. 19th Annual Scientific Sessions, American
Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Toronto, Canada, June 2008. (Oral Presentation)
Puwanant S, Johnson J, Conti J, Manda R, Schofiled RS, Pauly DF, Aranda JM. Current Trends in Heart Failure
Rehospitalization Rates: Analysis of Medicare Data. 11th Annual Scientific Meeting, Heart Failure Society of
America (HFSA), Washington D.C., September 2007 (Poster Presentation).
Puwanant S, Bunch TJ, Arisvatham SJ, Chandrasekaran K. Wide Area Circumferential Ablation Impairs the Left
Atrial Function Significantly Compared to Lasso-guided Pulmonary Vein ablation in Chronic Atrial
Fibrillation.18th Annual Scientific Sessions, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Seattle,
Washington, April 2007 (Moderated Poster Presentation).
Puwanant S, Priester T, Mookadam, F, Chandrasekaran K. Right Atrial Volume Index Identifies Right
Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Patients with Symptomatic Heart Failure. 56th Annual Scientific Sessions,
American College of Cardiology (ACC), New Orleans, March 2007(Poster Presentation).
Puwanant S, Ptaszynski AE, Abel MD, Chandrasekaran K. Tricuspid E/e’ Identifies Elevated Mean Right Atrial
Pressures. Annual Scientific Sessions American Heart Association (AHA), Chicago, IL, November 2006
(Moderated Poster Presentation).
The Right Ventricle: the Forgotten Chamber. Mayo Clinic Cardiac Imaging Grand Round, Rochester, MN,
May 2006.
Right Heart Dysfunction in Heart Failure. Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Round, Rochester,
MN, April 2006
Puwanant S, Priester T, Mookadam F, Kushwaha SS, Chandrasekaran K. Echocardiographic Parameters of Right
Heart Function in Patients with Symptoms of Heart Failure. 55th Annual Scientific Session, American College
of Cardiology (ACC), Atlanta, GA, March 2006. (Poster Presentation)
Puwanant S, Tongyoo S, Pumprueg S, Tresukosol, D. Proximal LAD ECG Score: a new diagnostic model for
identifying proximal left anterior descending coronary artery as infarct-related artery in Thai patients with anterior
wall ST elevation myocardial infarction 15th ASEAN Congress of Cardiology, Pattaya, Thailand, October 2004
(Poster Presentation)
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20. Puwanant A, Puwanant S, Silapapochakul K. Community Acquired Bacteremia and Risk Factors for Mortality.
Platform Session of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Physicians of Thailand, Pattaya,
Thailand, April 2000
Certifications and Examinations:
November 2008
ACLS Provider and Instructor
The American Heart Association
August 2008
Certification in Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA
May 2008
American/National Board of Echocardiography
Board Certified in Transthoracic, Stress, and Transesophageal
Echocardiography, NBE, USA
October 2007
Certification in Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA
August 2007
Certification in Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation,
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA
August 2006
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education Certification
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
August 2006
Certification in Research Fellow, Echocardiography
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
March 2005
ECFMG Certification Number 05804562 (valid indefinitely)
July 2004
Diplomate Thai Board of Cardiology
July 2002
Diplomate Thai Board of Internal Medicine
April 1998
Doctor of Medicine
Training Certification and Licensures
2007- 2008
2006-2008
April 1998-Present
Training Certificate, State Medical Board of Ohio
Florida Physician Training Number TRN #10459
Medical Practitioner Licensure # 23511, Thailand
Professional Memberships:
2008- Present
2004-Present
2005- Present
2002-Present
1998-Present
Member, the American Society of Echocardiography
Mayo Clinic Alumni
Member, the Heart Association of Thailand
Member, the Royal College Physicians of Thailand
Member, the Medical Council of Thailand
Extracurricular and Volunteer Activities:
2008- Present
2008-2012
1993-1995
Scientific Committee
The Heart Association of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
Secretariat, Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and Intermediate CCU
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Administrative Member of Medical Student Association
Chief of Public Relationship Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
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