P.S. Reddy, MD

  • Professor of Medicine
Academic Interests

The author of more than 100 journal articles and a book, “Pericardial Disease,” Dr. Reddy’s research and clinical interests are in hemodynamics, pericardial diseases and auscultation. He consults on clinical rounds at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and interprets clinical EKGs.

    Education & Training

  • MD (MBBS), Gandhi Medical College, 1962
  • Residency, Medicine, Larkfield Hospital, Greenock Scotland, 1966
  • Residency, Cardiology, National Heart Hospital, London England, 1966
  • Fellowship, Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh
Recent Publications

Lazar JM, Uretsky BF, Denys BG, Reddy PS, Counihan PJ, Ragosta M. Predisposing risk factors and natural history of acute neurologic complications of left-sided cardiac catheterization. Am J Cardiol. 1995; 75(15): 1056-60.

Murali S, Kormos RL, Uretsky BF, Schechter D, Reddy PS, Denys BG, Armitage JM, Hardesty RL, Griffith BP. Preoperative pulmonary hemodynamics and early mortality after orthotopic cardiac transplantation: the Pittsburgh experience. Am Heart J. 1993; 126(4): 896-904.

Denys BG, Uretsky BF, Reddy PS. Ultrasound-assisted cannulation of the internal jugular vein. A prospective comparison to the external landmark-guided technique. Circulation. 1993; 87(5): 1557-62.

Murali S, Uretsky BF, Armitage JM, Tokarczyk TR, Betschart AR, Kormos RL, Stein KL, Reddy PS, Hardesty RL, Griffith BP. Utility of prostaglandin E1 in the pretransplantation evaluation of heart failure patients with significant pulmonary hypertension. J Heart Lung Transplant. 1992; 11(4 Pt 1): 716-23.

Sandhu JS, Uretsky BF, Reddy PS, Denys BG, Ruffner RJ, Breisblatt WM, Zerbe TR, Kormos RL, Armitage JM, Hardesty RL, et al. Potential limitations of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in heart transplant recipients. Am J Cardiol. 1992; 69(14): 1234-7.

Murali S, Uretsky BF, Reddy PS, Tokarczyk TR, Betschart AR. Reversibility of pulmonary hypertension in congestive heart failure patients evaluated for cardiac transplantation: comparative effects of various pharmacologic agents. Am Heart J. 1991; 122(5): 1375-81.

Denys BG, Uretsky BF, Reddy PS, Ruffner R, Sandhu JS, Breisblatt WM. An ultrasound method for safe and rapid central venous access. N Engl J Med. 1991; 324(8): 566.

Schulman DS, Herman BA, Ziady G, Edwards T, Kormos R, Reddy PS, Follansbee WP, Uretsky BF. Effects of acute alterations in left ventricular loading conditions on peak filling rate in the denervated (transplanted) ventricle. Am J Cardiol. 1991; 67(13): 1103-9.

    Honors and Awards
  • President, Laennec Society of the American Heart Association, 1984
  • Distinguished Physician Award, American Association of Physicians from India, 1995
  • Award of Excellence, American Telugu Association, 1996
  • Outstanding Community Service Award, American College of Chest Physicians, 2001
  • Peter J. Safar Pulse of Pittsburgh Award, 2010