Bindu Akkanti, MD
McGovern Medical School
Houston,
TX
USA
Biographical Sketch: Bindu Akkanti, MD, is Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, where she also serves as Assistant Dean for Clinical Education. She is Director of Critical Care for the Larry D. Johnson Heart & Vascular Institute at Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center and Medical Director of the Heart and Lung Transplant Intensive Care Unit.
Dr. Akkanti’s clinical and academic work focuses on cardiogenic shock, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular failure, mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, heart and lung transplantation, and multidisciplinary critical care. She has led the development and expansion of several advanced cardiopulmonary programs and is deeply involved in simulation-based education and physician training in mechanical circulatory support.
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