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Paramjeet S. Chopra, MD

Photograph of Paramjeet S. Chopra, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

H4/350 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison,WI 53792-3236

Appointments: (608) 263-6054

Office: (608) 263-6054

FAX: (608) 263-0547

Send an email to Paramjeet S. Chopra, MD chopra@surgery.wisc.edu

Education

  • MD, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India, 1962
  • General Surgery Residency, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, New York, NY, 1964-1969
  • Cardiovascular Research Fellow, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 1966-1967
  • Cardiothoracic Residency, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 1969-1971

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Chopra is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. His practice comprises all aspects of cardiothoracic surgery, with specialities in aortic and mitral valve surgery, aortic valve homografts and the Ross procedure, mitral reconstruction and repair, coronary artery bypass surgery, complex reoperative cardiac surgery, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, and partial left ventriculectomy.

Research Interests

Dr. Chopra's research interests include intra- and postoperative evaluation of surgical procedures via echocardiography, exercise testing, and cardiac catheterization; clinical and echocardiographic follow-ups of patients with prosthetic heart valves; evaluation of patients with renal transplant and coronary artery bypass; and evaluation of the tilting disc valve prosthesis. Other areas of special interest include minimally invasive cardiac surgery, mitral valve repairs, retrograde cerebral perfusion techniques for aortic arch aneurysmal repair, safer techniques for reoperative cardiac operations, and hemodynamic measurements for off-pump bypass.

Recent Publications

  • Wigfield CH, Lindsey JD, Muñoz A, Chopra PS, Edwards NM, Love RB. Is extreme obesity a risk factor for cardiac surgery? An analysis of patients with a BMI > or = 40., European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 2006 Apr;29(4):434-40.
    [PubMed ID: 16504529]
  • Bobadilla JL, Wigfield CH, Chopra PS. Inflow occlusion pulmonary embolectomy in the modern era of cardiac surgery., J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2006 Feb;131(2):484-6.
    [PubMed ID: 16434289]
  • Chopra PS. A stitch in time saves nine., The Journal of invasive cardiology. 2002 Jan;14(1):13.
    [PubMed ID: 11773689]
  • Chopra PS. Percutaneous vascular surgery post-brachial artery coronary catheterization: editorial commentary., The Journal of invasive cardiology. 2001 Jan;13(1):15.
    [PubMed ID: 11146680]
  • Chopra PS. Coronary artery bypass surgery on small patients N commentary, The Journal of invasive cardiology. 2000 May;12(5):247.
    [PubMed ID: 10825766]
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