MINIMALLY INVASIVE VALVE SURGERY
Dr. Gopaldas has presented and mentored several scientific presentations at the local, national and international levels in academic conferences, conventions and meetings.
1) Dorairajan N and Gopaldas RR*. Complete Rectal Prolapse: Abdominal versus Perineal? Preliminary results. International College of Surgeons, MILLCONF 2000, Madras, India
2) Chinnapapu M, Manamalli A, Krishnan R, Gopaldas RR. Biochemical Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pericardial Effusion. Presented at 8th Annual National Conference of Association of Medical Biochemist of India
3) Raja Gopaldas, MD* and Vijay Rastogi MD, FRCS and Thomas Gulick MD. A Case of Pyonephrosis Secondary to Ureteral Stent Calculus. Keystone chapter of American College of Surgeons in 2004
4) Raja R Gopaldas MD*, Jim Kuruvilla MD and Richard Angelico MD, FACS. Mitral Valve insufficiency associated atypical Loeffler’s syndrome - an enigma in cardiac surgical management. Accepted as a poster for presentation at the South West Surgical Congress held in April 2006 at Hawaii
5) Raja R. Gopaldas MD* and Chand Rohatgi MD, FACS. Combined small bowel and bladder perforation – a novel complication of Interstitial Laser Coagulation of the Prostate. American College of Surgeons, Keystone Chapter, Tannersville PA 2005
6) Raja R. Gopaldas MD* and Chand Rohatgi MD, FACS. Combined small bowel and bladder perforation – a novel complication of Interstitial Laser Coagulation of the Prostate. Poster at American College of Surgeons, Fall Meeting in San Francisco in 2005.
7) RR Gopaldas MD*, JA Kepple MD, WC Schwab MD and VH gracias MD. Survival after Type I impalement injury with construction equipment – An unusual dilemma for the trauma surgeon. Poster at Annual Meeting of the South East Surgical Congress January 31-February 3, 2004 Atlanta, GA
8) Gopaldas RR*; Kunasani R; Plymyer MR; Bloch RS. Hepatoid malignancy of unknown origin--a diagnostic conundrum: review of literature and case report of collision with adenocarcinoma. Accepted as poster at Annual Meeting of the South East Surgical Congress February 11-15, 2005 New Orleans, LA.
9) Raja R Gopaldas MD* and Chand Rohatgi, MD FACS. Uncommon indication for Whipple’s procedure: Combination tumor of Mesenteric Paraganglioma and Gastrointestinal stromal Tumor – a case report. Presented as poster at Annual Meeting of the South East Surgical Congress February 11-15, 2005. New Orleans, LA.
10)S. Haque DO; Raja R Gopaldas. MD; MR Plymyer MD; AI Glantz MD FACS. Pancreatic mass of unusual etiology: case report of metastatic disease after a prolonged lag phase. Presented as poster at Annual Meeting of the South East Surgical Congress February 11-15, 2005. New Orleans, LA.
11)Raja R. Gopaldas, MD* and Chand Rohatgi, MD FACS. Novel Technique of Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Knot tying – A simplified approach for junior residents. Presented as a poster at the American College of Surgeons (Keystone Chapter) on May 14th, 2005 at Tannersville, PA.
12)Raja R. Gopaldas, MD* and Chand Rohatgi, MD FACS. Novel Technique of Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Knot tying – A simplified approach for junior residents. Poster at the Pennsylvania Medical Society Annual Meeting and participated in the Pennsylvania Medical Society competition for Medicine and Surgery in 2005 at Hershey, PA
13)Raja R. Gopaldas, MD* and Chand Rohatgi, MD FACS. Novel Technique of Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Knot tying – A simplified approach for junior residents. Poster at the annual scientific congress meeting of the South East Surgical Congress in Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida.
14)Raja R. Gopaldas, MD* and Chand Rohatgi, MD FACS. Novel Technique of Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Knot tying – A simplified approach for junior residents. Poster at the annual scientific congress meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and endoscopic Surgeons April 2006 at Dallas TX
15)RR Gopaldas MD* & C Rohatgi MD. Axial Spin Technique of Endoscopic Intracorporeal Knot Tying: Comparison with the conventional technique and objective assessment of Knot Security, Learning Curves and Performance Efficiency across training levels – Preliminary data /study Design. Poster presentation at South East Surgical Congress held at Orlando, FL in 2006
16)RR Gopaldas MD* & C Rohatgi MD. Axial Spin Technique of Endoscopic Intracorporeal Knot Tying: Comparison with the conventional technique and objective assessment of Knot Security, Learning Curves and Performance Efficiency across training levels. Accepted as a poster presentation for a third national conference at the South west surgical congress held in April 2006 ( Hawaii)
17)Raja R Gopaldas, MD* and Robert. S. Bloch MD. A novel technique of ventral hernia repair using the polypropylene- ePTFE composite mesh. Presented as a poster at the South East Surgical Congress held at Orlando Florida in 2006.
18)Raja R Gopaldas MD*. Nauseating Nissens – A Dilemma of Dyspepsia’s. The American College of Surgeons: Spring meeting 2005.Spectacular Cases by Surgical Residents. Holly wood, Florida
19)Raja R Gopaldas MD*. Hyperparathyroidism – Locating the Gland : A Surgical Enigma! The American College of Surgeons: Spring meeting 2006. Spectacular Cases by Surgical Residents. Dallas, Texas
20)Raja Gopaldas MD* and Chand Rohatgi MD, FACS. Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the Pancreato-Duodenal complex. Accepted for oral presentation at the South west surgical congress meeting in April 2006.
21)Raja R Gopaldas* and Chand Rohatgi MD, FACS. Cytomegalovirus induced Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding presenting as a surgical emergency: case report and review. Accepted as a poster presentation at the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress for the fall of 2006 held at Chicago.
22)Raja R Gopaldas*, MD Vijay Rastogi, MD, FRCS Andrew I. Glantz, MD, FACS. “Free Air” in the Portal Vein: An Easily Missed Indicator for Emergent Celiotomy. Accepted for poster presentation at the South West Surgical Congress meeting in April 2006.
23)Raja R Gopaldas MD*, Chand Rohatgi MD and Thomas Walden MD. Ovulatory dysuria: a bizarre presentation of crossed non-fused ectopic kidney. Accepted for a poster presentation at the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress for the fall of 2006 held at Chicago
24)Raja R Gopaldas MD*. The Goose(Esophagus) is Loose! The American College of Surgeons: Spring meeting 2007 Spectacular Cases by Surgical Residents. Las Vegas, NV
25)RR Gopaldas*, D Rice et al. Outcome following resection of Pulmonary metastases from Uterine Malignancies. 2008; 6th Current Trends in Cardiovascular Surgery Conference; Houston TX
26)RR Gopaldas*, J Huh, FG Bakaeen, XL Wang, JS Coselli, SA LeMaire and D Chu The Impact of resident work-hour restrictions on outcomes of cardiac operations. Feb 2009. Academic Surgical Congress conference, Ft Myers FL
27) Gopaldas RR*, Chu D, Dao TK, Huh J, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS, Bakaeen FG. Coronary artery bypass surgery in extremely elderly patients: predictors of operative mortality and discharge status. April 2009. Association of Veterans Affairs Surgeons Annual Meeting. Boston MA
28) Bakaeen FG, Ratcliffe MB, *Gopaldas RR, Huh J, Sansgiry S, Kar B, Paniagua D, Blaustine V, Lemaire SA, Coselli JS, Carabello BA, Chu D. Severe aortic stenosis: a contemporary look at the patterns of referral and treatment. April 2009. Association of Veterans Affairs Surgeons Annual Meeting. Boston MA
29)Gopaldas RR*, Bakaeen FG, Dao TK, Huh J, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS, Chu D. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) versus open thoracotomy pulmonary lobectomy in a cohort of 13,619 patients. Southern Thoracic Surgical Association’s 56th Annual Meeting. November 5th , 2009. Marco Island, FL.
30)Gopaldas RR*, Chu D, Dao TK, Huh J, Lemaire SA, Coselli JS and Bakaeen FG. Impact of ACGME work-hour restrictions on the Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a cohort of 600,000 patients. 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. February 5th, 2010. San Antonio, TX.
31)Aortic Valve Replacement: Mortality Predictions of Surgeon Versus Risk Model Bakaeen FG*, Chu D, DeLaCruz KI, Gopaldas RR, Sansgiry S, Huh J, LeMaire SA, Berger DH, Coselli JS. 5th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. February 3rd, 2010. San Antonio, TX.
32)Gopaldas RR*, Bakaeen FG, Subramanian A and Chu D. Taming the Goose : Challenges Associated With atypical Dextro-thoracic Boerhaave’s Syndrome. Southwest Surgical Congress. March 23rd, 2010. Tucson, AZ.
33)Gopaldas RR*, Huh J, Dao TK, Lemaire SA, Chu D, Bakaeen FG and Coselli JS. Superior outcomes of TEVAR versus Open repair for isolated descending thoracic aneurysms in a cohort of 11,000 patients. American Association for Thoracic Surgery – Plenary Scientific Session. May 3rd, 2010. Toronto, ON. Canada.
34)Gopaldas RR*, Bakaeen FG, Dao TK, Coselli JS, LeMaire SA, Huh J and Chu D. Are outcomes of concomitant aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting better at academic teaching institutions? Association of VA Surgeons Meeting. May 9th, Indianapolis, IN.
35)Gopaldas RR*, Chu D, Bakaeen FG, Dao TK, Huh J, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS. The Impact of Co-morbid Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm on Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. The Society of Vascular Surgeons, 2010 Vascular Annual Meeting. June 11, 2010. Boston, MA.
36)Gopaldas RR*, Bakaeen FG, LeMaire SA, Dao TK, Huh J, Chu D, Coselli JS. Superior Nationwide outcomes of Carotid Endarterectomy compared to Carotid Artery Stenting: 10-year analysis. The Society of Vascular Surgeons, 2010 Vascular Annual Meeting. June 11, 2010. Boston, MA.
37)Gopaldas RR*, Chu D, Dao TK, Huh J, LeMaire SA, Lin P, Coselli JS and Bakaeen FG. Staged versus Synchronous Carotid endarterectomy and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Analysis of 10-year Nationwide Outcomes. Poster at The Society of Vascular Surgeons, 2010 Vascular Annual Meeting. June 11, 2010. Boston, MA.
38)Gopaldas RR*, Chu D, Dao TK, Huh J, LeMaire SA, Lin P, Coselli JS and Bakaeen FG. Staged Versus Synchronous Carotid Endarterectomy and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: 10-year nationwide analysis and subgroup analysis for Off Pump CABG. Southern Thoracic Surgical Association’s 57th Annual Meeting. November 5th, 2010. Orlando, FL.
39)Gopaldas RR*, Bakaeen FG, Dao TK, Huh J, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS, Chu D. Socioeconomic Disparity in Thoracic Aortic Dissection. STS 47th Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. January 31 - February 2, 2011.
40)Gopaldas RR*, Huh J, Dao TK, Price MD, Preventza O, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS. Incidence, Predictors, and Impact of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia in Patients Who Undergo Aortic Surgery. STS 47th Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. January 31 - February 2, 2011.
41) Gopaldas RR*, Tharakan AK, Dao TK, Markley JG and Schmaltz RA. Glycoprotein IIB/IIIa Inhibitor Infusion Lowers Post-operative Bleeding And Mortality In Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. 6th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. February 1st, 2011. Huntington Beach, CA.
42) Gopaldas RR*, Tharakan AK, Dao TK, Markley JG and Caron NR. Predictors Of In-hospital Complications After Pericardiectomy: A Nationwide Outcomes Study. 6th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. February 3rd, 2011. Huntington Beach, CA.
43)Gopaldas RR*, Bakaeen FG, Dao TK, Coselli JS, LeMaire SA, Huh J, and Chu D. Multivessel Percutaneous Coronary intervention Versus Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Nationwide Propensity-score–matching Analysis Of Index Hospitalization Cost. 6th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. February 1st, 2011. Huntington Beach, CA.
44)Overbey DM, Dao TK and Gopaldas RR. The Impact Of “July Effect” On “Failure To Rescue”: Do Patients Who Undergo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting At Teaching Hospitals Face A Selective Disadvantage? 6th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. February 1st, 2011. Huntington Beach, CA.
45)Gopaldas RR*, Bakaeen FG, Dao TK, Coselli JS, LeMaire SA, Huh J, and Chu D. Ten-year Nationwide Trends In Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Do Hospital Characteristics Influence Its Adoption? 6th Annual Academic Surgical Congress. February 1st, 2011. Huntington Beach, CA.
46)Gopaldas RR*, Dao TK, LeMaire SA, Huh J and Coselli JS. Urgent Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm repair is a superior alternative to traditional open repair for ruptured aneurysm: a nationwide risk-adjusted study of 923 patients. 91st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery – Plenary Scientific Session. May 5th, 2011. Philadelphia, PA.