SasaVukelicMD, PhD

Cardiology • Bronx, NY

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation

Assistant Professor of Medicine Attending Cardiologist

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Office
Montefiore Greene Medical Arts Pavilion 3400 Bainbridge Avenue
7th floor
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone+1 718-920-2424
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Education & Training

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Fellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2016 - 2017
University of BelgradePhD, 2016
Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2012 - 2014
University of BelgradeMS, Immunology, 2014
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
Weill Cornell MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, Tissue Engineering and Repair Program, 2006 - 2009
University of Belgrade Faculty of MedicineClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2016 - 2025
GA State Medical License 2012 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Outstanding Fellow Award Emory University Department of Medicine, 2016
Assistant Chief Resident Lenox Hill Hospital Department of Medicine, 2011

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Primary Graft Dysfunction After Cardiac Transplantation: Results of an A Priori Ventless Approach.
Ulrich P Jorde, Angelos Arfaras-Melainis, Ningxin Wan, Mayuko Uehara, Francesco Castagna, Sasa Vukelic, Yogita M Rochlani, Shivank A Madan, Sandhya Murthy, Snehal R Pa...> ;ASAIO Journal. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Predicting Hemodynamic Changes During Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Support With a Longitudinal Evaluation.
Francesco Castagna, Shankar Viswanathan, George Chalhoub, Paul Ippolito, Julio Andres Ovalle Ramos, Sasa Vukelic, Daniel B Sims, Shivank Madan, Omar Saeed, Ulrich P Jorde> ;ASAIO Journal. 2023 Nov 1
2 citations
Impact of narrowing perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis for left ventricular assist device implantation.
Lauren Allen, Rachel Bartash, Grace Y Minamoto, Kelsie Cowman, Snehal Patel, Sasa Vukelic, Daryl U Nnani, Daphenie Fauvel, Yi Guo> ;Transplant Infectious Disease. 2022 Oct 1
1 citations
The Interaction of Amiodarone and Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Use in Risk of Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction Following Heart Transplantation.
Thiru Chinnadurai, Snehal R Patel, Omar Saeed, Waqas Hanif, Mercedes Rivas-Lasarte, Muhammad Farooq, Carolyne Castillo, Maria Taveras, Daphenie Fauvel, Jooyoung J Shin...> ;Transplantation Direct. 2022 Feb 1
5 citations
Gastrointestinal Angiodysplasia in Heart Failure and during CF LVAD Support
Snehal R. Patel, S. Vukelic, Thiru Chinnudurai, Shivank Madan, Nicholas E.S. Sibinga, Joann Kwah, Omar Saeed, Daniel J. Goldstein, Ulrich P. Jorde> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2021 Nov 14
7 citations
A History of Heart Failure Is an Independent Risk Factor for Death in Patients Admitted with Coronavirus 19 Disease
Francesco Castagna, Rachna Kataria, Shivank Madan, Syed Zain Ali, Karim Diab, Angelos Arfaras-Melainis, Paul Kim, Federico M. Giorgi, Sasa Vukelic, Omar Saeed, Snehal ...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2021 Jun 30
5 citations
COVID-19 in heart transplant recipients-A seroprevalence survey.
Snehal R. Patel, Christiana Gjelaj, Rena Fletcher, A. Luke, Alexandra Paschenko, Muhammad Farooq, Omar Saeed, Sasa Vukelic, Ulrich P. Jorde> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2021 Apr 27
70 citations
Statin Use and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and COVID-19.
Omar Saeed, Francesco Castagna, Ilir Agalliu, Xiaonan Xue, Snehal R. Patel, Yogita Rochlani, Rachna Kataria, Sasa Vukelic, Daniel B. Sims, Chikezie Alvarez, Mercedes R...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2020 Dec 15
14 citations
Hemolysis and Nonhemorrhagic Stroke During Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Omar Saeed, William Jakobleff, T. Chinnadurai, Nicolas Mellas, Sabarivinoth Rangasamy, Yu Xia, Shivank Madan, Prakash Acharya, Mohammad Algodi, Snehal R. Patel, Julia ...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2019 Sep 1
7 citations
Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Survival Improves With Multidisciplinary Approach.
Ulrich P. Jorde, Aman M. Shah, Daniel B. Sims, Shivank Madan, Nida Siddiqi, A. Luke, Omar Saeed, Snehal R. Patel, Sandhya Murthy, Jooyoung J. Shin, Johanna Oviedo, Sad...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2019 Aug 1
36 citations
Utilization rates and clinical outcomes of hepatitis C positive donor hearts in the contemporary era
Shivank Madan, Snehal R. Patel, Kusha Rahgozar, Omar Saeed, Sandhya Murthy, Sasa Vukelic, Daniel B. Sims, Jooyoung J. Shin, Daniel J. Goldstein, Ulrich P. Jorde> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2019 Jun 28
17 citations
NOX4 (NADPH Oxidase 4) and Poldip2 (Polymerase δ-Interacting Protein 2) Induce Filamentous Actin Oxidation and Promote Its Interaction With Vinculin During Integrin-Me...
Sasa Vukelic, Qian Xu, Bonnie Seidel-Rogol, Elizabeth A. Faidley, Anna Dikalova, Lula Hilenski, Ulrich P. Jorde, Leslie B. Poole, Bernard Lassègue, Guogang Zhang, Kath...> ;Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2018 Oct 1
28 citations
Cardiac transplantation from non-viremic hepatitis C donors.
Snehal R. Patel, Shivank Madan, Omar Saeed, Daniel B. Sims, J. Julia Shin, Cecilia Nucci, E. Borukhov, Y. Goldstein, William Jakobleff, S. Forest, Sasa Vukelic, Sandhy...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2018 Aug 17
40 citations
Digoxin Is Associated With a Decreased Incidence of Angiodysplasia-Related Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
Sasa Vukelic, Peter Vlismas, Snehal R. Patel, Xiaonan Xue, Sanyog G. Shitole, Omar Saeed, Daniel B. Sims, T. Chinnadurai, Julia J. Shin, Daniel J. Goldstein, Ulrich P....> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2018 Aug 1
48 citations
Stress Signals, Mediated by Membranous Glucocorticoid Receptor, Activate PLC/PKC/GSK-3β/β-catenin Pathway to Inhibit Wound Closure
Ivan Jozic, Sasa Vukelic, Olivera Stojadinovic, Liang Liang, Horacio Ramirez, Irena Pastar, Marjana Tomic Canic> ;The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2017 May 1
13 citations
Skin Metabolite, Farnesyl Pyrophosphate, Regulates Epidermal Response to Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Migration.
Irena Pastar, Olivera Stojadinovic, Andrew P. Sawaya, Rivka C. Stone, Linsey E. Lindley, Nkemcho Ojeh, Sasa Vukelic, Herbert H. Samuels, Marjana Tomic-Canic> ;Journal of Cellular Physiology. 2016 Nov 1
16 citations
Bleeding in continuous flow left ventricular assist device recipients: an acquired vasculopathy?
Snehal R. Patel, Sasa Vukelic, Ulrich P. Jorde> ;Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2016 Oct 1
48 citations
Poldip2 controls vascular smooth muscle cell migration by regulating focal adhesion turnover and force polarization
Srinivasa Raju Datla, Daniel J. McGrail, Sasa Vukelic, Lauren P. Huff, Alicia N. Lyle, Lily Pounkova, Minyoung Lee, Bonnie Seidel-Rogol, Mazen K. Khalil, Lula Hilenski...> ;American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 2014 Oct 1
41 citations
Deregulation of epidermal stem cell niche contributes to pathogenesis of nonhealing venous ulcers
Olivera Stojadinovic, Irena Pastar, Aron G. Nusbaum, Sasa Vukelic, Agata Krzyzanowska, Marjana Tomic-Canic> ;Wound Repair and Regeneration. 2014 Mar 1
34 citations
Angiotensin II, from vasoconstrictor to growth factor: a paradigm shift.
Sasa Vukelic, Kathy K. Griendling> ;Circulation Research. 2014 Feb 28
5 citations
Apical ballooning syndrome associated with isolated severe hyponatremia: case report and suggested pathophysiology.
Ofer Sagiv, Sasa Vukelic, Steve Czak, Frank C. Messineo, Neil L. Coplan> ;Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2012 Jan 1
144 citations
Cortisol synthesis in epidermis is induced by IL-1 and tissue injury.
Sasa Vukelic, Olivera Stojadinovic, Irena Pastar, Morgan Rabach, Agata Krzyzanowska, Elizabeth Lebrun, Stephen C. Davis, Sydney R. Resnik, Harold Brem, Marjana Tomic-C...> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2011 Mar 25
47 citations
Farnesyl pyrophosphate inhibits epithelialization and wound healing through the glucocorticoid receptor.
Sasa Vukelic, Olivera Stojadinovic, Irena Pastar, Constantinos Vouthounis, Agata Krzyzanowska, Sharmistha Das, Herbert H. Samuels, Marjana Tomic-Canic> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2010 Jan 15
18 citations
Surgical Pathology to Describe the Clinical Margin of Debridement of Chronic Wounds Using a Wound Electronic Medical Record
Michael S. Golinko, Renata A Joffe, David de Vinck, Eashwar B. Chandrasekaran, Olivera Stojadinovic, Stephan Barrientos, Sasa Vukelic, Marjana Tomic-Canic, Harold Brem> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2009 Aug 1
41 citations
Primary cultured fibroblasts derived from patients with chronic wounds: a methodology to produce human cell lines and test putative growth factor therapy such as GMCSF
Harold Brem, Michael S. Golinko, Olivera Stojadinovic, Arber Kodra, Robert F. Diegelmann, Sasa Vukelic, Hyacinth Entero, Donald L. Coppock, Marjana Tomic-Canic> ;Journal of Translational Medicine. 2008 Dec 1
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