SunuSamuelThomasMD

Cardiology • Boston, MA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation

Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Office
55 Fruit Street
Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-2000

Fax+1 617-726-4105
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Education & Training

Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2014
University of Toronto Faculty of MedicineClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

WA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
MA State Medical License 2014 - 2022

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

14 citations
Hemodynamic and Clinical Performance of Hearts Donated After Circulatory Death.
David A D'Alessandro, Stanley B Wolfe, Asishana A Osho, Kamila Drezek, Monica N Prario, S Alireza Rabi, Eriberto Michel, Lana Tsao, Erin Coglianese, Meaghan Doucette, ...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2022 Oct 4
Persistent Iron Deficiency and Dysregulated Hepcidin Levels After Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy.
Van-Khue Ton, Kamila Drezek, Sophie Boerboom, Katrina F Ostrom, Claire Birchenough, Janice Camuso, Tara Logan, Katherine Milley, Alexandra Anthony, Sunu S Thomas, Erin...> ;ASAIO Journal. 2023 Apr 1
3 citations
UNOS policy change benefits high-priority patients without harming those at low priority.
Aaron M Wolfson, Eugene C DePasquale, Michael W Fong, Kruti Pandya, Leon Zhou, Eric S Kawaguchi, Sunu S Thomas, Ajay S Vaidya> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2022 Dec 1
1 citations
Left Ventricular Assist Device Explant and Mitral Valve Replacement for Myocardial Recovery.
Van-Khue Ton, Sunu S. Thomas, Erin Coglianese, David A. D'Alessandro, Gregory D. Lewis> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2021 Aug 1
6 citations
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) survival: A quaternary center analysis
Lucas Marinacci, Nino Mihatov, David A. D'Alessandro, Mauricio A. Villavicencio, Nathalie Roy, Yuval Raz, Sunu S. Thomas> ;Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2021 Apr 2
11 citations
Beyond the stethoscope: managing ambulatory heart failure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Andrew S. Oseran, Maxwell Afari, Conor D. Barrett, Gregory D. Lewis, Sunu S. Thomas> ;ESC Heart Failure. 2021 Jan 27
1 citations
Case 2-2021: A 26-Year-Old Pregnant Woman with Ventricular Tachycardia and Shock.
Nandita S. Scott, Sunu S. Thomas, Doreen DeFaria Yeh, Andrew S. Fox, R. Neal Smith> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2021 Jan 21
1 citations
Atrioventricular Dissociation during Ventricular Fibrillation.
Jonathan R. Salik, Sunu S. Thomas> ;The New England Journal of Medicine. 2020 Jun 4
9 citations
Management of Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock in Pregnancy
Shilpa Sharma, Sunu S. Thomas> ;Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2019 Dec 9
55 citations
Pre-emptive pangenotypic direct acting antiviral therapy in donor HCV-positive to recipient HCV-negative heart transplantation: an open-label study
Emily D. Bethea, Kerry Gaj, Jenna L. Gustafson, Andrea L. Axtell, T Lebeis, Mark W. Schoenike, Karen Turvey, Erin Coglianese, Sunu S. Thomas, Christopher Newton-Cheh, ...> ;The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2019 Jul 26
4 citations
The Renal Challenge With Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy-When Enough Is Enough.
Sunu S. Thomas, Emily K. Zern, David A. D'Alessandro> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2017 Dec 18
2 citations
Traumatic Brains and Broken Hearts: Mending the Donor Shortage in Cardiac Transplantation∗
Sunu S. Thomas, David A. D'Alessandro> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2017 Sep 5
7 citations
Predicting Success: Left Ventricular Assist Device Explantation Evaluation Protocol Using Comprehensive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing.
Johannes Steiner, Stephanie Wiafe, Janice M. Camuso, Katherine Milley, Luke Wooster, Cole S. Bailey, Sunu S. Thomas, David A. D'Alessandro, Jose Manuel Perez Garcia, G...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2017 Jan 1
4 citations
Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure Prevention: Do We Need a Risk Score?
Jagmeet P. Singh, Sunu S. Thomas> ;JACC. Heart Failure. 2017 Jan 1
2 citations
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure.
Anthony J. Choi, Sunu S. Thomas, Jagmeet P. Singh> ;Heart Failure Clinics. 2016 Jul 1
51 citations
Clinical Features and Outcomes in Adults With Cardiogenic Shock Supported by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Brett J Carroll, Ravi V. Shah, Venkatesh L. Murthy, Stephen A. McCullough, Nosheen Reza, Sunu S. Thomas, Tae H. Song, Christopher Newton-Cheh, Janice M. Camuso, Tom Ma...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2015 Nov 15
54 citations
Left Ventricular Decompression During Speed Optimization Ramps in Patients Supported by Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Device-Specific Performance Ch...
Nir Uriel, A.P. Levin, Gabriel Sayer, Kanika P. Mody, Sunu S. Thomas, Sirtaz Adatya, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Arthur R. Garan, Alexander Breskin, Hiroo Takayama, Paolo C....> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2015 Oct 1
57 citations
Early post-operative ventricular arrhythmias in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices.
Arthur R. Garan, A.P. Levin, Veli K. Topkara, Sunu S. Thomas, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Paolo C. Colombo, Koji Takeda, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshifumi Naka, William Whang, Ulric...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2015 Dec 1
8 citations
Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Cardiac Retransplantation: A single center experience
Kevin J. Clerkin, Sunu S. Thomas, Jennifer Haythe, P. Christian Schulze, Maryjane Farr, Hiroo Takayama, Ulrich P. Jorde, Susan Restaino, Yoshifumi Naka, Donna Mancini> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2015 Feb 1
36 citations
Advanced heart failure in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: Is there equal access to care?
Nir Uriel, Nadav Nahumi, Paolo C. Colombo, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Susan Restaino, Jason Han, Sunu S. Thomas, Arthur R. Garan, Hiroo Takayama, Donna M. Mancini, Yoshifum...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2014 Sep 1
26 citations
Pre-operative mortality risk assessment in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: application of the HeartMate II risk score.
Sunu S. Thomas, Nadav Nahumi, Jason Han, Matthew Lippel, Paolo C. Colombo, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshifumi Naka, Nir Uriel, Ulrich P. Jorde> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2014 Jul 1
Alcohol septal ablation versus surgical myectomy for HCM--the controversy continues.
Sunu S. Thomas, Carey Kimmelstiel> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2014 Feb 1
137 citations
Prevalence, Significance, and Management of Aortic Insufficiency in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients
Ulrich P. Jorde, Nir Uriel, Nadav Nahumi, David Bejar, José González-Costello, Sunu S. Thomas, Jason Han, Kerry A. Morrison, Sophie Jones, Susheel Kodali, Rebecca T. H...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2014 Jan 10
136 citations
Device thrombosis in HeartMate II continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: a multifactorial phenomenon.
Nir Uriel, Jason J. Han, Kerry A. Morrison, Nadav Nahumi, Melana Yuzefpolskaya, Arthur R. Garan, Jimmy Duong, Paolo C. Colombo, Hiroo Takayama, Sunu S. Thomas, Yoshifu...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2014 Jan 1
3 citations
Case 7-2013: Percutaneous closure of the aortic valve for severe aortic insufficiency due to a left ventricular assist device.
Andrew J. Feider, Mark A. Chaney, Jennifer A Cowger, Sunu S. Thomas, Ulrich P. Jorde> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2013 Dec 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Salem HospitalSalem, Massachusetts