Gundars Janis Katlaps MD
Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Surgeon, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Tampa General Hospital. Associate Professor of Surgery at University of South Florida. Chief, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tampa General Hospital
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5 Tampa General CircleSuite 820Tampa, FL 33606
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Summary
- Dr. Gundars Katlaps is a thoracic surgery specialist based in Tampa, FL, with subspecialties in adult cardiac surgery, aortic surgery, cardiopulmonary transplantation, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. He obtained his education from the Latvian Medical Academy and honed his surgical skills with a residency at Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University, followed by a fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. He is currently serving as a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, with professional experience in dealing with valvular heart disease, heart failure, lung cancer, adult general cardiac surgery, and cardiac transplantation. Dr. Katlaps has made significant contributions to the field through his publications on various topics such as myocardial tissue changes, lung transplantation, and cardiac failure, among others.
Education & Training
Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2001 - 2003
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2001
Latvian Medical AcademyClass of 1992
Clinical Trials
- Assessing Changes in Myocardial Tissue and Blood in Patients With Advanced Heart Disease Start of enrollment: 2008 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Outcomes of Surgically Implanted Impella Microaxial Flow Pump in Heart Failure-Related Cardiogenic Shock.Jacob Abraham, Mark Anderson, Scott Silvestry, Edward G Soltesz, Masahiro Ono
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2025-03-29 - 6 citationsMast-cell expressed membrane protein-1 is expressed in classical monocytes and alveolar macrophages in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and regulates cell chemotaxis, adh...Carole Y Perrot, Theodoros Karampitsakos, Avraham Unterman, Taylor Adams, Krystin Marlin
American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. 2024-03-01 - Use of Organ Care System Lung for Single-Lung Transplantation.Erol V. Belli, Gundars Katlaps, Mazin Al Salihi, John Dunning
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021-01-01
Press Mentions
Tampa General Led the Nation in Number of Transplants in 2024January 13th, 2025
Veteran Travels to Richmond for Life-Saving Transplant at McGuire VAJuly 3rd, 2019
Other Languages
- Russian, Lithuanian
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