ParashPokharelMD

Cardiology • Danville, PA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Associate Physician

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Office
100 N Academy Ave
Danville, PA 17822
Phone+1 570-271-6523

Education & Training

Loyola University Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2015 - 2017
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Montefiore)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2012 - 2015
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health SciencesClass of 2004

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2017 - 2024
IL State Medical License 2014 - 2017
NY State Medical License 2010 - 2015
MN State Medical License 2008 - 2011
ND State Medical License 2008 - 2011
Certification Board of Nuclear CardiologyNuclear Cardiology
The National Board of EchocardiographyEchocardiography

Clinical Trials

Venous Thromboembolic Event (VTE) Prophylaxis in Medically Ill Patients Start of enrollment: 2007 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Expedited loading with intravenous sotalol is safe and feasible-primary results of the Prospective Evaluation Analysis and Kinetics of IV Sotalol (PEAKS) Registry.
Benjamin A Steinberg, Richard Holubkov, Thomas Deering, Christopher A Groh, Suneet Mittal
Heart Rhythm. 2024-07-01
3 citations
Mechanisms of damage related to ICD and pacemaker lead interaction.
Parash Pokharel, Ankit Mahajan, Adam Himes, Meg Lowell, Richard Budde
Heart Rhythm O2. 2023-12-01
20 citations
His-Purkinje Conduction System Pacing Optimized Trial of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy vs Biventricular Pacing: HOT-CRT Clinical Trial.
Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, Parash Pokharel, Faiz A Subzposh, Jess W Oren, Randle H Storm
JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology. 2023-12-01

Journal Articles

Regression of left ventricular hypertrophy: Lessons from clinical trials
Pokharel P; Bella JN, OA Evidence-Based Medicine, 11/1/2013

Abstracts/Posters

MITOKATP Channel Availability Determines Whether Cyclosporine A Prevents or Promotes Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Associated Arrhythmias
Xie C , Biary N, Jin D, Pokharel P, Akar FG., Journal of American College of Cardiology, 4/5/2011
Left Ventricular torsion during adenosine –mediated ischemia measured by speckle tracking Echocardiography
Yoon AJ, Pokharel P, Nazari R, Nicu M, Afshar M, Nahar T, Bella JN, Journal of American Society of Echocardiography, 5/2009
Left Ventricular torsion assessed by Speckle-tracking Echocardiography in type II Diabetes Mellitus
Nazari R, Yoon A, Pokharel P, Stern L, Nahar T, Bella JN, Journal of American Society of Echocardiography, 5/2008

Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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