Deepti Upparapalli

Biography

Deepti Upparapalli, M.D., is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of California, Irvine. She received her Doctor of Medicine from American University of the Caribbean and completed fellowship training in Cardiovascular Disease at Christiana Care Health System affiliated with Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, where she served as Chief Cardiology Fellow. She completed fellowship training in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Upparapalli is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology.

At UC Irvine, Upparapalli focuses on advanced heart failure, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support including left ventricular assist devices. She has developed expertise in shared care models for advanced heart failure patients in the community, presenting on this topic at multiple symposia including the UCLA Heart Failure Symposium and UCI Essentials in Cardiovascular Disease Symposium. Her clinical skills include right heart catheterization, Swan Ganz catheter placement, endomyocardial biopsies, and advanced echocardiography including transesophageal echocardiography. She has contributed to research on heart failure management strategies and pulmonary embolism treatment approaches.

Upparapalli serves on multiple committees within the UCI Division of Cardiology, including the Clinical Competency Committee for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, the Cardiology Program Evaluation Committee, and the Advanced Heart Failure VAD Quality Task Force. She is actively involved in medical education, teaching medical students, residents, and cardiology fellows through daily clinical rounds, didactic lectures, and supervision of journal club presentations. She has served on the planning committee for the UCI Essentials and Advances in Cardiovascular Disease symposium and previously served as ACC Fellow-in-Training Representative and Fellow Representative for Women in Cardiology for the Delaware Chapter.

Education

• M.D., American University of the Caribbean, 2015
• B.A. in Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2010

Distinctions

• Edmondson Research Fellow, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, 2009
• Resident of the Quarter, Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, 2016