Sudhakar Subramani
Biography
Sudhakar Subramani, MBBS, MD, MMed, MME, FASE, is Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California, Irvine. He received his MD in Anesthesiology and Critical Care from Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry, India, and completed a Master in Medical Education from the University of Iowa in 2024. Subramani is board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology and is a Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography. He holds a Diplomate in Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography from the National Board of Echocardiography.
Subramani's clinical and scholarly work focuses on cardiothoracic anesthesia, perioperative echocardiography, and transplant anesthesia. He has published over 45 peer-reviewed articles in journals including the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Anesthesia & Analgesia, and Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, with particular emphasis on perioperative bleeding management, right ventricular dysfunction, transcatheter valve procedures, and lung transplantation. He has authored multiple book chapters on ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and point-of-care ultrasound, and serves as a reviewer for several anesthesiology journals. In January 2025, he joined the editorial board of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.
At the University of Iowa from 2012 to 2024, Subramani received the Resident Teacher of the Year Award three consecutive years (2021-2023) and the President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence in 2024. He served as Director of the Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Rotation and Co-Director of the Anesthesia Residency Echocardiography Rotation, and chaired the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee. He has been active in the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia, serving as Chair of the Midwest Regional SATA from 2021 to 2024, and serves on multiple committees for the Society of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists and the Society for Education in Anesthesia.
Return to topEducation
- MBBS, Chengalpattu Medical College, 1999
- MD, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), 2005
- MMed in Anaesthesiology, National University of Singapore, 2009
- MME, University of Iowa, 2024
Distinctions
- Fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography (FASE), 2018
- Best Paper in Clinical Pharmacology, Indian Society of Anesthesiologists National Conference, 2003
- Resident Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, 2017-2018, 2019-2020
- Resident Teacher of the Year Award, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, 2021-2023
- President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Iowa, 2024
- Gold Medal MD, Anesthesiology Class of 2005, Pondicherry University, 2005
- Top Rank and Distinction in Anatomy, Chengalpattu Medical College, 1996
- Merit Certification in Pharmacology, Chengalpattu Medical College, 1997
- Second Place in the Ophthalmology Medal, Chengalpattu Medical College, 1998
- Top Rank in Medicine in Final MBBS, Chengalpattu Medical College, 1999
Areas of Expertise
- Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Perioperative Hemodynamic Assessment
- Lung Transplantation Management
- Right Ventricular Dysfunction
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education
- High Spinal Anesthesia Techniques
Recent Publications
- Bhatt HV, Fritz AV, Feinman JW, Subramani S, Malhotra AK, Townsley MM, Weiner MM, Sharma A, Teixeira MT, Nguyen B, Cohen SM, Waldron NH, Shapiro AB, Bloom JL, Hanada S, Ramakrishna H, Martin AK, “The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights from 2024”, J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 26-39, 2025.
- Wilkey BJ, Elliott T, Jones TE, Vasilopoulos T, Gelzinis T, Bellomy M, Brodt JL, Knight J, Geube MA, Fox JM, Racine CL, Tawil JN, Kozarek K, Subramani S, Siegrist KK, Kothary P, Peng YG, Miltiades AN, McCartney SL, Bottiger BA, et al., “Survey of Extracorporeal Life Support Application in Lung Transplantation” (opens in new tab), Clin Transplant, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. e70094, 2025.
- Gelzinis, T.A., Milam, A.J., Subramani, S., Ramakrishna, H., “The Anesthetic Management of Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support” (opens in new tab), Mechanical Circulatory Support, Springer, 2025.
- Bhatt HV, Fritz AV, Feinman JW, Subramani S, Malhotra AK, Townsley MM, Weiner MM, Sharma A, Teixeira MT, Lee J, Linganna RE, Waldron NH, Shapiro AB, Mckeon J, Hanada S, Ramakrishna H, Martin AK, “The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2023” (opens in new tab), J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 16-28, 2024.
- Cavanaugh NB, Deng Z, Sivamurugan A, Subramani S, Agarwal D, Arshava EV, Hanada S, “Does the aerosol box accommodate the double-lumen tube intubation?” (opens in new tab), SAGE Open Med Case Rep, vol. 12, pp. 2050313X241255502, 2024.
- Lin CY, Singhal AK, Cavanaugh NB, Subramani S, Bang JK, Hanada S, “AngioVac Procedures: Integration of cardiac surgeon and anesthesiologist-led transesophageal echocardiography: A preliminary report” (opens in new tab), Heliyon, vol. 10, no. 13, pp. e33225, 2024.
- Alfaras-Melainis, K., Fernando, R. J., Boisen, M. L., Hoffman, P. J., Rosenkrans, D. J., Teeter, E., Cardi, A. I., Laney, J., Reagan, A., Rao, V. K., Anderson, M., Luke, C. B., Subramani, S., Schisler, T., Ritchie, P. J., Gelzinis, T. A., “The year in thoracic anesthesia: selected highlights from 2022” (opens in new tab), J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 29-56, 2024.
- Courtwright AM, Whyte AM, Devarajan J, Fritz AV, Martin AK, Wilkey B, Stollings L, Cassara CM, Tawil JN, Miltiades AN, Bottiger BA, Pollak AL, Boisen ML, Harika RS, Street C, Terracciano W, Green J, Subramani S, Gelzinis TA, “The Year in Cardiothoracic Transplant Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2022 Part I: Lung Transplantation”, J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 2516-2545, 2024.
- Sivamurugan A, Sondekoppam R, Rier A, Sadek N, Subramani S, Rajagopal S, Ranganath Y, Singhal AK, Hanada S, “Impact of high spinal anesthesia in pediatric congenital heart surgery on postoperative recovery: a retrospective propensity score-matched study” (opens in new tab), J Thorac Dis, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 7417-7426, 2024.
- Hanada, S., Hayashi, Y., Subramani, S., Thenuwara, K. N., “Pioneering the integration of artificial intelligence in medical oral board examinations” (opens in new tab), Cureus, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. e52318, 2024.
- Martin, A. K., Feinman, J. W., Bhatt, H. V., Fritz, A. V., Subramani, S., Malhotra, A. K., Townsley, M. M., Sharma, A., Patel, S. J., Ha, B., Gui, J. L., Zaky, A., Labe, S., Teixeira, M. T., Morozowich, S. T., Weiner, M. M., Ramakrishna, H., “The year in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia: selected highlights from 2022” (opens in new tab), J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 201-213, 2023.
- Cavanaugh, N. B., Subramani, S., Foster, T. J., Hanada, S., “Prophylactic use of continuous positive airway pressure to operative lung during one-lung ventilation can minimize bleomycin pulmonary toxicity: a report of two cases” (opens in new tab), Cureus, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. e36150, 2023.
- Jain, A., Subramani, S., Gebhardt, B., Hauser, J., Bailey, C., Ramakrishna, H., “Infective endocarditis-update for the perioperative clinician” (opens in new tab), J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 637-649, 2023.
- Shen, J., Singh, M., Tran, T. T., Bughrara, N. F., Vo, C., Sigakis, M., Nikravan, S., Tone, R., Sandhu, C. K., Kakazu, C., Kumar, V., Sharma, A., Safa, R., Byrne, M., Subramani, S., Pham, N., Ramsingh, D., “Assessment of cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound objective structured clinical examinations in graduating anesthesiology residents across multiple residency programs” (opens in new tab), J Clin Anesth, vol. 91, pp. 111260, 2023.
- Subramani, S., Sharma, A., Arora, L., Hanada, S., Krishnan, S., Ramakrishna, H., “Perioperative right ventricular dysfunction: analysis of outcomes” (opens in new tab), J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 309-320, 2022.
- Rier, A. S., Subramani, S., Ravindranath, S., Singhal, A., Hanada, S., “Acute pulmonary embolism caused by abdominal pannus retraction in an awake patient in the operating room: a case report” (opens in new tab), A A Pract, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. e01559, 2022.
- Rhoades, D., Subramani, S., “Diagnostic challenges with transesophageal echocardiography for intraoperative iatrogenic aortic dissection: role of epiaortic ultrasound” (opens in new tab), Ann Card Anaesth, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 83-86, 2021.
Contact Information
Email: sudhaks2@uci.edu
Phone: (714) 456-5501
Address: 101 The City Drive South, B53-226G, Orange CA 92868
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