Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD

Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Excellence in AF and Complex Arrhythmias

Medical School, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad India
Residency, University of Missouri Kansas City, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City Missouri
Fellowship, Creighton University, Omaha Nebraska (Cardiology)
Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Ohio (Electrophysiology)

Clinical Interests

  • Cardiac electrophysiology
  • Complex arrhythmia management
  • Radiofrequency ablation (AFIB/SVT/VT)
  • Cardiac device implantation and extraction
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure
  • Congenital cardiac rhythm disorders (Long QT, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Brugada syndrome)
  • Sudden cardiac death

Research Interests

  • Atrial fibrillation & ventricular tachycardia.
  • Investigational devices and drugs for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias
  • Role of Yoga in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and syncope
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy - effects on outcomes, predictors of positive response
  • Radiofrequency ablation - effects on outcomes and patient quality of life
  • Role of vitamin deficiency in cardiac arrhythmia