Amit K. Gupta, M.D., FACC
Medical Education And Training:
- Medical Education
July 1988-Dec 1993
Maulana Azad Medical College
University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Graduated with Honors in Physiology
Internship: Compulsory Rotating Jan 1993-Dec 1993
Maulana Azad Medical College and Affiliate hospitals
New Delhi, India
Trainee House Officer (General Surgery) Jan 1994-May 1995
Maulana Azad Medical College and Safdarjung hospitals
New Delhi, India
- Internship: Internal Medicine
June 1995-June 1996
State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY - Residency: Internal Medicine
July 1996-June 1998
State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY - Chief Residency: Internal Medicine
July 1998-June 1999
Kings County Hospital
State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY - Fellowship: Clinical Cardiology
July 2003-June 2006
State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY - Fellowship: Interventional Cardiology
July 2006-June 2007
Baystate Medical Center, Tufts School of Medicine
Springfield, MA
Hospitals And Clinic Appointments
- Director, Intensive Care Unit
North Mississippi Health Services, Iuka, MS
July 1999-Nov 2002 - Private Practice, Primary care clinic
Oct 1999-March 2003
Cherokee, AL - Hospitalist, Internal Medicine Associates
Nov 2002-May 2003
North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, MS - Interventional Cardiologist
Aug 2007-Present
Academic Appointments
- Faculty, Family Medicine Residency Program December 2000-June 2003
North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, MS - Clinical Instructor
November 2000-June 2003
August 2007-Present
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS - Clinical Instructor
July 2006-June 2007
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Licenses And Certification
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine: Interventional Cardiology (2007-2017)
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine: Cardiovascular Disease (2006-2016)
- Diplomate, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (2005-2015)
- Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine (1998-2008)
- Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners (License #22490)
- Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure (License #16244)
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certification # 0-498-636-0 (1995)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (1995-Present)
- Advanced Trauma Life Support Certification (1999-2003)
Professional Affiliations
- American College of Physicians (Elected Fellow)
- American Heart Association
- American College of Cardiology
- Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
- American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
- AHA Fellows Society of Greater New York (Brooklyn Liaison)
- American Medical Association (Lifetime Member)
- Mississippi State Medical Association
- Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi
Research Experience
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship:
- CHAMPION Trial: A clinical trial comparing cangrelor to clopidogrel in subjects who require percutaneous coronary intervention. Sponsor: The Medicines Company (2006-2007)
- AMETHYST Trial: The Assessment of the Medtronic AVE Interceptor Saphenous Vein Graft Filter System. Sponsor: Medtronic (2006-2007
- TIMI 38 trial: A Comparison of CS-747 and Clopidogrel in Acute Coronary Syndrome Subjects who are to Undergo Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Sponsor: Eli Lilly and The TIMI group. (2006-2007)
General Cardiology Fellowship:
- Prospective study of cardiovascular outcomes in relation to various inflammatory markers in consecutive patients undergoing cardiac catheterization at an urban VA medical center. PI: E. Cavusoglu, MD.
Investigator:
- Research on the effects of Perindopril Erbumine in hypertensive subjects in a community trial: A twelve week multicenter trial (May-September 2001)
Abstracts And Publications
- Cavusoglu, E, Chopra, V, Gupta, A, et al: Usefulness of anemia in men as an independent predictor of two-year cardiovascular outcome in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2006 Sep 1;98(5):580-4.
- Gupta, A, Cavusoglu, E, Chopra, V, et al: Correlation of myeloperoxidase levels with the presence and extent of coronary artery disease. Abstract presented at Cardiovascular Revascularization Therapies (CRT) meeting, Washington, DC, March 2006.
- Gupta, A, Cavusoglu, E, Chopra, V, et al: Correlation of myeloperoxidase levels with the presence and extent of coronary artery disease. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2006 Apr-Jun; Suppl: 941
- Cavusoglu, E, Chopra, V, Gupta, A, et al: Usefulness of the white blood cell count as a predictor of angiographic findings in an unselected population referred for coronary angiography. Am J Cardiol. 2006 Nov 1;98(9):1189-93
- Miller, L, Gupta, A, Bertolet BD: Use of Clopidogrel Loading, Enoxaparin, and Double-Bolus Eptifibatide in the Setting of Early Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndromes:J Invasive Cardiol. 2002 May;14(5):251-3.
- Wallace, D, Gupta, A, O’Neil, P: Takotsubo Syndrome in an Elderly Woman with Blunt Trauma. Case report and review of literature. J Trauma. 2007;63:696–699
- Gupta, A, Cavusoglu, E, Chopra, V, et al: Usefulness of the white blood cell count as a predictor of angiographic findings in an unselected population referred for coronary angiography. Abstract selected for presentation at the 13th World Congress on Heart Disease, Vancouver, BC, July 2007
- Cavusoglu, E, Chopra, V, Gupta, A, et al: Relation of Baseline Plasma Phospholipid Levels to Cardiovascular Outcomes at two years in Patients Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Am J Cardiol2007;100:1739 –1743
Honors And Awards
- Honors in Medical Physiology, 1989
- Dean’s Scholarship, 1990-1992
- American Medical Association Physician Recognition Award (1999-2003)
- “Excellence…Through Our Patient’s Eyes” award, for outstanding patient care, by North Mississippi Health Services (January 2000)
- Elected as a fellow of the American College of Physicians (June 2002)
- Elected as liaison to the AHA Fellows Society of Greater New York (2004-2005)