Dr. Deepika Gopalakrishnan (Gopal), MD

Speciality

Cardiovascular Disease

About 

Dr. Deepika Gopal is a clinical cardiologist and Cardiac Imaging specialist with Baylor Scott and White Cardiology - The Heart Group Plano and is on the medical staff at The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, Baylor Regional Medical Center in Plano. She completed her Cardiology Fellowship at the Barnes Hospital Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Her special interests include valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, preventive cardiology, heart disease in women, advanced cardiac imaging with transesophageal echo, 3D TEE, coronary CT angiography with FFR CT and cardiac MRI, nuclear cardiology and stress echocardiography and CT calcium score. She is medical director of Cardiac MRI at The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano. She is actively involved in research trials and clinical research. She is the author of the book "Every Woman's Guide to her Heart"
 

Hospital Affiliations

#50 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery

High Performing in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Surgery, Heart Attack, Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

Education & Experience

Medical School & Residency

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium

Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium

Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1996-2000

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium

Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1996-1999

Henry Ford Hospital

Residency, Internal Medicine

Henry Ford Hospital

Internship, Internal Medicine, 1993-1994

Kilpauk Medical College

Medical School

Certifications & Licensure

American Board of Internal Medicine

Certified in Cardiovascular Disease

MI State Medical License

Active through 2006

FL State Medical License

Active through 2005

TX State Medical License

Active through 2023

Awards, Honors & Recognitions

CMS Stage 1 2012, 2012

ACC Fellow

Publications

Noncontrast 3D CMR imaging for aortic valve annulus sizing in TAVR.

Ambarish Gopal, Paul A. Grayburn, Molly Mack, Isabel Chacon, Rebeca J. Kim, Debbie E. Montenegro, Teresa Phan, Jill Rudolph, Giovanni Filardo, Michael J. Mack, Deepika Gopalakrishnan

Evaluating paravalvular leak after TAVR

Deepika Gopalakrishnan, Ambarish Gopal, Paul A. Grayburn

Cardiac computed tomography: diagnostic utility and integration in clinical practice.

Matthew J. Budoff, Ambarish Gopal, Deepika Gopalakrishnan

Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage complicating thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction.

Deepika Gopalakrishnan, Teresa Tioran, Carlos Emanuel, Vivian L. Clark

Asymmetry of the calves in the assessment of patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism.

Paul D. Stein, Jerald W. Henry, Deepika Gopalakrishnan, Bruce Relyea