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Seema P. Deshpande, MBBS

Academic Title:

Associate Professor

Primary Appointment:

Anesthesiology

Administrative Title:

Cardiothoracic Fellowship Program Director

Additional Title:

Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Program

Location:

UMMC, S8D

Phone (Primary):

(410) 328-9968

Phone (Secondary):

(410) 328-9813

Fax:

(410) 328-3092

Education and Training

Education

  • 1992: Medical school - Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, India
  • 1997-1998: Internship - Preliminary Medicine, Deaconess Hospital, St Louis, Missouri
  • 1998-2001: Residency - Resident and Chief Resident, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St Louis, Missouri 
  • 2001-2002: Fellowship: Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri

Professional Experience

  • 2003-2005: Instructor And Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2005-2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 
  • 2007 to present: Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2017 to 2019: Associate Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthsiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2019 to present: Director, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program, Department of Anesthsiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Highlighted Publications

  1. Odonkor P, Deshpande S, Malinow A. An Impacted Epidural Catheter. Anesthesiology. 131(3), 664. PMID: 31008765. 2019
  2. Judd M, Strauss E, Hasan S, Abuelkasem E, Li J, Deshpande S, Mazzeffi MA, Ogawa S, Tanaka KA. Clotting time results are not interchangeable between EXTEM and FIBTEM on rotational thromboelastometry. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 34(6), 1467-1473. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.12.030. Epub 2019 Dec 23. PMID: 32139339. 2019
  3. Mondal S, Carr SR, Encarnación CO, Miller S, Deshpande S. Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography - In the surgical correction of Post Pneumonectomy Syndrome. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 34(4):1113-1114. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.07.153. Epub 2019 Aug 5. PMID: 31466853. 2019
  4. Encarnacion CO, Deshpande SP, Mondal S, Carr SR. Surgical correction of postpneumonectomy syndrome with adjustable saline implants and transoesophageal echocardiography. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 57(6), 1224-1226. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz311. PMID: 31710660. 2019
  5. Deshpande SP, Sankova S, Dorsey N, Dawood MY, Tanaka K. Transcatheter tricuspid valve-in valve replacement-hope for the forgotten valve!. Korean J Anesthesiol. 73(3), 264-266: doi: https://doi.org/10.4097/kja.20104 [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32160737. 2020

Additional Publication Citations

Book Chapters

Fitzpatrick M, Deshpande S. Parkinson’s disease, Chapter 245, Fleisher & Roizen: Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 3e, 2010 

Clinical Specialty Details

Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Awards and Affiliations

2000   Peter E. Krucylak Prize, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, Award, given to the Best Resident in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
 
2017   Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching given by the Residents, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
 
2020   Women in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (WICTA) Professional Coaching Award, As part of WICTA 2020 Scholarship Program, selected for this scholarship award among nationwide peer group of women cardiothoracic anesthesiology members of WICTA