Dr. Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula
Interventional Cardiologist
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Dr. Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula is an interventional cardiologist at Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Episode # 4 • 21 Jun 2026
Data to Delivery: CHIP-BCIS3 - Microaxial Flow Pump Support for High-Risk Complex PCI
CathMasters discuss the landmark CHIP-BCIS3 trial (Controlled Trial of High-Risk Coronary Intervention with Percutaneous Left Ventricular Unloading), published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2026.
Using a representative case of an 84-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy (LVEF 25%), NSTEMI, and severe multivessel calcified coronary artery disease requiring left main bifurcation PCI and calcium modification in a left-dominant coronary system, the episode walks through the background evidence gap, trial design, key results, limitations, and practical implications for interventional cardiologists managing complex high-risk indicated PCI (CHIP). The discussion contextualizes CHIP-BCIS3 within the broader landscape of mechanical circulatory support trials, including BCIS-1, PROTECT II, DanGer Shock, and the upcoming PROTECT IV.
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About
Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc, FACP, FCCP, FCCM, FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, is a board-certified interventional and critical care cardiologist with the Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute and the director of Coronary Care Unit at Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals. Dr. Vallabhajosyula is also an assistant professor of medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Prior to joining the Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute, he worked as an assistant professor of medicine, director of interventional cardiology research, and director of the cardiovascular intensive care unit at the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
He obtained his medical degree from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University in India and a master’s degree from the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) at the Mayo Clinic’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He completed an internal medicine residency at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska, cardiovascular medicine and critical care medicine at the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education in Rochester, Minnesota, and an interventional cardiology fellowship at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Vallabhajosyula is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, American College of Chest Physicians, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
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