Renowned indian-american cardiologist shot dead

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Renowned Indian-American cardiologist Suresh Gadasalli, who performed the world's first simultaneous hybrid revascularisation, was shot dead by his friend and business associate who then committed suicide in Odesaa in the US state of Texas, police said.

Dr Gadasalli, 53, was shot dead by 60-year-old patient and business associate Ayyasamy Thangam at the 'Healthy Heart Centre' on Thursday, according to a release issued by the Odessa Police Department.

The incident shocked the city, popular for Laura and George Bush's home city of 2.5 lakh people.

Dr Gadasalli hailed from Bangalore and was educated at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Belgaum, Karnataka, before studying at the Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and the Sinai Samaritan Centre in Milwaukee.

Dr Gadasalli hailed from Bangalore and was educated at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Belgaum, Karnataka, before studying at the Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and the Sinai Samaritan Centre in Milwaukee.

He was recruited by Medical Centre Hospital in Odessa, Texas in 1994.

The Healthy Heart Centre profile mentions that Dr Gadasalli was recognised as a leading physician of the world by the International Association of Cardiologists.

He was named "super doctor" by Texas Monthly in 2008.

In 2005, he performed the world's first simultaneous hybrid revascularisation, which involved two major procedures - coronary artery bypass and stent replacement, using a robotic system known as the Da Vinci Surgical System.

Gadasalli was previously investigated in a federal court case on a currency structuring charge. The FBI began their investigation into the Healthy Heart Center in June of 2012.

He was accused of violating federal law in structuring transactions to avoid reporting requirements, according to previous reports.

According to court records, Gadasalli's case was closed on January 22, 2014.

 

[a-TB]

Cant understand what drives a 60 year old patient to shoot and kill , then commit suicide?

 

[prasad1]

Cant understand what drives a 60 year old patient to shoot and kill , then commit suicide?

He was his business partner, and happened to be a patient too.

Police, who are still investigating the incident, have not established any motive so far. According to local media accounts, Dr Gadasalli was investigated by the FBI recently in a currency structuring case, accused of making cash withdrawals of just under $10,000 to escape reporting requirements for over $10K withdrawals. Some reports said authorities had absolved him of any wrongdoing.

Regardless, his professional popularity and excellence was unquestioned. In 2005, he along with Dr Sudhir Srivastava performed what was then the world's first simultaneous hybrid vascularization, a two-technique cardiac procedure that allows repairing of multiple coronary artery disease in patients in one session using a robot. Dr Gadasalli said in an interview with ToI at that time that because the procedures were conducted simultaneously in one session, the patient did not have an extended stay and reduced hospital costs by thousands of dollars. Recovery was quicker. The patient left hospital for home just two days after the operation.

Many such patients poured their hearts out on social media after news of Dr Gadasalli death, recalling his extraordinary service to the community. Some of them recalled how he had extended their lives by years with his immaculate surgeries and one patient remembered how he had returned early from a Christmas vacation in India for an emergency surgery.

Dr Gadasalli leaves behind his wife Arathi, and two children, Sanjay, who is just starting his medical school, and Divya, who has just enrolled at a business school. Thangam is survived by his wife Dr Shanthi Thangam, a psychiatrist who ran the Happy Heart Psychiatry, which frequently received referrals from Dr Gadasalli's Healthy Heart Center.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...t-shot-dead-in-Texas/articleshow/47664062.cms

 

[tbs]

hi

money is root cause for 2 deaths....many some internal problems...

 

[renuka]

May be it was a suicide pact...both were in trouble of somesort..so they decided that one shoots the other and the other commits suicide.

 

[sadasivam.sridharan]

Whatever be the cause, a highly competent physician was lost at the prime of professional life.

 

[tbs]

Whatever be the cause, a highly competent physician was lost at the prime of professional life.

hi

may be due to KARMA....PRABDHA KARMA....

 

[renuka]

Whatever be the cause, a highly competent physician was lost at the prime of professional life.

When death comes..professional or non professional...one has to go.

 

[vgane]

I think he was to go on trial for some FBI violations...May be on account of this the Doctor and patient may have mutually decided to end their lives...Read this

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Though Dr. Suresh Gadasalli had built a reputation as a leading heart surgeon in the area, he was under the FBI scanner and was scheduled to go on trial early next month.

He had been accused of violating US federal laws by deliberately making deposits and withdrawals of less than $10,000 at various banks over a long period of time.

The US federal laws require reporting of deposits and withdrawals of amounts exceeding $10,000. FBI had accused Dr. Suresh Gadasalli of instructing his office manager to make the lesser denomination transactions to avoid reporting.

For instance, as reported by the local media, Dr. Suresh Gadasalli deposited a $80,000 check on November 9, 2009. He withdrew all of the money over the next 11 days, in batches of $4,700 once, $7,700 once, $8,200 once, and $9,900 six times.

FBI had raided the Healthy Heart Center back in June 2012 and arrested him in May, 2013. Dr. Suresh Gadasalli had denied the charges and secured bail posting a bond of $100,000.

His passport had been confiscated and he was prohibited from travelling outside Texas. The court had even locked up his wine cellar as he was prohibited from possessing or using alcohol, dangerous weapons and controlled substances.


If convicted Dr. Suresh Gadasalli would have faced prison up to 10 years.


There were other unrelated cases against him -- two complaints by the Texas Medical Board and a lawsuit.

Dr. Suresh Gadasalli, who hails from Bangalore, had studied pre-university at National college in the city and then went to Belgaum for MBBS, before shifting to the US.

He married his pre-university classmate Arti Chikkodi, and the noted Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh was their classmate, reports The Hindu. .

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http://www.newscrunch.in/2015/06/popular-but-controversial-bangalore_14.html

 

[prasad1]

Please read my post above #3.

Police, who are still investigating the incident, have not established any motive so far. According to local media accounts, Dr Gadasalli was investigated by the FBI recently in a currency structuring case, accused of making cash withdrawals of just under $10,000 to escape reporting requirements for over $10K withdrawals. Some reports said authorities had absolved him of any wrongdoing.