Medical Expertise

Heart Failure including Advanced Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Cardiologist. Performs right heart catheterization, heart biopsies, cardiopulmonary stress test

Hospital Affiliation

University Hospital, Newark

INSURANCE PARTICIPATION

Insurance Participation: with Provider Number (where applicable)
The information below is subject to change and should not be relied upon until after it is verified with the insurance company. In addition, psychiatric providers should be contacted directly for information on their participation with managed care and insurance companies.

Aetna, Inc.

AmeriGroup

AmeriHealth of NJ

America's Choice Provider Network (ACPN)

Amerivantage Dual Coordination

CHN Solutions

Clover Health Plans

Devon Health Services/ULLICO

FedMed, Inc

Horizon BCBS Managed Care

Horizon NJ Health

Horizon NJ Total Care(HNJH)

Horizon PPO Network

Medicaid

Medicare

MultiPlan

Prime Health Services, Inc.

Qual Care HMO

Qual Care PPO

Three Rivers Provider Network

UHC Comm/Oxford

United Healthcare Community Plan (formerly AmeriChoice of NJ, Inc.)

VA Choice (Health Net Federal Services)

WellCare Health Plans

Languages

Gujarati
Hindi

Overview

Serves as the Director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program. Completed Cardiovascular Research Fellowship as well as Cardiology Fellowship at Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School and subsequently completed subspecialty training in Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. After completing fellowship, worked as an Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Cardiologist at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio prior to joining Rutgers, NJMS. Actively participate in several international, national and local clinical trials involving heart failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support. Have several publications in high profile journals and committed to academic cardiology including teaching and performing research. Perform right heart catheterizations, heart biopsies, cardiopulmonary stress tests, and echocardiography.

Education

MD, 1993, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, University of Rajastham, India

Licensure & Certification

Medical Licensure
New Jersey

Languages

Gujarati
Hindi

Relevant Publications

1. Michael Barrie, LucasMcKnight, and Pallavi Solanki. Rapid Resolution of Acute Fulminant Myocarditis after IVIG and Steroid Treatment. Case Reports in Critical Care. 2012; 10:4. 2012 2. Solanki, P., Gerula, C., Saric, M., Randhawa, P., Benz, M., Maher, J., Haider, B., Klapholz, M., Palmaro, J., Alfano, D., Kaluski, E. Right Coronary Artery Anatomical Variants: Where and How? Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2010;22:103-106. 2010 3. Yuliya Kats, Pallavi Solanki, Alfonso H. Waller, Pierre D. Maldjian, Kamran Hamirani, Steve Tsai, Vivek Dhruva, Marc Klapholz, and Muhamed Saric. An unusual combination of an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) and a right coronary artery system with two separate ostia from the aorta in an adult. Echocardiography. 2010;27(1):E13-7, 2010 4. Kaluski, E., Solanki, P., Sanchez-Ross, M., Saric, M., Randhawa, P., Klapholz, M., Gerula, C. Anteriorly displaced right coronary artery in acute myocardial infarction: What should every cardiologist know. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2009 Sep; CRM-D-09-00097R1, 2009 5. Pallavi Solanki, Alfonso H. Waller, Abbas Shehadeh, Pierre D. Maldjian, Edo Kaluski, Muhamed Saric, and Yuliya Kats. Encasement of the Left Internal Mammary Arterial Graft to the Left Coronary Artery by Adenosqamous Carcinoma, an Unusual Tumor. The Open Cardiovascular Imaging Journal. 2009;1:13-15, 2009

6. Ralph G. Oriscello, Rajiv Patel, Pallavi S. Peter, Adanan Rafiq, Lisa L. Dever. Transfusion-related Babesiosis presenting as an Atrial Arrhythmia. New Jersey Journal of Medicine, Spring, 2008, 19-22, 2008 7. Pallavi S. Peter, Jennifer E. Brady, Lin Yan, Wei Chen, Stefan Engelhardt, Yibin Wang, Junichi Sadoshima, Stephen F. Vatner, Dorothy E. Vatner. Inhibition of p38alpha MAPK rescues cardiomyopathy induced by overexpressed beta(2)-adrenergic receptor, but not beta(1)-adrenergic receptor. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2007 May 1;117(5):1335-1343, 2006 8. Christophe Depre, Q Wang, Lin Yan, Nadia Hedhli, Pallavi S. Peter, L Chen, Chull Hong, L Hittinger, B Ghaleh, Junichi Sadoshima, Dorothy E. Vatner, Stephen F. Vatner, Kirin Madura. Activation of the cardiac proteasome during pressure overload promotes ventricular hypertrophy. Circulation. 2006 Oct 24;114(17):1821-8, 200

Emani, S, Talbott, D, Kikta, D, Ravi, Y, Higgins, R, Solanki, P, Haas, G, Sai-Sudhakar, C. Successful Use of Ultrafiltration for Decompensated Heart Failure in LVAD Patients. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 18; 8: S43, 2012 Michael Barrie, Lucas McKnight MD, Pallavi Solanki MD. Rapid Resolution of Acute Fulminant Myocarditis with IVIG and Steroids. ACP-ASIM 2011 Clinical Vignette and Research Competition Abstracts. 2011 Misun Park, Pallavi Solanki, Chull Hong, Shumin Gao, Luke F. Fritzky, Margaret A. Schwarz, Stephen F. Vatner, Dorothy E. Vatner. Blocking Endothelial-Monocyte-Activating-Polypeptide II Improves Remodeling After Chronic Myocardial Infarction of Promoting Angiogenesis. AHA Scientific Sessions 2010 Abstract No. 21641, 2010 James M. Maher, Vivek N. Dhruva, Pallavi Solanki, Ramzan Zakir, Edo Kaluski, Marc Klapholz. ST-Segment Analysis Using Wireless Technology in Acute Myocardial Infarction (STAT-MI) Trial: Early vs. Late Experience. Circulation. 2008;118:S_578(549), 200 Pallavi S. Peter, Jennifer E. Brady, Lin Yan, Wei Chen, Guiping Yang, Stefan Engelhardt, Yibin Wang, Junichi Sadoshima, Stephen F. Vatner, Dorothy E. Vatner. Inhibition of p38? MAPK Rescues Overexpressed Cardiac ?2-Adrenergic Receptor but not ?1- Adrenergic Receptor Induced Cardiomyopathy. Circulation (Supplement). 2006;114(18):II53 (391), 2006

Pallavi S. Peter, Ashwani Malhotra, Junichi Sadoshima. Thioredoxin Prevents Oxidative Stress Induced by Diabetes Mellitus. Circulation (Supplement). 2006;114(18):II329 (1689), 2006 Pallavi S. Peter, Jennifer E. Brady, Wei Chen, Rachna Chandra, Jing Liu, Jill Thaisz, Guiping Yang, Junichi Sadoshima, Stefan Engelhardt, Martin J. Lohse, Yibin Wang, Stephen F. Vatner, Dorothy E. Vatner. Differential Role of p38? in the Cardiomyopathy Induced by Either ?1- or ?2- Adrenergic Receptor Overexpression. The FASEB Journal. The New Biology: Reports, Reviews, and FJ Express, Abstracts Part I, Abstracts 7.1-485.10. The FASEB J 2006; 20 (5): A311 (212.5), 2006 Pallavi S. Peter, YT Shen, Chull Hong, Jing Liu, Dorothy E. Vatner, Christophe Depre, Junichi Sadoshima, Stephen F. Vatner. A Novel, Chronic Antihypertensive Action of Rapamycin. Hypertension, 46(10):824, 2005 Pallavi S. Peter, Tom Cawthon, William Spencer. Apical Ballooning in the Absence of Coronary Artery Disease.ACP-ASIM 2002 Clinical Vignette and Research Competition for Associates Abstracts, 1712 2002

Course List

MED9590K

Cutting Edge Cardiology

TRUE-AHF

2013 ? Present Stress Induced Cardiomyopathy (Rutgers. PI

2013 ? Present A Randomized, double-blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate D-Ribose for the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure (Rutgers). PI

2013 ? Present Evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ularitide intravenous infusion in patients suffering from Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: TRUE-AHF (Rutgers). PI

Co-Investigator (2012 ? Present)
Association Of Specific Protein Markers And Dilated Cardiomyopathy In African Americans. (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)

A Phase 2/3, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Intracoronary Administration of MYDICAR? (AAV1/SERCA2a) in Subjects with Heart Failure

Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of the OPTIMIZER? System in Subjects with Heart Failure with Ejection Fraction between 25% and 45% and NYHA Class III Symptoms: FIX-HF-5B

A Phase 2, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study in Subjects with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, (PAH, WHO Group 1) and Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, (PH-IPF WHO Group 3) Using Inhaled NITROsyl?

A Phase 2, Placebo Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized, Clinical Study to Determine Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Pulsed, Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) Versus Placebo as Add-On Therapy in Symptomatic subjects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)

PARADIGM-HF: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel group, active-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of LCZ696 compared to enalapril on morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction
A Prospective Randomized Double Blinded Placebo Controlled Phase II Trial of Intra-coronary Infusion of AMR-001, a Bone Marrow Derived Autologous CD34+ Selected Cell Product, in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of IV Infusion Treatment With Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Subjects With Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure

Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring to Optimize Heart Failure Therapy Study (LAPTOP-HF)