Deepak Sudheendra MD, MHCI, RPVI, FSIR

Dr. Sudheendra (aka Dr. Sudi) is the Founder and Director of the DVT & Complex Venous Disease Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also an Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology & Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine.

Dr. Sudi completed his undergraduate education at Case Western Reserve University and his medical education at New York Medical College. He then completed nearly a full general surgery residency at the Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University before deciding to change his field to IR. He served as a research fellow at the NIH under Dr. Brad Wood, one of the leading IRs specializing in cancer. He then completed a Diagnostic Radiology residency at the U. of Pittsburgh Med Ctr (UPMC) where he had the privilege of doing research with one of the pioneers of IR, Dr. Mark Wholey. Later he completed a fellowship in IR at the George Washington U. Medical Center under Dr. Anthony Venbrux, one of the preeminent physicians practicing today & the former Chief of IR at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

As one of the leading experts in the country on venous disease, Dr. Sudi is passionate about treating patients affected by venous thromboembolism. He has nearly a 90% success rate in improving the quality of life of patients affected by the debilitating post-thrombotic syndrome.