Email

mondal@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery
Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Former Assistant Professor

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky United States

Former Assistant Professor

Zoology
Kabi Nazrul College, The University of Burdwan
Murarai, West Bengal India

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine (Office)

Denton A. Cooley Building, Suite: C928
6770 Bertner Avenue
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-9403
mondal@bcm.edu

Texas Heart Institute (Lab)

The Lynn Wyatt Regenerative Medicine Research Laboratories, Lab: C948A
6519 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (443) 968-4159
nandan_gm@yahoo.com

Education

BSc from The University of Burdwan

05/2003 - Burdwan, West Bengal India

Zoology, Botany, Physiology and Chemistry

MSc from The University of Burdwan

05/2005 - Burdwan, West Bengal India

Zoology with specialization in Molecular Cytogenetics, Cancer Biology and Biotechnology

MPhil from The University of Burdwan

01/2007 - Burdwan, West Bengal India

Zoology with specialization in Cancer Cytogenetics

PhD from Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Jadavpur University

02/2011 - Kolkata, West Bengal India

Life Science: Molecular Epidemiology, Genotoxicity and Public Health

Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Maryland School of Medicine

11/2014 - Baltimore, Maryland United States

Heart failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support device complications

Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Louisville School of Medicine

10/2015 - Louisville, Kentucky United States

Biomedical Research related to Mechanical Circulatory Support Device complecations

Honors & Awards

National Scholarship

Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India (05/2004)

University Academic GOLD MEDAL (Most Prestigious award, Top of the Department, First class First)

The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India (03/2005)

University Academic BRONZE MEDAL (Top of the University)

The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India (03/2005)

Excellence in Teaching

Syamsundar College, Burdwan, West Bengal, India (05/2007)

Recognized Personality as Zoologist & Educator

Marquis Who's Who Biography, NJ, USA (01/2010)

Excellence in Scientific Research

Kabi Nazrul College, West Bengal, India (03/2012)

Travel Fellowship Award

Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), Chevy Chase, MD, USA (09/2014)

JAY N. COHN YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD in Basic Science

Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), Chevy Chase, MD, USA. (10/2015)

Travel Fellowship Award

Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), Chevy Chase, MD, USA (09/2015)

Honorary Session Chair

American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) annual conference 2015, Chicago, IL, USA (06/2015)

Honorary Judge: Scientific contribution of postdocs, research associates, residents and fellows

Research Louisville, University of Louisville, KY, USA (10/2015)

WILLEM KOLFF AWARD (2 nd place with cash prize and certificate)

American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 62nd annual conference 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA (06/2016)

Honorary Judge: Health Disparities poster award presentations of postdocs, research associates, residents and fellows

Research Louisville, University of Louisville, KY, USA (10/2016)

SATU SOMANI SCIENTIST AWARD

Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America (ASIOA), San Diego, CA, USA (04/2018)

Best Invited Keynote Lecture on Heart Failure, Biomedical Devices and Paradigm Shift in Heart Transplantation

Life Science Department, International Quality Assurance Cell, Hooghly Women’s College, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India (07/2020 - 07/2020)

“Best International Recourse Person Lecture on Current Scenario & Future Perspectives of Heart Failure, Biomedical Devices & Heart Transplantation

Dinabandhu Andrews College, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. (07/2020 - 07/2020)

ISHLT 2021 Oral Presentation Scholarship Award

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Addison, TX, USA (04/2021 - 04/2021)

ISHLT 2022 Travel Scholarship Award

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Addison, TX, USA (04/2022 - 04/2022)

ASAIO 2022 Oral Presentation Award

American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (07/2022 - 07/2022)

ASAIO 2023 Abstract Award

American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (06/2023 - 06/2023)

ISHLT 2023 Travel Fellowship Award

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (04/2023 - 04/2023)

Finalist: 2023 Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Award for Excellence

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (04/2023 - 04/2023)

ISHLT 2023 Top Graded Abstract Recognition

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (04/2023 - 04/2023)

ISHLT 2024 Travel Fellowship Award

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Addison, TX, USA (04/2024 - 04/2024)

Professional Educator Appreciation and Recognition (PEAR) Award

The PEAR awards were founded by Baylor students to recognize their instructors and faculty for excellence in teaching, mentorship, and/or for outstanding general assistance and inspiration.

Student Representatives of SOM Curriculum Committee at Baylor College of medicine (05/2024)

2024 Power of Professionalism (POP) Award

This award is given to Baylor faculty who demonstrate exemplary professionalism by communicating compassionately with colleagues, going above and beyond to support team members, and recognizing and respecting differing viewpoints in decision-making.

Baylor College of Medicine Center for Professionalism (09/2024)

Professional Interests

• Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support
• Heart and Lung Transplant Center

Professional Statement

In 2018, Dr. Mondal was recruited to join the faculty of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery in Baylor College of Medicine to continue his research in the field of heart failure, heart transplantation and circulatory support. Dr Mondal is an experienced biomedical researcher (Basic Science) in the field of human Heart Transplant (DCD heart) and human Heart Failure (CF-LVADs), small animal surgeries (MI and MCAO), oxidative stress, epigenetic, inflammation, bioinformatics, blood/cardiac damage, thrombosis & Hemostasis, Clinical research, Data science, molecular epidemiology, Immunology, infection, stroke etc. Dr. Mondal have approximately a decade’s worth of experience in the field of human as well as animal biology. Since 2007, he had a broad background in hematology, immunology, toxicology and molecular biology, with specific training and expertise in key research areas including blood damage, platelets and leukocyte biology. After graduating with honors in Zoology (B.Sc.) from Suri Vidyasagar College, University of Burdwan, India, he received his Master degree (M.Sc.) from the same University in 2005 with a specialized degree in Molecular Cancer Cytogenetics and awarded “University Academic Gold Medal” as a first class first student. He also completed Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Cancer Cytogenetics in 2007 from the University of Burdwan, India. During the period of 2007 to 2011, he had successfully completed many research projects in India including ‘indoor air pollution and women’s health’ and ‘drug abuse and child health’. Dr. Mondal came to University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore in 2012 from India, where for the previous two years he was on faculty (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Zoology, Kabi Nazrul College of The University of Burdwan, India. As a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, he became acquainted not only with human subject research but also with GLP standard animal studies. His expertise include but are not limited to different techniques of molecular biology, recruitment of participants and patients in the research protocol, collection of biological samples, laboratory techniques involving routine hematology and platelet activity, flow cytometry, western blot, immunocytochemistry, immunofluorescence microscopy, ELISA, spectrophotometry and other laboratory experiments involving human as well as animal specimens. Dr. Mondal also actively engaged with different innovative ideas in terms of study design, manuscript preparation and project proposal writing and potential collaboration within areas of interest. Considering research involving blood contacting biomedical devices especially continuous flow left ventricular assist devices, ECMO and cardiovascular health during the period of last several years at United States he published more than 50 full length peer reviewed original research articles and conference abstracts (mostly as a lead author) and some of other publications are awaiting. In 2015, Dr. Mondal moved from University of Maryland to the University of Louisville. There he continued his same research activities at the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, KY, USA. At UofL, he became a full time faculty Assistant professor at the Dept. of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA. His long-term goal is to advance the understanding of biomedical device-induced (shear stress) blood cell dysfunction and to use this knowledge to guide the clinical practice and the design improvement of biomedical devices. Additionally, Dr Mondal currently actively working on the DCD heart transplant research in US scenario.

Websites

Videos

Selected Publications

• Mondal NK, Li S, Elsenousi AE, Mattar A, Nordick KV, Lamba HK, Hochman-Mendez C, Rosengart TK, Liao KK. "NADPH Oxidase Overexpression and Mitochondrial OxPhos Impairment are More Profound in Human Hearts Donated after Circulatory Death Than Brain Death." Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol.. 2024 Mar 1;326(3):548-562. Pubmed PMID: 38180451
• Mondal NK, Walther CP "Insights into Myocardial Fibrosis in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Using Human Tissue." Kidney360. 2023 Nov 1;4(11):1531-1533. Pubmed PMID: 38032767
• Mondal N.K, Li S, Elsenousi AE, Mattar A, Hochman-Mendez C, Rosengart TK, Liao K.K "Myocardial Edema, Inflammation, and Injury in Human Heart Donated after Circulatory Death are Sensitive to Warm Ischemia and Subsequent Cold Storage." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.. 2024 Apr 1;167(4):1346-1358. Pubmed PMID: 37743010
• Walther CP, Benoit JS, Lamba HK, Civitello AB, Erickson KF, Mondal NK, Liao KK, Navaneethan SD. "Distinctive kidney function trajectories following left ventricular assist device implantation." J Heart Lung Transplant. 2022 Dec;41(12):1798-1807. Pubmed PMID: 36182652

Memberships

American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

Section Editor (Social Media Council) (01/2016)

The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), Addison, Texas, USA

Member (06/2012)

Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), Chevy Chase, MD, USA

Member (01/2013)

International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), Carrboro, NC, USA

Member (01/2014)

American Heart Association (AHA), Dallas, Texas, USA

Member (07/2016)

Journal of Health Education Research & Development, Westlake, Los Angeles, USA

Editorial Board Member (04/2012)

American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, New York, NY 10018, USA

Editorial Board Member (05/2014)

American Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Normal, Illinois, USA

Editorial Board Member (09/2016)

JSM Cardiothoracic Surgery, San Diego, California 92108, USA

Editorial Board Member (09/2016)

Medical Research Archives, Walnut, California, USA

Editorial Board Member (10/2016)

Austin Hematology, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Editorial Board Member (12/2016)

Thrombosis & Haemostasis: Research, Austin Hematology, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Editorial Board Member (05/2017)

Funding

MasSpec Pen for real-time non-invasive assessment of ischemic injury in human hearts for DCD Transplantation - #24IPA1258163

$200,000.00 (07/01/2024 - 06/30/2026)

Grant funding from American Heart Association Innovative Research Award (Role: Principal Investigator)

Urine exo-miR Profiling to Assess Kidney Health in Mechanical Circulatory Support

$25,000.00 (01/01/2024 - 12/31/2024)

Grant funding from Mike Hogg Foundation (Role: Principal Investigator))

Untargeted Metabolomics of Urine Exosome and Kidney Dysfunction in LVAD Patients

$25,000.00 (10/12/2023 - 06/30/2024)

Grant funding from Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) Pilot Award (Role: Principal Investigator)

Prognostic Biomarkers of Infection in Heart Failure Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support: Novel Application of Machine learning (ML) technology

$25,000.00 (07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024)

Grant funding from Baylor College of Medicine (Role: Principal Investigator)

Skills

Basic Sciences Research

Translational Research

Molecular Epidemiology

Prospective, Retrospective, Case-control, Cohort Studies

Survival surgeries in small animal models

Clinical Research

Pubic Health Research

Occupational Health Research

Mechanical Circulatory Support (LVADs)

Heart Failure

Heart Transplant

Indoor/Outdoor Air Pollution Research

Drug Abuse and Child Health Research

Languages

Bengali, Hindi