(2015) Winter 2015 Carnegie Science Communication Fellow, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA..
(2014) 2014 JMBE Annual Excellent Paper Award, from the Taiwanese Society of Biomedical Engineering, for paper titled, "Hemodynamic effects of endoleak formation in abdominal aortic aneurysm patients with stent-graft implants." Journal of Medical & Biological Engineering (JMBE), DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.1588.
(2014 - 2015) 2014 Fellowship: Faculty Fellow of the Faculty Fellowship Summer Institute in Israel (FF2Israel), Jewish National Fund (JNF) 2013..
(2013) Best Paper Award for paper titled, "'Patient-Specific Hemodynamic evaluation of an Aortic Coarctation under Rest and Stress conditions.", International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2013, 4th International Workshop on Statistical Atlases & Computational Models of the Heart (STACOM)..
(2012) 8. 2012 Young Investigator Award for paper titled, "Pre-Surgical Evaluation of Fontan Connection Options for Patients with Apicocaval Juxtaposition, using Computational Fluid Dynamics." 8th international conference on pediatric mechanical circulatory support systems and pediatric cardiopulmonary perfusion (Istanbul, Turkey)..
(2004) 2004 Gold Medal, Intel Science Talent Discovery Fair, 2004-2005. Project: "The Photon Trap"..
Postdoctoral, Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, 2013 - 2014
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010 - 2013
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009 - 2010
BTech, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, 2005 - 2009
Menon, P.G., Rao, P.V., Adhyapak, S.M., Yuanchang, O., & Weeks, R. (2016). Virtual surgical myectomy as a planning tool for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 18(Suppl 1), p46.Elsevier. doi: 10.1186/1532-429x-18-s1-p46.
Gopalakrishnan, V., Menon, P.G., & Madan, S. (2015). cMRI-BED: A novel informatics framework for cardiac MRI biomarker extraction and discovery applied to pediatric cardiomyopathy classification. Biomed Eng Online, 14 Suppl 2(Suppl 2), S7.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1186/1475-925X-14-S2-S7.
Lindsey, S.E., Menon, P.G., Kowalski, W.J., Shekhar, A., Yalcin, H.C., Nishimura, N., Schaffer, C.B., Butcher, J.T., & Pekkan, K. (2015). Growth and hemodynamics after early embryonic aortic arch occlusion. Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 14(4), 735-751.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s10237-014-0633-1.
Menon, P.G., & Hong, H. (2015). Interactive pre-surgical design of optimal extra-cardiac Fontan connections starting with cardiac MRI reconstructions of the Glenn anastomosis. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 17(Suppl 1), p197.Elsevier. doi: 10.1186/1532-429x-17-s1-p197.
Rao, A.S., & Menon, P.G. (2015). Presurgical planning using image-based in silico anatomical and functional characterization of Tetralogy of Fallot with associated anomalies. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 20(2), 149-156.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivu368.
Adhyapak, S.M., Menon, P.G., & Parachuri, V.R. (2014). Optimization of surgical ventricular restoration by in-silico simulations. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann, 22(9), 1046-1053.SAGE Publications. doi: 10.1177/0218492314528341.
Adhyapak, S.M., Menon, P.G., & Rao Parachuri, V. (2014). Restoration of optimal ellipsoid left ventricular geometry: lessons learnt from in silico surgical modelling. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 18(2), 153-158.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivt464.
Adhyapak, S.M., Menon, P.G., Parachuri, V.R., Gadabanahalli, K., Bhat, V.R., Shetty, V., & Shetty, D. (2014). Restoration of optimal left ventricular apical geometry and rotation following surgical ventricular restoration using rectangular patch plasty technique: a pilot study using cardiac magnetic resonance. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 19(3), 398-405.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivu173.
Adhyapak, S.M., Menon, P.G., Parachuri, V.R., Shetty, D.P., & Fantini, F. (2014). Characterization of dysfunctional remote myocardium in left ventricular anterior aneurysms and improvements following surgical ventricular restoration using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: preliminary results. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 19(3), 368-374.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivu162.
Friehling, M., Menon, P.G., Ludwig, D.R., & Schwartzman, D. (2014). Single-photon emission computed tomographic-multidetector computed tomographic fusion image integration: a potential aid to left ventricular substrate ablation. Europace, 16(12), 1860-1863.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/europace/euu073.
Kowalski, W.J., Teslovich, N.C., Menon, P.G., Tinney, J.P., Keller, B.B., & Pekkan, K. (2014). Left atrial ligation alters intracardiac flow patterns and the biomechanical landscape in the chick embryo. Dev Dyn, 243(5), 652-662.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.24107.
Menon, P.G., Ludwig, D., Lacomis, J., Schwartzman, D., & Toma, C. (2014). Computed tomographic analysis of left ventricular volumes and function after implantation of the Parachute® endoventricular partitioning device. J Interv Cardiol, 27(6), 604-609.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/joic.12151.
Albal, P.G., Menon, P.G., Kowalski, W., Undar, A., Turkoz, R., & Pekkan, K. (2013). Novel fenestration designs for controlled venous flow shunting in failing Fontans with systemic venous hypertension. Artif Organs, 37(1), 66-75.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/aor.12011.
Hong, H., Menon, P.G., Zhang, H., Ye, L., Zhu, Z., Chen, H., & Liu, J. (2013). Postsurgical comparison of pulsatile hemodynamics in five unique total cavopulmonary connections: identifying ideal connection strategies. Ann Thorac Surg, 96(4), 1398-1404.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.035.
Menon, P.G., Antaki, J.F., Undar, A., & Pekkan, K. (2013). Aortic outflow cannula tip design and orientation impacts cerebral perfusion during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. Ann Biomed Eng, 41(12), 2588-2602.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s10439-013-0857-8.
Menon, P.G., Teslovich, N., Chen, C.Y., Undar, A., & Pekkan, K. (2013). Characterization of neonatal aortic cannula jet flow regimes for improved cardiopulmonary bypass. J Biomech, 46(2), 362-372.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.10.029.
Menon, P.G., Yoshida, M., & Pekkan, K. (2013). Presurgical evaluation of Fontan connection options for patients with apicocaval juxtaposition using computational fluid dynamics. Artif Organs, 37(1), E1-E8.Wiley. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01555.x.
Steinman, D.A., Hoi, Y., Fahy, P., Morris, L., Walsh, M.T., Aristokleous, N., Anayiotos, A.S., Papaharilaou, Y., Arzani, A., Shadden, S.C., Berg, P., Janiga, G., Bols, J., Segers, P., Bressloff, N.W., Cibis, M., Gijsen, F.H., Cito, S., Pallarés, J., Browne, L.D., Costelloe, J.A., Lynch, A.G., Degroote, J., Vierendeels, J., Fu, W., Qiao, A., Hodis, S., Kallmes, D.F., Kalsi, H., Long, Q., Kheyfets, V.O., Finol, E.A., Kono, K., Malek, A.M., Lauric, A., Menon, P.G., Pekkan, K., Esmaily Moghadam, M., Marsden, A.L., Oshima, M., Katagiri, K., Peiffer, V., Mohamied, Y., Sherwin, S.J., Schaller, J., Goubergrits, L., Usera, G., Mendina, M., Valen-Sendstad, K., Habets, D.F., Xiang, J., Meng, H., Yu, Y., Karniadakis, G.E., Shaffer, N., & Loth, F. (2013). Variability of computational fluid dynamics solutions for pressure and flow in a giant aneurysm: the ASME 2012 Summer Bioengineering Conference CFD Challenge. J Biomech Eng, 135(2), 021016.ASME International. doi: 10.1115/1.4023382.
Yoshida, M., Menon, P.G., Chrysostomou, C., Pekkan, K., Wearden, P.D., Oshima, Y., Okita, Y., & Morell, V.O. (2013). Total cavopulmonary connection in patients with apicocaval juxtaposition: optimal conduit route using preoperative angiogram and flow simulation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 44(1), e46-e52.Oxford University Press (OUP). doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt118.
Lara, M., Chen, C.Y., Mannor, P., Dur, O., Menon, P.G., Yoganathan, A.P., & Pekkan, K. (2011). Hemodynamics of the hepatic venous three-vessel confluences using particle image velocimetry. Ann Biomed Eng, 39(9), 2398-2416.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/s10439-011-0326-1.