Mohanakrishnan Sathyamoorthy, MD
Mohanakrishnan Sathyamoorthy, MD, better known as “Dr. Mo”, is a board-certified Cardiologist and is Professor and founding Chair of the Department of Medicine at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at TCU, where he established the Sathyamoorthy Laboratory and currently mentors twenty-three MD research candidate students. His group has made several novel discoveries, including description of mechanisms of cytokine induced thrombosis in Sars-CoV2, identification of numerous, multiple novel genotype to phenotype associations in aneurysmal disorders, which are now being in investigated with transgenic animal models, and large database derived studies in numerous fields.
He is nationally recognized in the field of cardiovascular thrombosis and is frequently invited to lecture on cardiology-related topics both here in the United States and overseas at international meetings. He is a practicing cardiologist and founding president of Consultants in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science in Fort Worth. This is a comprehensive cardiovascular practice that serves patients through personalized clinical care and patient-focused translational research.
A native of Potsdam, NY, Dr. Mo earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering at Johns Hopkins University, followed by a MD with distinction in research at the State University of New York Stony Brook where he was honored with the Citizenship Award and Award for Excellence in Research at commencement. During his time at Stony Brook, he was selected as one of 15 students nationally into the on-campus NIH Research Scholars’ program and pursued his mentored immunogenomics research. He trained as a Harrison Scholar and physician scientist in the ABIM research pathway at Vanderbilt University in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine.
After serving as Chief Fellow and completing his post-doctoral research fellowship, he joined the faculty as a NIH funded physician scientist. He developed a research program that studied the effect of molecular manipulation of fibrinolytic genes on cellular migration, taught the course in anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and fibrinolytic pharmacology in the Vanderbilt School of Medicine, and served as a Harrison service teaching attending. He and his family moved to Fort Worth in 2009 to get closer to their extended families.
Dr. Sathyamoorthy is a well-recognized and honored physician in North Texas, having been named a US News and Report top physician, Castle Connelly top 1% physician, Best In Texas, nominated to Who’s Who publications, and appearing in all local peer-ranked best physicians lists including 360 West, Fort Worth Magazine, and Dallas Luxury Lifestyles. A few of over 30 examples of these recognitions can be found here and here.
Apart from his roles at the Burnett School of Medicine at TCU and leading his practice, Dr. Sathyamoorthy has served in numerous medical executive leadership roles in Fort Worth. These have included Chief of Staff at Baylor All Saints, founding Medical Director of Cardiology for the Baylor Heart Vascular Hospital in Fort Worth, and service as a board member and finance committee chair for the BSWQA ACO.
He served an extended term as President of the Tarrant County AHA Board and has served on several other community boards in Fort Worth. He and his wife are committed to supporting the fine and performing arts, have two children, a whippet terrier, and are proud to make their home in Fort Worth.