Neel Butala, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine-Cardiology

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Medical School
  • MD, Yale University School of Medicine (2014)
Undergraduate School
  • AB, Harvard University (MA) (2009)
Internship
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Program (2015)
Residency
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Internal Medicine (2017)
Fellowships
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Cardiology (2020)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Program, Interventional Cardiology (2021)
Languages
English, Spanish, Hindi, Gujarati
Department
Medicine-Cardiology

Publications

  • Butala NM, Oseran AS, Yeh RW. Innovation's Disjointed Path From Approval to Payment-The Case of Embolic Protection Devices for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Sep 1;7(9):953-954. PubMed PMID: 35976621
  • Butala NM, Wood DA, Li H, Chinnakondepalli K, Lauck SB, Sathananthan J, Cairns JA, Magnuson EA, Barker M, Webb JG, Welsh R, Cheung A, Ye J, Velianou JL, Wijeysundera HC, Asgar A, Kodali S, Thourani VH, Cohen DJ. Economics of Minimalist Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From the 3M-TAVR Economic Study. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Oct;15(10):e012168. PubMed PMID: 36256698
  • Butala NM, Tamez H, Secemsky EA, Grantham JA, Spertus JA, Cohen DJ, Jones P, Salisbury AC, Arnold SV, Harrell F, Lombardi W, Karmpaliotis D, Moses J, Sapontis J, Yeh RW. Predicting Residual Angina After Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights from the OPEN-CTO Registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 May 17;11(10):e024056. PubMed PMID: 35574949
  • Kolte D, Butala NM, Kennedy KF, Wasfy JH, Jena AB, Sakhuja R, Langer N, Melnitchouk S, Sundt TM 3rd, Passeri JJ, Palacios IF, Inglessis I, Elmariah S. Association Between Hospital Cardiovascular Procedural Volumes and Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Outcomes. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2022 Mar;36:27-33. PubMed PMID: 33903039
  • Butala NM, Faridi KF, Tamez H, Strom JB, Song Y, Shen C, Secemsky EA, Mauri L, Kereiakes DJ, Curtis JP, Gibson CM, Yeh RW. Estimation of DAPT Study Treatment Effects in Contemporary Clinical Practice: Findings From the EXTEND-DAPT Study. Circulation. 2022 Jan 11;145(2):97-106. PubMed PMID: 34743530
  • Butala NM, Song Y, Shen C, Cohen DJ, Yeh RW. Effect of intensive versus limited monitoring on clinical trial conduct and outcomes: A randomized trial. Am Heart J. 2022 Jan;243:77-86. PubMed PMID: 34529944
  • Bucholz EM, Butala NM, Allen NB, Moran AE, de Ferranti SD. Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Income Patterns in Ideal Cardiovascular Health Among Adolescents and Adults in the U.S. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Apr;62(4):586-595. PubMed PMID: 35012831
  • Butala NM, Secemsky E, Kazi DS, Song Y, Strom JB, Faridi KF, Brennan JM, Elmariah S, Shen C, Yeh RW. Applicability of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Trials to Real-World Clinical Practice: Findings From EXTEND-CoreValve. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Oct 11;14(19):2112-2123. PubMed PMID: 34620389
  • Secemsky EA, Butala N, Raja A, Khera R, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Maddox TM, Virani SS, Armstrong EJ, Shunk KA, Brindis RG, Bhatt D, Yeh RW. Temporal Changes and Institutional Variation in Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in the United States: An NCDR Research to Practice Project. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 May 1;6(5):574-580. PubMed PMID: 33146666
  • Butala NM, Faridi KF, Secemsky EA, Song Y, Curtis J, Gibson CM, Kazi D, Shen C, Yeh RW. Prognosis of Claims- Versus Trial-Based Ischemic and Bleeding Events Beyond 1 Year After Coronary Stenting. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Mar 16;10(6):e018744. PubMed PMID: 33682431
  • Butala NM, Makkar R, Secemsky EA, Gallup D, Marquis-Gravel G, Kosinski AS, Vemulapalli S, Valle JA, Bradley SM, Chakravarty T, Yeh RW, Cohen DJ. Cerebral Embolic Protection and Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From the Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. Circulation. 2021 Jun 8;143(23):2229-2240. PubMed PMID: 33619968
  • Butala NM, Faridi KF, Secemsky EA, Song Y, Curtis J, Gibson CM, Brindis R, Shen C, Yeh RW. Comparing Baseline Data From Registries With Trials: Evidence From the CathPCI Registry and DAPT Study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Jun 28;14(12):1386-1388. PubMed PMID: 34167685
  • Faridi KF, Tamez H, Butala NM, Song Y, Shen C, Secemsky EA, Mauri L, Curtis JP, Strom JB, Yeh RW. Comparability of Event Adjudication Versus Administrative Billing Claims for Outcome Ascertainment in the DAPT Study: Findings From the EXTEND-DAPT Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Jan;14(1):e006589. PubMed PMID: 33435731
  • Butala NM, Raja A, Xu J, Strom JB, Schermerhorn M, Beckman JA, Shishehbor MH, Shen C, Yeh RW, Secemsky EA. Association of Frailty With Treatment Selection and Long-Term Outcomes Among Patients With Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Dec 21;10(24):e023138. PubMed PMID: 34913364
  • Kolte D, Khera S, Nazir S, Butala NM, Bhatt DL, Elmariah S. Trends in Cerebral Embolic Protection Device Use and Association With Stroke Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Aug 1;152:106-112. PubMed PMID: 34147212
  • Secemsky EA, Butala N, Raja A, Khera R, Wang Y, Curtis JP, Maddox TM, Virani SS, Armstrong EJ, Shunk KA, Brindis RG, Bhatt D, Yeh RW. Comparative Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: An National Cardiovascular Data Registry Research to Practice Project. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 Aug;14(8):e010323. PubMed PMID: 34372676
  • Edelman ER, Butala NM, Avery LL, Lundquist AL, Dighe AS. Case 30-2020: A 54-Year-Old Man with Sudden Cardiac Arrest. N Engl J Med. 2020 Sep 24;383(13):1263-1275. PubMed PMID: 32966726
  • Butala NM, Patel NK, Chhatwal J, Vahdat V, Pomerantsev EV, Albaghdadi M, Sakhuja R, Rosenzweig A, Elmariah S. Patient and Provider Risk in Managing ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Decision Analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Nov;13(11):e010027. PubMed PMID: 33167699
  • Faridi KF, Garratt KN, Kennedy KF, Maddox TM, Secemsky EA, Butala NM, Yeh RW. Physician and Hospital Utilization of P2Y12 Inhibitors in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United States: A Study From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's Research to Practice Initiative. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020 Mar;13(3):e006275. PubMed PMID: 32156164
  • Butala NM, Chung M, Secemsky EA, Manandhar P, Marquis-Gravel G, Kosinski AS, Vemulapalli S, Yeh RW, Cohen DJ. Conscious Sedation Versus General Anesthesia for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Variation in Practice and Outcomes. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Jun 8;13(11):1277-1287. PubMed PMID: 32499018
  • Butala NM. Cardiac Noninvasive Diagnostic Testing for Outpatient Chest Pain: Rethinking "Less Is More". J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Jul 7;9(13):e017408. PubMed PMID: 32605402
  • Faridi KF, Tamez H, Strom JB, Song Y, Butala NM, Shen C, Secemsky EA, Mauri L, Curtis JP, Gibson CM, Yeh RW. Use of Administrative Claims Data to Estimate Treatment Effects for 30 Versus 12 Months of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Findings From the EXTEND-DAPT Study. Circulation. 2020 Jul 21;142(3):306-308. PubMed PMID: 32687440
  • Strom JB, Faridi KF, Butala NM, Zhao Y, Tamez H, Valsdottir LR, Brennan JM, Shen C, Popma JJ, Kazi DS, Yeh RW. Use of Administrative Claims to Assess Outcomes and Treatment Effect in Randomized Clinical Trials for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Findings From the EXTEND Study. Circulation. 2020 Jul 21;142(3):203-213. PubMed PMID: 32436390
  • Butala NM, Strom JB, Faridi KF, Kazi DS, Zhao Y, Brennan JM, Popma JJ, Shen C, Yeh RW. Validation of Administrative Claims to Ascertain Outcomes in Pivotal Trials of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Aug 10;13(15):1777-1785. PubMed PMID: 32682677
  • Butala NM, Bucholz EM, Kolte D, Elmariah S. Association of Hospital Inpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Volume With Clinical Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Apr 1;5(4):464-468. PubMed PMID: 32049303
  • Bucholz EM, Toomey SL, Butala NM, Chien AT, Yeh RW, Schuster MA. Suitability of elderly adult hospital readmission rates for profiling readmissions in younger adult and pediatric populations. Health Serv Res. 2020 Apr;55(2):277-287. PubMed PMID: 32037552
  • Strom JB, Zhao Y, Faridi KF, Tamez H, Butala NM, Valsdottir LR, Curtis J, Brennan JM, Shen C, Boulware M, Popma JJ, Yeh RW. Comparison of Clinical Trials and Administrative Claims to Identify Stroke Among Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement: Findings From the EXTEND Study. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Nov;12(11):e008231. PubMed PMID: 31694411
  • Butala NM, Hidrue MK, Swersey AJ, Singh JP, Weilburg JB, Ferris TG, Armstrong KA, Wasfy JH. Measuring individual physician clinical productivity in an era of consolidated group practices. Healthc (Amst). 2019 Dec;7(4). PubMed PMID: 30744992
  • Butala NM, Kramer DB, Shen C, Strom JB, Kennedy KF, Wang Y, Valsdottir LR, Wasfy JH, Yeh RW. Applicability of Publicly Reported Hospital Readmission Measures to Unreported Conditions and Other Patient Populations: A Cross-sectional All-Payer Study. Ann Intern Med. 2018 May 1;168(9):631-639. PubMed PMID: 29582086
  • Butala NM, Secemsky EA, Wasfy JH, Kennedy KF, Yeh RW. Seasonality and Readmission after Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia. Health Serv Res. 2018 Aug;53(4):2185-2202. PubMed PMID: 28857149
  • Grodzinsky A, Kosiborod M, Tang F, Jones PG, McGuire DK, Spertus JA, Beltrame JF, Jang JS, Goyal A, Butala NM, Yeh RW, Arnold SV. Residual Angina After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Sep;10(9). PubMed PMID: 28904076
  • Bucholz EM, Butala NM, Ma S, Normand ST, Krumholz HM. Life Expectancy after Myocardial Infarction, According to Hospital Performance. N Engl J Med. 2016 Oct 6;375(14):1332-1342. PubMed PMID: 27705249
  • Bucholz EM, Butala NM, Normand ST, Wang Y, Krumholz HM. Association of Guideline-Based Admission Treatments and Life Expectancy After Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 May 24;67(20):2378-2391. PubMed PMID: 27199062
  • Butala NM, Johnson BK, Horwitz LI. Mortality trends in diabetes mellitus--reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Mar;175(3):470. PubMed PMID: 25730582
  • Butala NM, King MD, Reitsma W, Formica RN, Abt PL, Reese PP, Parikh CR. Association Between Organ Procurement Organization Social Network Centrality and Kidney Discard and Transplant Outcomes. Transplantation. 2015 Dec;99(12):2617-24. PubMed PMID: 26102610
  • Butala NM, Johnson BK, Dziura JD, Reynolds JS, Bozzo JE, Balcezak TJ, Inzucchi SE, Horwitz LI. Association of inpatient and outpatient glucose management with inpatient mortality among patients with and without diabetes at a major academic medical center. J Hosp Med. 2015 Apr;10(4):228-35. PubMed PMID: 25627860
  • Butala NM, Johnson BK, Dziura JD, Reynolds JS, Balcezak TJ, Inzucchi SE, Horwitz LI. Decade-long trends in mortality among patients with and without diabetes mellitus at a major academic medical center. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Jul;174(7):1187-8. PubMed PMID: 24841330
  • Bucholz EM, Butala NM, Rathore SS, Dreyer RP, Lansky AJ, Krumholz HM. Sex differences in long-term mortality after myocardial infarction: a systematic review. Circulation. 2014 Aug 26;130(9):757-67. PubMed PMID: 25052403
  • Butala NM, Reese PP, Doshi MD, Parikh CR. Is delayed graft function causally associated with long-term outcomes after kidney transplantation? Instrumental variable analysis. Transplantation. 2013 Apr 27;95(8):1008-14. PubMed PMID: 23591726
  • Butala NM, Murk W, Horwitz LI, Graber LK, Bridger L, Ellis P. What is the quality of preventive care provided in a student-run free clinic?. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Feb;23(1):414-24. PubMed PMID: 22643487
  • Butala NM, Desai MM, Linnander EL, Wong YR, Mikhail DG, Ott LS, Spertus JA, Bradley EH, Aaty AA, Abdelfattah A, Gamal A, Kholeif H, el-Baz M, Allam AH, Krumholz HM. Gender differences in presentation, management, and in-hospital outcomes for patients with AMI in a lower-middle income country: evidence from Egypt. PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e25904. PubMed PMID: 22022463
  • Butala NM, VanRooyen MJ, Patel RB. Improved health outcomes in urban slums through infrastructure upgrading. Soc Sci Med. 2010 Sep;71(5):935-40. PubMed PMID: 20599311
  • Butala N. Perspectives on efficiency and quality in an ever changing system: Healthcare 2010. Yale J Biol Med. 2010 Jun;83(2):93-5. PubMed PMID: 20589190
  • Butala NM, Jiwani K, Bucholz EM. Consistency of Physician Data Across Health Insurer Directories. JAMA. 2023 Mar 14;329(10):841-842. PubMed PMID: 36917060
  • Chung M, Butala NM, Faridi KF, Almarzooq ZI, Liu D, Xu J, Song Y, Baron SJ, Shen C, Kazi DS, Yeh RW. Days at home after transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients. Am Heart J. 2023 Jan;255:125-136. PubMed PMID: 36309128
  • Butala N, Asnes A, Gaither J, Leventhal JM, O'Malley S, Jubanyik K, Aydin A, Tiyyagura G. Child safety assessments during a caregiver's evaluation in emergency departments after intimate partner violence. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Jan;30(1):23-31. PubMed PMID: 36300559

Practice Locations

Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center
1700 Wheeling St
Aurora, CO 80045
303-399-8020

Hospital Affiliation
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Interventional Cardiology (2021)
  • General Cardiology (2020)
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification (2017)

School of Medicine

CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Aurora, CO 80045

303.724.5375

School
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