Education/Training
Medical School – American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, British West Indies
Residency – University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center in Tucson, Arizona
Fellowship – University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center in Tucson, Arizona
Specializing In
Dr. Suntharo “Sunny” Ly is Board Certified in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, and Nuclear Cardiology. He completed his Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology and General Cardiology at the University of Arizona, Sarver Heart Center in Tucson, Arizona. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine and received his medical degree from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in the British West Indies.
Dr. Ly remains active with the hospital committee activities and has served as Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Director at Mercy Gilbert Hospital. He strives to identify heart disease early and stop the progression of disease with effective medical treatments.
Research:
- Gaballa MA, Johnson N, Ly S, Goldman S. Activation of matrix metalloproteinases in conduit vessels after myocardial ischemia. Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center. Heart Failure Society of America Meeting: 7th annual, 2003.
- Ly S, Johnson N, Goldman S, Thai H, Gaballa MA. Activation of regional myocardial matrix metalloproteinases after ischemia: role of regional wall stress. Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center. Heart Failure Society of America Meeting: 7th annual, 2003.
- Ly S, Johnson N, Goldman S, Thai H, Gaballa MA. Activation of regional myocardial matrix metalloproteinases after ischemia: role of regional wall stress. Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center. American Heart Association, 2003.
Publications:
- Ly S, Marcus FI, Xu T, Towbin JA. A woman with incidental findings of ventricular aneurysms and a desmosomal cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm. 2008 Oct;5(10):1455-7. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.05.025. Epub 2008 May 29. PMID: 18672408; PMCID: PMC2585004.
- Ly, S (Edited by Gary Francis). Chronic and Post-MI Heart Failure: Back to the Future? The Cardiology Report. Volume 3, Number 1: 16-25, 2006.
- Ly, S (Sponsor: Michael A. Weber, M.D.). Baroreflex Mechanism in Cold Pressor Testing. Journal of Undergraduate Research in Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 23:649-659, 1993.
- Ly S, Butman S, Marcus F. A Woman with Incidental Findings of Ventricular Aneurysms and a Desmosomal Cardiomyopathy. Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Accepted and pending publication in Heart Rhythm Journal 2008
- Ly S, Assar S, Heuser R. Book Chapter (35). Adunctive Techniques for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Cardiovascular Interventions in Clinical Practice Edited by Haase J, Schäfers H, Sievert H and Waksman R. Currently in assembly 2008.
- Ly S, Heuser R. Case Report: Experience with Diamondback Solid Crown Atherectomy System for in-stent restenosis in SFA. Submitted to Vascular Disease Management Journal.
Ly S, Heuser R. Case Report: Don’t Forget Forgerty. Submitted to Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention Journal.
- Kern KB, Zuercher M, Cragun D, Ly, S, Quash J, Bhartia S, Hilwig RW, Berg BA, Ewy GA. Myocardial Microcirculatory Dysfunction Post Resuscitation After Prolonged Ventricular Fibrillation. Submitted to Critical Care Medicine Journal.