Deepa M. Gopal, MD, MS

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Deepa Gopal, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and a Staff Cardiologist at the Boston Medical Center. Before being appointed as an Instructor, Dr. Gopal completed a five year fellowship at Boston University, during which she received a teaching award. Currently, she is on the Cardiology Fellowship Selection Committee at the university. Outside the university she is a member of four societies including the American College of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Society of America.

Publications

  • Published 2/4/2026

    Lui JK, Cozzolino M, Winburn M, Trojanowski MA, LaValley MP, Bujor AM, Gopal DM, Klings ES. Risk stratifying systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary hypertension by left atrial strain. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2026 Feb 04; 65(2). PMID: 41615697.

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  • Published 12/3/2025

    Siddiqi HK, Bhatt K, Gopal DM, Siddiqi OK. Stabilizers, Silencers, and Disease Stage: Lessons From Recent Trials of ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2026 Feb 10; 87(5):502-504. PMID: 41335083.

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  • Published 10/27/2025

    Ghanbari F, Rodriguez J, Morales MA, Ngo LH, Tsao CW, Robbins JM, Gopal DM, Systrom DM, Waxman AB, Manning WJ, Nezafat R. Exercise cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial dynamic index: A non-invasive imaging marker associated with cardiac dyspnea. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2025 Winter; 27(2):101981. PMID: 41161574.

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  • Published 10/1/2025

    Milstone ZJ, Moreira-Bouchard JD, Smith KK, Anilkumar A, Gower AC, Alekseyev Y, Cunha JA, Fisher N, Legler L, Lepson J, Tao BS, Williams C, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Mitchell RN, Padera RF, Shah H, Choi SH, Gopal DM, Tucker NR, Fetterman JL. Multiomics investigation of the female hypertensive human heart. Physiol Rep. 2025 Oct; 13(19):e70586. PMID: 41036600.

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  • Published 8/21/2025

    Nessen EJ, Xanthakis V, Gopal DM, Fetterman JL, Roberts LM, Moreira-Bouchard JD. Depression, anxiety, stress, and resting blood pressure between cisgender queer and heterosexual emerging adults. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2025 Sep 01; 329(3):H724-H729. PMID: 40839380.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
    Boston University
  • Member, Amyloidosis Center
    Boston University

Education

  • University of Missouri, MD
  • Emory University, MS
  • University of Missouri, BA