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Distinguished Faculty

Biography: Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC, FACP
Deepak Bhatt, MDAfter graduating as valedictorian from the Boston Latin School, Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt obtained his undergraduate science degree as a National Merit Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while also serving as a research associate at Harvard Medical School. He received his medical doctorate from Cornell University. His internship and residency in internal medicine were performed at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. His cardiovascular training was completed at the Cleveland Clinic. He also completed fellowships in interventional cardiology and cerebral and peripheral vascular intervention, as well as serving as chief interventional fellow at the Cleveland Clinic, where he is currently on staff as an interventional cardiologist and is an Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Bhatt was listed in Best Doctors in America in 2005 and 2006. Dr. Bhatt’s research interests include preventive cardiology, as well as the optimal management of patients with acute coronary syndromes, including myocardial infarction. He also has research interests in advanced techniques in cardiac, cerebral, and peripheral intervention. He has authored or co-authored over 200 articles, including in the American Journal of Cardiology, American Journal of Medicine, Circulation Research, Journal of the American Medical Association, Nature Reviews, and New England Journal of Medicine. He is on the editorial board of Acute Coronary Syndromes, American Heart Journal, Circulation, Indian Heart Journal, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (also named an Elite Reviewer in 2004, 2005, and 2006), andJournal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, and is Section Editor of Adjunctive Therapy for the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. He is the editor of Essential Concepts in Cardiovascular Intervention and Guide to Peripheral and Cerebrovascular Intervention, as well as co-editor of the Handbook of Acute Coronary Syndromes. He has presented major research findings at the annual meetings of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and European Society of Cardiology. He is the international principal investigator for the CHARISMA and CRESCENDO trials and co-principal investigator of the CHAMPION trials. He serves as the co-chair of the REACH registry. He is also on the steering committees of ARCHIPELAGO, APPRAISE, ATLAS ACS-TIMI 46, CRUSADE, and SEPIA-PCI. Dr. Bhatt has been a visiting lecturer at a number of institutions, including Baylor College of Medicine, Boston University, Emory University, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard, Penn State, University of Alabama, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, and Yale. He has also lectured internationally, including at the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, French Society of Cardiology, Italian Society of Cardiology, Indonesian Heart Association, McGill University, McMaster University, Montreal Heart Institute, and Swiss Cardiac Society. He has been interviewed extensively by news agencies such as CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC, the New York Times, NPR, and the Wall Street Journal on topics ranging from premature coronary artery disease to the role of inflammation and genetics in heart attacks. Dr. Bhatt serves as Associate Director of the Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular Coordinating Center.
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