Researcher Profile: Khandheria, Bijoy K, M.D.

Bijoy K. Khandheria, M.D.

Location: Arizona

Primary Appointment
Cardiovascular Diseases
Administrative Appointment
Chair, Cardiovascular Diseases
Academic Rank
Professor of Medicine

Clinical Profile

Summary

Coronary Artery Disease?therapy, echocardiography
Cardioembolic stroke?epidemiology
Aortic atherosclerosis?diagnosis and therapy
Digital Imaging
Tele-echocardiography

I am involved with research in advanced communications such as ATM, SONET and encryption of data over these links. Parallel with this is the development of telemedicine in cardiovascular disease such as "store and forward" technology. I am also interested in the development of electronic medical records.

Through the Stroke Center, we are identifying putative risk factors for stroke and embolic events in relation to cardiovascular risk factors. These epidemiologic studies are funded by NINDS.

Finally with Men?s Heath Center we are exploring the effects of Sildenafil Citrate and vascular function.

Engaged in research on myocardial mechanics using ultrasound and, effect of testosterone deficiency on the heart in collaboration with Sreekumar Nair Obesity and, the heart and, sleep apnoea and heart in collaboration with Virend Somers

Recent publications

See my publications on PubMed

Education

Fellowship – Cardiology Training
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Residency – Internal Medicine
Hahnemann University

Residency – Internal Medicine
Saint Agnes Medical Center

Residency – Internal Medicine
Shree Sayaji General Hospital, India

MB BS – Faculty of Medicine
University of Baroda, India

M.S. – Pre-Medicine
University of Baroda, India

Related Web Pages
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases

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