
Overview
Demir Baykal, MD, FACC, FASE is board certified and a diplomat of ABIM Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Society of Cardiac CT, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and the American Board of Clinical Lipidology. He is a recognized national expert in cardiac catheterization, advanced cardiac imaging, advanced heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension.
Dr. Baykal is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Regurgitation. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.
His clinical research consists of participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
766 Walther Rd, Ste 100, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Dr. Dhruva specializes in clinical cardiology and cardiac imaging. A graduate with honors from medical school in Baroda, India, he came to the United States for post-graduate training in 1991. Dr. Dhruva completed his internship and residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Hospital in New York City and finished his cardiology training at Brown University School of Medicine/The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1998, Dr. Dhruva proudly became a U.S. citizen and became board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and its subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease. He later earned additional board certification in echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Dhruva is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Echocardiology, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. He has been published in peer review medical journals and has presented at numerous national and international cardiology conferences. Specializing in clinical cardiology and cardiac imaging, Dr. Dhruva performs coronary angiograms and permanent pacemaker insertions. Dr. Dhruva has been published extensively in hypertension literature and in heart failure literature winning the young investigator award in 1997. He has served as Chief of Medicine at Fayette Hospital, he has been the Director of Cardiology at Piedmont Fayette Hospital since 1994. He has served on the Piedmont Clinic Board as its vice chairman. He currently serves on the Board of Fayette Care Clinic. He has held numerous leadership positions, including serving as Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. In his spare time, Dr. Dhruva enjoys tennis, reading, yard work and spending quality time with his wife Ami and children Pooja and Neil. Dr. Dhruva is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Regurgitation. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Angina, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- AnginaDr. Baykal isDistinguished. Learn about Angina.
- ApoplexyDr. Baykal isDistinguished. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Baykal isDistinguished. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Familial Neurocardiogenic SyncopeDr. Baykal isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope.
- Glucocorticoid-Remediable AldosteronismDr. Baykal isDistinguished. Learn about Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.
- Heart FailureDr. Baykal isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Advanced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Baykal isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Baykal isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Baykal isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Baykal isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Baykal isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Baykal isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Experienced
- AbetalipoproteinemiaDr. Baykal isExperienced. Learn about Abetalipoproteinemia.
- Acute Arterial Occlusion of KidneyDr. Baykal isExperienced. Learn about Acute Arterial Occlusion of Kidney.
- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. Baykal isExperienced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.
- Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery
- Apo A-I DeficiencyDr. Baykal isExperienced. Learn about Apo A-I Deficiency.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

