Overview
I fell in love with cardiology early in my medical training when I saw a patient in the emergency department who came in with a heart attack. The cardiology team swooped down and took him away to a procedure room, and in less than 45 minutes the heart attack had been stopped, and the patient was asking if he could go home. I'm so happy to be on that team now. I have extensive experience in minimally invasive procedures to treat people with a myriad of cardiac conditions. Most commonly, you can find me in the cardiac catheterization laboratory opening blockages in the arteries that feed the heart to treat angina or stop heart attacks. In the hospital, I also see patients with other acute cardiac conditions. In the office, I see patients with the entire range of heart problems. I'm excited to be joining Duke because I'll also be able to get back to doing research aimed at improving our understanding and management of patients with heart disease at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. In addition, I love to teach and learn, and there is no better place than Duke to stoke the intellectual curiosity that brought me to medicine in the first place.
Dr. Pride is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Regurgitation. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
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Locations
755 Walther Rd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
1608 Tree Ln Bldg C, Snellville, GA 30078
Emory Heart & Vascular Center At Clifton Campus
Vasilis Babaliaros is a Cardiologist in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Babaliaros has been practicing medicine for over 30 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Regurgitation. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
PHI Of Buckhead
Venkateshwar Polsani is a Cardiologist in Atlanta,, Georgia. Dr. Polsani is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Aortic Regurgitation. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Regurgitation, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.
Piedmont Heart Of Sharpsburg
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
- Mitral Valve RegurgitationDr. Pride isDistinguished. Learn about Mitral Valve Regurgitation.
- NecrosisDr. Pride isDistinguished. Learn about Necrosis.
- Advanced
- AnginaDr. Pride isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- AngioplastyDr. Pride isAdvanced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Pride isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Pride isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Pride isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Pride isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Experienced
- AtherectomyDr. Pride isExperienced. Learn about Atherectomy.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Pride isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)Dr. Pride isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).
- Bidirectional TachycardiaDr. Pride isExperienced. Learn about Bidirectional Tachycardia.
- Brugada SyndromeDr. Pride isExperienced. Learn about Brugada Syndrome.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Pride isExperienced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.