Dr. Akshay Gupta

Dr. Smith earned his medical degree, with high honors, from the University of Tennessee in Memphis, TN. He completed an internal medicine internship and residency and was a clinical fellow in cardiology at the University of Tennessee Affiliated Hospitals. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland. He completed his undergraduate education at Freed-Hardeman College in Henderson, TN, and obtained a Master of Science degree in Microbiology while concurrently enrolled at UTCHS. Dr. Smith served as an assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine. He was the director of clinical electrophysiology laboratory at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology and by the North America Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. Dr. Smith is an affiliate member of the American College of Physicians and is a member of the American Medical Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. He is fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Smith currently practices at Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians, Buckhead campus. Dr. Smith is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathy, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.

Dr. Kantipudi earned his medical degree from Osmania Medical College and completed his internship and residency at Montefiore Medical Center, University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He fulfilled a cardiology fellowship at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. and a Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship from the University of Oklahoma, in Oklahoma City, Okla. He is board certified in Cardiovascular diseases and Cardiac Electrophysiology His professional memberships include the Heart Rhythm Society, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. Dr. Kantipudi currently is in practice with The Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians group, Piedmont Hospital campus and Fayetteville campus. Dr. Kantipudi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Tachycardia, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.

Arun Krishnamoorthy, MD, earned his undergraduate degrees from the University of Georgia and his medical degree from Emory University in 2007. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas in 2010, also serving as a Chief Medicine Resident from 2010-2011. He completed his clinical and research fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease at Duke University and at the Duke Clinical Research Institute in 2015, with additional sub-specialty training in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology from 2015-2016 also at Duke University. Dr. Krishnamoorthy is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. In his spare time, Dr. Krishnamoorthy enjoys ultimate frisbee, Atlanta college and professional sports, travel, and spending time with family. Dr. Krishnamoorthy welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans. Dr. Krishnamoorthy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Cardiac Ablation.