Abhishek C. Sawant
Advanced in Atrial Fibrillation
Advanced in Atrial Fibrillation

Overview

Dr. Abhishek C. Sawant is a board certified fellowship trained in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology serving the Dignity Health Medical Group Cardiology- Chandler area. He has extensive expertise in Cardiology with a special interest in valve replacement.Dr. Sawant started his career in the primary care space where he worked as a hospitalist. He continued his education and is known for his caring nature to treat the whole patient.Dr. Sawant completed his graduate school at the State University of New York at Buffalo where he received his Masters in Public Health. He continued his training in Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He further completed his Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Arizona School of Medicine/ Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona where he served as the Chief Interventional Fellow. He completed an additional 1-year advanced Structural Heart Disease Fellowship at the University of Arizona School of Medicine where he received training in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), MitraClip/ Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER), Left Atrial Appendage Closure/Watchman, Atrial Septal Defect ASD) and Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) closures. Dr. Sawant is Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases and Interventional Cardiology. Additionally, he is also board certified in Nuclear Cardiology as well.Dr. Sawant was awarded a 2-year Electrophysiology Research Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sawant is passionate about patient centered research and has participated in several clinical trials and authored numerous publications (Please see Pubmed:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=SAWANT%2C+ABHISHEK&sort=date).He is also a reviewer in several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Sawant's research has been referenced in the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and the European Society of Cardiology Clinical Guidelines. He was also a distinguished speaker at the Heart Rhythm Society 36th Annual Scientific Session in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr Sawant has been awarded several grants and awards/honors including the Young Investigator Award at the 2014 Annual Northwestern Cardiovascular Conference in Chicago, Illinois.Dr. Sawant has more than 15 years of clinical experience and was Clinical Instructor in Medicine at UCSF Fresno in Fresno, California for 5 years. He is passionate about teaching medical students, residents and cardiology fellows and is currently appointed as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona School of Medicine in Phoenix, Arizona. In his spare time Dr. Sawant loves hiking and bicycling with his family.

Dr. Sawant is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Atrial Fibrillation, Coronary Heart Disease, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 59 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 7 articles in the study of Atrial Fibrillation.

Residency
University at Buffalo Program/Kaleida Health Buffalo General Medical Center
Specialties
Cardiology
Interventional Cardiology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in HI
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine (Sub: Cardiovascular Disease)
Internal Medicine (Sub: Interventional Cardiology)
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center
Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Dignity Health Medical Group Cardiology - Chandler
1727 W. Frye Road, Suite 200, Chandler, AZ 85224

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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