Darshak H. Karia
Distinguished in Cardiomyopathy
Distinguished in Cardiomyopathy
1348 Walton Way, Ste 6700, 
Augusta, GA 

Overview

Dr. Karia is the founding Medical Director for Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs at Piedmont Augusta. His expertise centers on innovative heart failure therapies. He is a respected thought leader and lectures globally on topics related to Advanced Heart Failure. In addition to taking care of Advanced Heart Failure; Cardiac Transplant; and LVAD patients; he performs echocardiograms; stress tests; and cardiac catheterizations. Dr. Karia is the Principal Investigator in many research studies and is published in many peer-reviewed publications. He serves on the editorial board of many prestigious journals.Dr. Karia has over 17 years' experience in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology and is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology; and Cardiovascular Medicine. He manages patients with Cardiac Transplants; Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD); Cardiomems® and other implantable cardiac devices with remote heart failure monitoring capabilities. Beloved by his patients; Dr. Karia is an enthusiastic advocate for their care and is always willing to go the extra mile for them.

Dr. Karia is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cardiomyopathy. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Hypertensive Heart Disease, and Pediatric Myocarditis.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Baroda Medical College, 1996
Specialties
Transplant Surgery
Cardiology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in GA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
American Board Of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
Fellowships
University of Minnesota Hospitals, Cardiovascular Disease, 2005
Tufts University School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 2003
Hospital Affiliations
Piedmont Augusta Hospital
Wellstar Mcg Health, Affiliated With Med Col
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Piedmont Augusta Heart Failure Center
1348 Walton Way, Ste 6700, Augusta, GA 30901

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.


1 Clinical Trials

Hemodynamic-GUIDEd Management of Heart Failure
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