Overview
Dr. Kuruvilla earned his medical degree from Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore India and completed his residency at Medstar Health/Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore. He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in hypertension and behavioral cardiology at Columbia University Medical Center, New York and did his cardiology training at State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York. He then finished his advanced cardiac imaging training at University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville.
Dr. Kuruvilla has been practicing medicine for 11 years. Prior to joining Piedmont Heart, Dr. Kuruvilla was Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia and Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging at the VA Medical Center at Philadelphia. He holds board certifications with the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a member of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, Society of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. His clinical and research interests are in the field of hypertension, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and cardiovascular magnetic resonance perfusion imaging.
In his spare time, Dr. Kuruvilla enjoys spending time with his family, reading books, watching documentaries and playing tennis. Dr. Kuruvilla is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.
Dr. Kuruvilla is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ectopic Heartbeat. His top areas of expertise are Hypertensive Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Endocarditis.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 10 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1267 Highway 54 West, Suite 2200, Fayetteville, GA 30214
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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Piedmont Heart Of Buckhead Electrophysiology
Dr. Deering graduated summa cum laude from the Yale University School of Medicine in 1980. He completed his medical and cardiac electrophysiology training at Yale and Tufts New England Medical Center. After serving as an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Yale between 1986 and 1989 he moved to Atlanta and joined the staff of Piedmont Hospital, where he has practiced since that time. Dr. Deering is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiology and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians and the Heart Rhythm Society. Dr. Deering has participated in a number of arrhythmia research trials and remains active in cardiac arrhythmia research. He serves as a reviewer for several major cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology journals. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles on a variety of arrhythmia-related topics. He has served as a speaker and moderator at many national and international cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology meetings. He is an active member of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS); has served on a number of HRS committees and task forces; and presently serves as chair of the HRS Membership Committee. Dr. Deering's primary area of interest is centered upon the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias and the treatment and education of patients with cardiac arrhythmias and congestive heart failure. He currently is in practice with the Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians group and based at the Piedmont Hospital campus. He does see patients in a number of arrhythmia outreach clinics at several additional Piedmont Heart Institute locations. Dr. Deering is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ectopic Heartbeat. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Arrhythmias, Heart Failure, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Heart FailureDr. Kuruvilla isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
- Hypertensive Heart DiseaseDr. Kuruvilla isDistinguished. Learn about Hypertensive Heart Disease.
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- AnginaDr. Kuruvilla isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- ApoplexyDr. Kuruvilla isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Kuruvilla isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Kuruvilla isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Kuruvilla isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Kuruvilla isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
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- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Kuruvilla isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. Kuruvilla isExperienced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Kuruvilla isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Kuruvilla isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Kuruvilla isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy