Overview
Gopal Ghimire is a Cardiologist in Olympia, Washington. Dr. Ghimire is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Attack. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Ghimire is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 7 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Heart Attack.
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Locations
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.
Franciscan Cardiovascular Associates At St. Michael
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Virginia Mason Medical Center
Wayne Hwang, MD, FACC, is a board-certified cardiologist who specializes in consultative cardiology, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, peripheral arterial interventions, interventional cardiology, congestive heart failure, hypertension and functional cardiac stress testing.Dr. Hwang believes it is important to understand the disease process and to put that into the context of what the patient is going through by understanding each patient's story. He practices individualized, evidence-based medicine.Dr. Hwang serves as deputy section chief for Cardiology, and director for both the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiac Wellness Clinic. He also serves as a Graduate Medical Education teaching director, Cardiology division. He was named a Top Doctor by both Seattle (2013, 2014) and Seattle Metropolitan (2014) magazines. Dr. Hwang is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Attack. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Unstable Angina, Apoplexy, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.
Franciscan Cardiovascular Associates At St. Michael
Satyavardhan Pulukurthy, MD, FACC, FSCAI, is a cardiologist with board certifications in cardiology, interventional cardiology and internal medicine. Dr. Pulukurthy strives to treat all of his patients with skill and compassion, listening to their concerns and providing a customized care plan. He likes to put his patients at ease by being friendly and approachable, and ensuring them that his knowledge and expertise will help achieve excellent outcomes.Given his broad knowledge and multi-specialty background, he prefers to treat his patients using a comprehensive approach considering the interrelationship of both the cardiac and vascular systems. Dr. Pulukurthy believes that aggressive treatment of risk factors achieves immense reduction in cardiovascular disease, incorporating the principle of prevention is better than a cure. Dr. Pulukurthy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Attack. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Angina, Coronary Heart Disease, Pacemaker Implantation, and Angioplasty.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Ghimire isDistinguished. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Ghimire isDistinguished. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Ghimire isDistinguished. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Heart AttackDr. Ghimire isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- AnginaDr. Ghimire isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Ghimire isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Ghimire isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)Dr. Ghimire isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).
- FaintingDr. Ghimire isAdvanced. Learn about Fainting.
- Heart Valve RepairDr. Ghimire isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Valve Repair.
- Experienced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Ghimire isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- AngioplastyDr. Ghimire isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Ghimire isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Ghimire isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- AtherosclerosisDr. Ghimire isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.


