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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis. 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.
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Locations
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
Lexington Health Inc
Anil Purohit is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in West Columbia, South Carolina. Dr. Purohit is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Cardiac Amyloidosis. Dr. Purohit is currently accepting new patients.
Wellstar Medical Group LLC
Stephanie Dunlap is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Augusta, Georgia. Dr. Dunlap is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Hypertensive Heart Disease, Pediatric Myocarditis, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Dunlap is currently accepting new patients.
Wellstar MCG Health
Gyanendra Sharma is a Cardiologist in Augusta, Georgia. Dr. Sharma is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
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
- CardiomyopathyDr. Karia isDistinguished. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Heart FailureDr. Karia isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Hypertensive Heart DiseaseDr. Karia isDistinguished. Learn about Hypertensive Heart Disease.
- NecrosisDr. Karia isDistinguished. Learn about Necrosis.
- Pediatric MyocarditisDr. Karia isDistinguished. Learn about Pediatric Myocarditis.
- Pulmonary EdemaDr. Karia isDistinguished. Learn about Pulmonary Edema.
- Advanced
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac AmyloidosisDr. Karia isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Amyloidosis.
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Karia isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
- Primary Localized Cutaneous Amyloidosis
- Pulmonary HypertensionDr. Karia isAdvanced. Learn about Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Experienced
- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. Karia isExperienced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.
- AnginaDr. Karia isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Karia isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Karia isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Karia isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Karia isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.