Overview
Dr. Dhruva specializes in clinical cardiology and cardiac imaging. A graduate with honors from medical school in Baroda, India, he came to the United States for post-graduate training in 1991. Dr. Dhruva completed his internship and residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Jacobi Hospital in New York City and finished his cardiology training at Brown University School of Medicine/The Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1998, Dr. Dhruva proudly became a U.S. citizen and became board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and its subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease. He later earned additional board certification in echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Dhruva is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Echocardiology, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. He has been published in peer review medical journals and has presented at numerous national and international cardiology conferences. Specializing in clinical cardiology and cardiac imaging, Dr. Dhruva performs coronary angiograms and permanent pacemaker insertions. Dr. Dhruva has been published extensively in hypertension literature and in heart failure literature winning the young investigator award in 1997. He has served as Chief of Medicine at Fayette Hospital, he has been the Director of Cardiology at Piedmont Fayette Hospital since 1994. He has served on the Piedmont Clinic Board as its vice chairman. He currently serves on the Board of Fayette Care Clinic. He has held numerous leadership positions, including serving as Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. In his spare time, Dr. Dhruva enjoys tennis, reading, yard work and spending quality time with his wife Ami and children Pooja and Neil.
Dr. Dhruva is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Angina, and Pacemaker Implantation.
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Locations
20 Francis Way Suite 201, Sharpsburg, GA 30277
PHI Of Newnan
Charles Pettus is a Cardiologist in Newnan,, Georgia. Dr. Pettus is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Atrial Fibrillation, Vasculitis, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Piedmont Heart Of Austell
Dr. Desai completedschool at Michigan State University - College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases at Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Dr. Desai is trained and qualified in a wide array of cardiac fields. In addition to board certification in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, he is certified by the National Board of Echocardiography (cardiac ultrasound), the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (radioisotope imaging) and the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (cardiac pacing and cardioversion defibrillation). He is trained in Cardiovascular CT angiography and is skilled in a variety of diagnostic procedures including heart catheterization, pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, and transesophageal echocardiography.He is the Medical Director for the western region of Piedmont Heart Institute, and is also the Medical Director of Piedmont Heart Institute Imaging Labs- Echocardiography. Although his primary focus is on cardiology, Dr. Desai's training and practice is based on a philosophy of holistic medicine - caring for patients as a whole rather than disease entities. He is based out of the PHI-Austell office in Austell, GA. Dr. Desai is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Angina, Hypertension, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Piedmont Heart Of Newnan
Dr. Prahash is a board certified Interventional Cardiologist who specializes in the care of patients with heart artery disease and in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of other common heart conditions. He performs heart catheterization procedures to reopen blocked heart arteries and is part of the specialist team for emergency treatment of heart attacks. Dr. Prahash is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention. Prior to joining Piedmont, he practiced cardiology in central Virginia since 2007.Dr. Prahash believes in a personal style of practicing medicine that is based on clinical evidence and experience. He looks forward to meeting new patients and interacting with them and other providers as part of Piedmont team.In his spare time he enjoys spending time with family, travel, nature and history.Dr. Prahash is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans. Dr. Prahash is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Vasculitis. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Apoplexy, Angina, Atherosclerosis, and Pacemaker Implantation.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- AnginaDr. Dhruva isDistinguished. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Dhruva isDistinguished. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Dhruva isDistinguished. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Dhruva isDistinguished. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Dhruva isDistinguished. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Dhruva isDistinguished. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
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- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. Dhruva isAdvanced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Dhruva isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Dhruva isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Dhruva isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Dhruva isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Experienced
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)Dr. Dhruva isExperienced. Learn about Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA).
- Acute Arterial Occlusion of KidneyDr. Dhruva isExperienced. Learn about Acute Arterial Occlusion of Kidney.
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Dhruva isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery
- Arterial InsufficiencyDr. Dhruva isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Insufficiency.
- Atrial MyxomaDr. Dhruva isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Myxoma.