Akshay Desai

Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Schools

  • Harvard Medical School

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Biography

Harvard Medical School

Dr. Akshay Suvas Desai is a cardiovascular medicine specialist and the director of the Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). In addition, he is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

Dr. Desai received his medical degree from HMS. He completed an internal medicine residency, as well as fellowships in cardiovascular medicine, vascular medicine and advanced heart disease at BWH. He is board certified in and cardiovascular disease, as well as advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.

His clinical interests include advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathies (myocarditis, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis), congenital heart disease and cardiac transplantation. The author of over 80 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Desai’s research focuses on improving care and outcomes for heart failure patients, as well as strategies to reduce heart failure readmissions. His research has received support from the American College of Cardiology and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Education

Medical School

Harvard Medical School/ BWH, 1998

Residency

Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1998 - 2001

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine, 2001
  • Cardiovascular Disease, 2004
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2014

Fellowship

Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2001 - 2005

Awards

  • Boston Magazine Top Doctor, 2019
  • Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors, 2017

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