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1100 Allied DrPlano, TX 75093
Phone+1 469-814-4865
Fax+1 469-814-3490
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Summary
- Dr. Akash Rusia is a cardiologist in Plano, TX and is affiliated with Baylor Scott & White - The Heart Hospital Plano. He received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and has been in practice 3 years. He specializes in heart failure & transplantation and is experienced in cardiomyopathies including sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, genetic cardiomyopathies, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies. He has 8 publications and over 50 citings.
Education & Training
University of ChicagoFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2022 - 2023
Corewell Health William Beaumont University HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2019 - 2022
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2018
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2015, M.D.
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2023 - 2027
IL State Medical License 2022 - 2023
CA State Medical License 2016 - 2020
MI State Medical License 2019 - 2020
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Everyone deserves a second chance: The importance of second opinions for left ventricular assist device candidacy.Timothy J George, David A Rawitscher, Nitin Kabra, Greg Milligan, Akash Rusia
JHLT Open. 2026-05-01 - Preoperative acute kidney injury predicts the need for post-LVAD renal replacement therapy.Cody W Dorton, Timothy J George, Akash Rusia, Aasim Afzal, Nitin Kabra
BMC Nephrology. 2025-12-05 - 2 citationsPrognostic value of the vasoactive-inotropic score in predicting outcomes following LVAD implantation.Taylor Pickering, Kyle A McCullough, Cody W Dorton, David A Rawitscher, J Michael DiMaio
JHLT Open. 2025-08-01
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