AnkurKalraMDFACP FACC FSCAI(He/Him)

Echocardiography, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care

Interventional Cardiologist, Franciscan Health | Adjunct Associate Professor of Cardiology, IU School of Medicine, West Lafayette, Indiana | Chief Executive Officer & Creative Director, makeadent.org | Co-Chief Executive Officer, Kalra Hospitals, India | Poet (ibadahthebook.com) | Podcaster (Parallax by Ankur Kalra)

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Lafayette, IN 47905
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Summary

Dr. Kalra is an interventional cardiologist, and founder of the non-profit startup, makeadent.org. He is adjunct associate professor of cardiology at IU School of Medicine, West Lafayette Campus. He is also the host of the cardiology podcast show, Parallax. He has presented late-breaking science at national and international scientific meetings, and has published over 280 scientific manuscripts.

Ankur Kalra, MD - Interventional Cardiologist | Entrepreneur | Podcaster| Poet

Dr. Kalra is an interventional cardiologist, and founder of the non-profit startup, makeadent.org.

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Education & Training

London School of Economics and Political ScienceMSc, Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences, 2018 - 2023
Methodist Hospital (Houston)Fellowship, Advanced Interventional and Structural Cardiology, 2016 - 2017
Harvard Medical SchoolSQIL, Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership (SQIL), 2016 - 2017
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2015 - 2016
Hennepin Healthcare/Abbott-Northwestern HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2012 - 2015
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
All India Institute of Medical SciencesResidency, 2008 - 2009
National Board of Examinations (NBE)Residency, 2007 - 2007
Kalra Hospital & SRCNC Pvt. Ltd.House Officer, 2006 - 2007
Jaipur Golden HospitalInternship, 2005 - 2006
Indira Gandhi Medical CollegeClass of 2006, MBBS
Delhi Public SchoolMajor, Biology, 1998 - 2000

Certifications & Licensure

IN State Medical License 2022 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2016 - 2024
OH State Medical License 2017 - 2024
WV State Medical License 2023 - 2024
MA State Medical License 2015 - 2023
MN State Medical License 2012 - 2019
NJ State Medical License 2010 - 2014
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
National Board of EchocardiographyDiplomate - Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Ohio Top Doctors Excellence in Medicine findatopdoc.com, 2022
World Expert in Professional Education Expertscape, 2022
2021 Landmark Session: Late-Breaking Trials Presenter Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT), 2021
Featured Clinical Research: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT), 2021
Key Coronary Intervention Abstracts Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), 2021
TEDx Speaker: The Science and the Art of a Broken Heart TEDxNEOMED, 2021
Best of European Heart Journal Digital Health - Editors’ choice ESC Digital Summit, 2021
Scholarship in Teaching Award Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2020
Sones-Favaloro Excellence in Research Award Cleveland Clinic, 2020
Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2019
Top Doctors Marquis Who's Who, 2019
High-impact Clinical Research Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), 2019
National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) Travel Award American College of Cardiology Foundation, 2018
2017 Late-Breaking Science Presenter, European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress; "Late-breaking registry results: Leaflet thrombosis following transcatheter aortic valve replacement: insights from the MAUDE database." European Society of Cardiology, 2017
TCTMD Featured Fellow TCTMD.com, 2017
Award for Clinical Research Excellence Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2017
Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI) Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, 2017
National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) Travel Award American College of Cardiology Foundation Research Fellowship Awards Committee, 2017
Young Leadership Recognition Program Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT), 2017
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) American College of Cardiology, 2016
National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)/American College of Cardiology (ACC) Travel Award American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) Research Fellowship Awards Committee, 2016
Recipient, Duke Heart Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) Fellows' Presentation Skills Course Duke Heart Center/Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), 2015
American College of Cardiology (ACC)’s Cardiovascular Board Review Scholarship American College of Cardiology Foundation, 2015
Chief Fellow Award Hennepin County Medical Center/Abbott Northwestern Hospital Fellowship Training Program in Cardiovascular Disease, 2015
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) University of Minnesota Medical School AOA Chapter, 2015
Winner, American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2015 Fellows-in-Training Travel Award American College of Cardiology Foundation, 2015
Winner, Young Investigator Award American Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin (AACIO), 2015
Best Cardiovascular Team Poster, American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions American College of Cardiology Foundation, 2015
Fellowship Grant Cardiovascular Research Technologies, 2015
Fellowship in the American College of Physicians American College of Physicians, 2014
Finalist Tenth Annual Northwestern Cardiovascular Young Investigators' Forum, 2014
Finalist American College of Cardiology's 2014 Young Investigator Award Competition, 2014
Travel Award American College of Cardiology/Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2013
Scholar The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), 2012
Winner, IABP Scholarship Program Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), 2012
First Round Winner New Jersey American College of Physicians (ACP) Challenge Bowl, 2012
State Winner New Jersey American College of Physicians (ACP) Challenge Bowl, 2012
First Prize, Case Study Research Cooper Research Week, 2010
Intern of the Year Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, 2010
First Prize, Oral Presentation American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Annual Meeting, 2010
Rank 8 (All India) The AIIMS Postgraduate Entrance Examination, 2007
Second Position World AIDS Day Discourse on ‘Live and Let Live’, 2003
First Position World AIDS Day Poster Presentation, 2003
Best Rebuttal College State Debate Competition, 2002
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Outcomes of out of hospital sudden cardiac arrest in India: A review and proposed reforms.
Hiren Patel, Arun Umesh Mahtani, Laxmi S Mehta, Ankur Kalra, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Rakesh Yadav, Nitish Naik, Kamala P Tamirisa> ;Indian Heart Journal. 2023 Aug 31
I am therefore I think.
Nandan S Anavekar, Kavitha M Chinnaiyan, Ankur Kalra> ;European Heart Journal. 2023 Jul 31
Unmet Needs and Future Direction for Pulmonary Embolism Interventions.
Harshvardhan Zala, Huseyin Emre Arman, Saurav Chatterjee, Ankur Kalra> ;Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2023 Jul 1
Predictors of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Moderate Aortic Stenosis: Implications for Aortic Valve Replacement.
Travis Howard, Monil Majmundar, Shlok Sarin, Ashish Kumar, Abhishek Ajay, Amar Krishnaswamy, Grant W Reed, Serge C Harb, Evan Harmon, Iryna Dykun, Elizabeth Ghandakly,...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023 Jul 1
Similar Events but Contrasting Impact: Appraising the Global Digital Reach of World Heart Day and Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month.
Kashish Malhotra, Vandita Lal, Monil Majmundar, Ashish Kumar, Gurpreet Singh Wander, Ankur Kalra> ;Global Heart. 2023 Jan 1
Endovascular reperfusion strategy for infra-popliteal chronic limb threatening ischaemia.
Ankur Kalra, Ashish Kumar> ;Lancet. 2023 May 27
The Coronavirus Double Threat: A Rare Presentation of Chest Pain in a Young Female.
Hanad Bashir, Daniya Muhammad Haroon, Gauranga Mahalwar, Ankur Kalra, Adeeb Alquthami> ;Cureus. 2023 Apr 1
1 citations
Hospital procedural volume predicts short-term outcomes for patients undergoing procedures requiring large-bore access.
Monil Majmundar, Rajkumar Doshi, Rhythm Vasudeva, Kunal N Patel, Ashish Kumar, Sripal Bangalore, Ankur Kalra> ;European Heart Journal. Acute Cardiovascular Care. 2023 Apr 17
The burgeoning cardiovascular disease epidemic in Indians - perspectives on contextual factors and potential solutions.
Ankur Kalra, Arun Pulikkottil Jose, Poornima Prabhakaran, Ashish Kumar, Anurag Agrawal, Ambuj Roy, Balram Bhargava, Nikhil Tandon, Dorairaj Prabhakaran> ;The Lancet Regional Health. Southeast Asia. 2023 May 1
The physician and the monk.
Ankur Kalra> ;European Heart Journal. 2023 May 21
2 citations
The Effect of Yoga on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Meta-Analysis.
Ameesh Isath, Arjun Kanwal, Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk, Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Zhen Wang, Ashish Kumar, Ankur Kalra, Srihari S Naidu, Carl J Lavie, Salim S Virani, Chay...> ;Current Problems in Cardiology. 2023 May 1
The safety and efficacy of balloon-expandable versus self-expanding trans-catheter aortic valve replacement in high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis.
Nagendra Boopathy Senguttuvan, Hemal Bhatt, Vinod Kumar Balakrishnan, Parasuram Krishnamoorthy, Sunny Goel, Pothireddy M K Reddy, Vinodhini Subramanian, Bimmer E Claes...> ;Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2023 Jan 1
Virtual Cardiology: Past, Present, Future Directions, and Considerations.
Gauranga Mahalwar, Ashish Kumar, Ankur Kalra> ;Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports. 2023 Jan 1
4 citations
Prevalence, trends, and outcomes of cardiovascular diseases in pregnant patients in the USA: 2010-19.
Monil Majmundar, Rajkumar Doshi, Kunal N Patel, Harshvardhan Zala, Ashish Kumar, Ankur Kalra> ;European Heart Journal. 2023 Mar 1
Bhagavad Gita, dichotomy of control and metric medicine: the conflict of burnout.
Ankur Kalra, Kavitha M Chinnaiyan, Anuradha Lala> ;European Heart Journal. 2022 Dec 7
2 citations
Prognostic value of initial electrocardiography in predicting long-term all-cause mortality in COVID-19.
Nicholas Kassis, Ashish Kumar, Shravani Gangidi, Alex Milinovich, Ankur Kalra, Ajay Bhargava, Venu Menon, Oussama M Wazni, John Rickard, Umesh N Khot> ;Journal of Electrocardiology. 2022 Oct 12
1 citations
Association of U.S. birth, duration of residence in the U.S., and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk factors among Asian adults.
Mahmoud Al Rifai, Sina Kianoush, Vardhmaan Jain, Parag H Joshi, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica, Khurram Nasir, Anwar T Merchant, Sunita Dodani, Sally S Wong, Zainab Samad, An...> ;Preventive Medicine Reports. 2022 Oct 1
2 citations
Outcomes and Readmission in Patients With Retinal Artery Occlusion (from the Nationwide Readmission Database).
Kunal Suri, Monil Majmundar, Ashish Kumar, Kunal N Patel, Xioa Yi Zhou, Harshvardhan Zala, Ankur Kalra> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2022 Nov 15
6 citations
Impact of Social Vulnerability on Comorbid Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in the United States.
Sarju Ganatra, Sourbha S Dani, Ashish Kumar, Safi U Khan, Rishi Wadhera, Tomas G Neilan, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Ana Barac, Joerg Hermann, Monika Leja, Anita Des...> ;JACC. Cardiooncology. 2022 Sep 1
5 citations
Understanding the digital impact of World Hypertension Day: key takeaways.
Kashish Malhotra, Ankur Kalra, Ashish Kumar, Monil Majmundar, Gurpreet Singh Wander, Ashvind Bawa> ;European Heart Journal. Digital Health. 2022 Sep 1
1 citations
Demographic and Regional Trends of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Related Mortality in the United States, 1999 to 2019.
Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Rachel A Wyand, Robert W Ariss, Salik Nazir, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Xiaoming Jia, Stephen J Greene, Marat Fudim, Andrew Wang, Haider J Warrai...> ;Circulation. Heart Failure. 2022 Sep 1
1 citations
Impella in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock: History and Current Controversies.
Muhammad Siyab Panhwar, Grant W Reed, Vardhmaan Jain, Ali Ayoub, Venu Menon, Joseph A Lahorra, Anmar Kanaa'N, David P Hedrick, Samir R Kapadia, Thierry LeJemtel, Ankur...> ;The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 2022 Oct 1
Association of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Outcomes After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair.
Agam Bansal, Parvathy R Sankar, Ankur Kalra, Rishi Puri, Amar Krishnaswamy, Samir R Kapadia, Grant W Reed> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2022 Oct 1
Antithrombotic Strategy After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Network Meta-Analysis.
Gauranga Mahalwar, Ashish Kumar, Monil Majmundar, Olayinka Adebolu, Revanth Yendamuri, Nicole Lao, Nishad Barve, Rolf P Kreutz, Grant W Reed, Rishi Puri, Sourbha S Dan...> ;Current Problems in Cardiology. 2022 Dec 1
7 citations
Association Between Social Vulnerability Index and Cardiovascular Disease: A Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Study.
Vardhmaan Jain, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Safi U Khan, Ankur Kalra, Fatima Rodriguez, Zainab Samad, Yashashwi Pokharel, Arunima Misra, Laurence S Sperling, Jamal S Rana, Waqas...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022 Aug 2
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Authored Content

Incidence or Coincidence?November 2021
How Vulnerability Allowed My Patient to Make a Life-Altering DecisionJuly 2021
Defining Cardiogenic Shock: Behind-the-Scenes with SCAI Trustee and Writing Committee ChairJuly 2019
Defining Cardiogenic Shock: Behind-the-Scenes with SCAI Trustee and Writing Committee ChairJuly 2019
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Press Mentions

Periprocedural Adverse Events and Late Mortality: More Nuance from EXCELFebruary 15th, 2023
Sizeable Minority of Pregnant Women Have CVD, US Data ShowNovember 11th, 2022
Cases of 'Broken Heart Syndrome' on the Rise Among Women over 50, Study FindsNovember 12th, 2021
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Grant Support

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy following acute myocardial infarction: Risk stratification with tissue heterogeneity characterization utilizing contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.St. Jude Medical, Inc.Present

Committees

Editor-in-Chief, Radcliffe Cardiology (US Cardiology Review) 2018 - Present
Member, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Publications Committee 2018 - Present
Member, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Structural Heart Disease Council 2018 - Present
Associate Editor, Global Heart: The Official Journal of the World Heart Federation 2018 - Present
Member, Interventional Writing Group, American College of Cardiology Interventional Writing Group 2017 - Present
Assistant Reviewer Program, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes 2017 - Present
Member, Editorial Review Board, Case Reports in Internal Medicine Journal, Sciedu Press 2016 - Present
Member, PINNACLE India Writing Group Committee, America College of Cardiology 2014 - Present
Member, International Editorial Board, Indian Heart Journal 2014 - Present
Member, Advisory Board, Cardiology and Therapy Journal, Springer Healthcare Ltd. 2013 - Present
Member, Doximity Physician Panel 2013 - Present
Member, Clinical Case Reviewing Committee, European Society of Cardiology Congress 2018 2018 - 2018
Member Thought Leader, American College of Cardiology Simulation Work Group 2017 - 2018
Deputy Editor, Radcliffe Cardiology (US Cardiology Review) 2017 - 2018
Blogger, TCTMD Fellow Talk 2016 - 2017
Early Career Blogging Program, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association 2016 - 2017
Member, Early Career Committee, Massachusetts Chapter, American College of Cardiology Council 2016 - 2016
Associate Editorial Team Lead, Geriatric Cardiology Section, ACC.org Editorial Board 2014 - 2017
FIT Representative, Communications Work Group, Geriatric Cardiology Section, American College of Cardiology 2013 - 2017
Chair, Fellows-in-Training (FIT) Newsletter Working Group, American College of Cardiology 2013 - 2015