Ankur Kalra MD MSc (He/Him)

Echocardiography, Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care

Interventional Cardiologist, Franciscan Health | NIH-funded Physician-Scientist, Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center, Indianapolis, Indiana | Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine | Founder, makeadent.org | Co-Chief Executive Officer, Kalra Hospitals, New Delhi, India

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Summary

Dr. Kalra is an interventional cardiologist, and founder of the non-profit startup, makeadent.org. He is primary investigator at Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center, and an adjunct clinical associate professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is director of Barry J. Maron Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center in New Delhi, India. He is also the host of the award-winning, top-ranked cardiology podcast show, Parallax. He has presented late-breaking science at national and international scientific cardiovascular meetings, and has published over 300 scientific manuscripts in various peer-reviewed journals. His past appointments include interventional cardiologist, associate professor, and medical director of clinical research for regional cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.

Educated at Indira Gandhi Medical College (Shimla, India), he completed medical and cardiology training at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi, India), Cooper University Hospital (Camden, NJ), and Hennepin County Medical Center and Minneapolis Heart Institute (Minneapolis, MN). He served as a clinical and research fellow in interventional cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a clinical fellow in medicine at Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA). He then completed a year of advanced interventional and structural cardiology fellowship at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Dr. Kalra is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology from the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a Diplomate in Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography from the National Board of Echocardiography. He has a Master of Science degree in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences from the London School of Economics & Political Science in London, United Kingdom.

Portfolio

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

Inspired by Love. For Love.

The philosophy of this non-profit initiative is based on the following three tenets; i) altruism, ii) brilliance, and iii) creativity.

Education & Training

London School of Economics and Political ScienceMSc, Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences, 2018 - 2024
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 CenterFellowship, 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

NY State Medical License 2025 - 2027
OH State Medical License 2017 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2016 - 2026
WV State Medical License 2023 - 2026
IN State Medical License 2022 - 2025
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
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Ohio Top Doctors Excellence in Medicine findatopdoc.com, 2022
World Expert in Professional Education Expertscape, 2022
Best of European Heart Journal Digital Health - Editors’ choice ESC Digital Summit, 2021
TEDx Speaker: The Science and the Art of a Broken Heart TEDxNEOMED, 2021
Key Coronary Intervention Abstracts Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), 2021
Featured Clinical Research: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT), 2021
2021 Landmark Session: Late-Breaking Trials Presenter Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT), 2021
Sones-Favaloro Excellence in Research Award Cleveland Clinic, 2020
Scholarship in Teaching Award Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2020
Top Doctors Marquis Who's Who, 2019
Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 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
Winner, IABP Scholarship Program Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), 2012
Scholar The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), 2012
State Winner New Jersey American College of Physicians (ACP) Challenge Bowl, 2012
First Round Winner New Jersey American College of Physicians (ACP) Challenge Bowl, 2012
First Prize, Oral Presentation American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Annual Meeting, 2010
Intern of the Year Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, 2010
First Prize, Case Study Research Cooper Research Week, 2010
Rank 8 (All India) The AIIMS Postgraduate Entrance Examination, 2007
First Position World AIDS Day Poster Presentation, 2003
Second Position World AIDS Day Discourse on ‘Live and Let Live’, 2003
Best Rebuttal College State Debate Competition, 2002
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Clinical and hemodynamic outcomes of self-expanding and balloon-expandable valves for valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (ViV-TAVI): An updated sys...
Farah Yasmin, Abdul Moeed, Kinza Iqbal, Abraish Ali, Ashish Kumar
International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature. 2025-04-01
Twenty-year trend of mortality from concomitant sepsis and acute myocardial infarction (Type 1 or Type 2) in the United States.
Ashish Kumar, Rama Ellauzi, Nandan S Anavekar, Ankur Kalra
Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2025-03-01
Reperfused Myocardial Infarction: The Road to CCS Classification of Acute MI and Beyond.
Rohan Dharmakumar, Robert A Kloner, Michael Fishbein, Gerd Heusch, Keyur P Vora
JACC. Advances. 2025-02-01

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

Endovascular Approach Best for Below-Knee Limb-Threatening Ischemia?May 12th, 2023
Periprocedural Adverse Events and Late Mortality: More Nuance from EXCELFebruary 15th, 2023
Sizeable Minority of Pregnant Women Have CVD, US Data ShowNovember 11th, 2022
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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

Member, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Structural Heart Disease Council 2018 - Present
Member, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Publications Committee 2018 - Present
Editor-in-Chief, Radcliffe Cardiology (US Cardiology Review) 2018 - Present
Associate Editor, Global Heart: The Official Journal of the World Heart Federation 2018 - Present
Assistant Reviewer Program, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes 2017 - Present
Member, Interventional Writing Group, American College of Cardiology Interventional Writing Group 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, Doximity Physician Panel 2013 - Present
Member, Advisory Board, Cardiology and Therapy Journal, Springer Healthcare Ltd. 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
Early Career Blogging Program, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association 2016 - 2017
Blogger, TCTMD Fellow Talk 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