
Giancarlo Acosta MD FACC
Echocardiography, Heart Failure & Transplantation, Nuclear Cardiology
Physician
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200 S Enota Dr NESte 100Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone+1 770-534-2020
Fax+1 770-534-8025
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Education & Training
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Heart InstituteFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Heart Transplantation, 2020 - 2021
Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Transplant Cardiology, 2020 - 2021
Marshall University School of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2017 - 2020
Atlantic HealthChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2014 - 2015
Atlantic HealthResidency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2014
Certifications & Licensure
GA State Medical License 2021 - 2027
KY State Medical License 2015 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2020 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2014 - 2017
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease- American Society of EchocardiographyEchocardiography
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Ethnic Disparities in Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Heart Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Hispanics vs non-Hispanic Patients.Gabriel Velez Oquendo, Vikas Kilaru, Nivedha Balaji, Tahani Dakkak, Oluwafemi Olukayode
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2025-09-16 - Integrated approach to aortic valve replacement, coronary intervention, and aortic aneurysm in severe LV dysfunction: A case report.Vikas Kilaru, Mena Louis, Nathaniel Grabill, Thomas Sloane Guy, Giancarlo Acosta
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. 2024-12-01 - 1 citationsA failing right heart in an eggshell: A case report of idiopathic constrictive pericarditis.Nivedha Balaji, Sheriff N Dodoo, Alex Adams, Priyadarshini Dixit, Giancarlo Acosta
Clinical Case Reports. 2024-08-01
Journal Articles
- Cardioprotective Heme Oxygenase‐1‐PGC1α Signaling in Epicardial Fat Attenuates Cardiovascular Risk in Humans as in Obese MiceSingh, S.P., McClung, J.A., Thompson, E., Glick, Y., Greenberg, M., Acosta‐Baez G., Edris, B., Shapiro, J.I. and Abraham, N.G., Obesity
- Clinical Determinants of Myocardial Injury, Detectable and Serial Troponin Levels among Patients with Hypertensive Crisis.Acosta G, Amro A, Aguilar R, et al., Cureus
Abstracts/Posters
- Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Venoplasty: A Less Invasive Technique for Implantation of Cardiac Leads in Patients with Limited Venous Access to the Heart.Abusnina, W., Curtiz, Z., Acosta Baez G., El-Hamdani, M., Baryun, E., West Virginia ACC
- Clinical Determinants of Myocardial Injury, Detectable and Serial Troponin Levels among Patients with Hypertensive Crisis.Acosta Baez G., Amro A., Aguilar R., Abusnina W., Bhardwaj N., Koromia G., Studeny M., Irfan A., National ACC
- No DVT prophylaxis on admission. Are we doing it right?Acosta Baez G., Dysangco, A., Gulati, N., Francis, E., Bonetti Lugo, A.H., Arjuna, A., Yellappa, N., Vijaysadan, V., Mount Sinai Research Day
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