
Nikhil Victor Sikand MD
Heart Failure & Transplantation
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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789 Howard AveNew Haven, CT 06519
Phone+1 203-785-7960
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Education & Training
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 2013
NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2016 - 2019
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2013 - 2016
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 2013
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2023 - Present
CT State Medical License 2019 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2016 - 2023
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
Clinical Trials
- Study With Omecamtiv Mecarbil (CK-1827452) to Treat Chronic Heart Failure With Severely Reduced Ejection Fraction Start of enrollment: 2024 Dec 19
- A Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Aficamten Compared to Placebo in Adults With Symptomatic Non-Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (nHCM) Start of enrollment: 2023 Aug 31
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsThe Role of Impella in Cardiogenic Shock in the Post-DanGer Shock Era.Kassem Farhat, Sara Pollanen, Rongras Damrongwatanasuk, Laura DiChiacchio, Colby Salerno
Biomedicines. 2025-09-08 - Identification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on electrocardiographic images with deep learning.Veer Sangha, Lovedeep Singh Dhingra, Arya Aminorroaya, Philip M Croon, Nikhil V Sikand
Nature Cardiovascular Research. 2025-08-01 - 2 citationsElectronic health record nudges to optimize guideline-directed medical therapy for heart failure.Michael A Fuery, Katherine A Clark, Nikhil V Sikand, Sara R Tabtabai, Sounok Sen
Heart Failure Reviews. 2025-07-01
Press Mentions
Michael Nanna and Sara Tabtabai Join Yale Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program Leadership TeamJune 29th, 2026
4 Early Warning Signs of Heart Attack That Are Unknown to ManyMarch 23rd, 2023
The 4 Biggest Early Warning Signs of a Heart AttackMarch 22nd, 2023
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