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    Nikhil Victor Sikand, MD, FACC

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
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    Associate Program Director, General Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship , Cardiovascular Medicine

    Associate Program Director Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program, Cardiovascular Medicine

    Contact Info

    Cardiovascular Medicine

    333 Cedar Street, Box 208017

    New Haven, CT 06520-8017

    United States

    About

    Titles

    Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

    Associate Program Director, General Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship , Cardiovascular Medicine; Associate Program Director Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program, Cardiovascular Medicine

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    Education & Training

    Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellow
    New York University School of Medicine (2022)
    Cardiovascular Disease Fellow
    New York University School of Medicine (2019)
    Resident
    Yale University Traditional Medicine Residency Program (2016)
    Intern
    Yale University Traditional Medicine Residency Program (2014)
    MD
    Tufts University School of Medicine (2013)
    BA
    Trinity College

    Research

    Overview

    Medical Research Interests

    Cardiomyopathies; Critical Care; Decision Making; Education, Medical; Heart Failure

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Nikhil Victor Sikand's published research.

    Publications

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    2013

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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      JACC Heart Failure

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      Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine Intern Selection Committee

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      Yale Heart Failure Symposium

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      Heart Failure Society of America

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      American College of Cardiology

    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Nikhil Victor Sikand, MD, is a cardiovascular medicine specialist with sub-specialty training in advanced heart failure, including congestive heart failure (CHF), heart transplantation, cardiomyopathies, and mechanical circulatory support. He manages patients needing heart transplantation, left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and temporary mechanical circulatory support devices as well as patients with heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction and cardiomyopathies. He is also a specialist in the Yale Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence.

    Dr. Sikand is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and a clinician educator. He is associate program director of the Yale General Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship and associate program director of the fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He has received awards for his teaching and commitment to medical education.

    His research interests include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, quality improvement in medical education and systems-based approaches to improving heart failure outcomes. He is the principal investigator or sub-investigator on several ongoing clinical trials at Yale.

    Dr. Sikand completed medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine followed by residency training at Yale University-Yale-New Haven Hospital and fellowship training at New York University School of Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, and Comprehensive Echocardiography.

    Clinical Specialties

    Heart Failure; Cardiovascular Medicine

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    Cardiovascular Medicine

    333 Cedar Street, Box 208017

    New Haven, CT 06520-8017

    United States

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