Karthik Murugiah, MBBS

Dr. Murugiah is an Interventional Cardiologist with an interest in complex coronary and other vascular interventions as well as other specialized procedures such as alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and balloon pulmonary angioplasty for CTEPH. He went to medical school at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, in New Delhi. He subsequently completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Jacobi Medical Center, followed by clinical fellowships in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Interventional Cardiology at Yale New Haven Hospital. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Echocardiography, and Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Murugiah is also a physician scientist at Yale/YNHH Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) where he spent 2 years as a post-doctoral researcher prior to cardiology training. His research interests include leveraging EHR and large datasets to develop prediction models, and evaluating changes in health and health care delivery for cardiovascular patients in the US and globally. His research work is currently supported by a K08 career development award by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Dr. Murugiah is also involved in the development and maintenance of performance measures for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).