Akshit Sharma, MD
- Position: Interventional Cardiologist
- Primary Specialty: Cardiology (Board Certified)
About Dr. Sharma
Dr. Akshit Sharma is a Cardiologist at Terrebonne General Health System and Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) in Houma, Louisiana. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, and interventional cardiology.
Dr. Sharma brings a wealth of cardiology expertise to the CIS team with extensive knowledge in interpreting non-invasive cardiac testing, including transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, nuclear stress tests, exercise tests, as well as peripheral vascular imaging. Additionally, he has special interests in managing valvular heart diseases, cardiogenic shock, high-risk, and complex coronary interventions including chronic total occlusions, as well as endovascular/limb salvage peripheral interventions. He is fluent in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, and Tamil languages.
- Medical School
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Doctor of Medicine
Thanjavur Medical College in India
- Residency
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Internal Medicine
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Kansas City, MO
- Fellowship
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Cardiovascular Diseases
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
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Interventional Cardiology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
- Board Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Echocardiography
- American Board of Internal Medicine Nuclear Cardiology
- American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
- Memberships
- American College of Physicians
- American Medical Association
- American College of Cardiology
- Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions