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Akshit Sharma, MD

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.

Affiliations Cardiovascular Institute of the South in Thibodaux
Education
  • Medical School
  • Doctor of Medicine Thanjavur Medical College in India
  • Residency
  • Internal Medicine University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
    Kansas City, MO
  • Fellowship
  • Cardiovascular Diseases University of Kansas Medical Center
    Kansas City, KS
  • 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