Alpesh R. Shah, M.D.
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston,
TX
USA
Biographical Sketch: Alpesh Shah M.D. is Director of Coronary Interventions and Associate Professor at Houston Methodist Hospital. After finishing Medical School at Baroda Medical College, India in 1993, He did his Internal Medicine residency at Jacobi Medical Center with Albert Einstein Medical College in New York from 1993 to 1996. He did his General Cardiology fellowship at St. Vincent’s Hospital with New York Medical College in New York from 1996 to 1999. He completed his Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Houston Methodist Hospital with Baylor College of Medicine from 1999 to 2000.
He is a leader in complex coronary interventions such as calcified coronary vessels, revascularization of chronic total occlusion and brachytherapy for coronary restenosis as well as development of novel stent designs such as bioabsorbable stents. Spearheading Robotic navigation system to perform coronary interventions which includes clinical as well as animal lab work, he brings cutting edge advances in this field.
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