Akhilesh Sista, MD
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York,
NY
USA
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Sista's clinical and research expertise lies in the medical and endovascular treatment of venous thromboembolic disease (VTE).
He is the national Principal Investigator of the landmark PE-TRACT trial of catheter-directed therapy for PE, funded by the National Institutes of Health. He chaired the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation’s Research Consensus Panel with experts from 6 disciplines on Submassive Pulmonary Embolism in December 2015 which developed specific research questions to be answered by future research. He was the National Principal Investigator for Penumbra, Inc.’s multicenter (22 sites) prospectivetrial (N=119) of the Indigo CAT-8 thromboaspiration device for submassive PE (EXTRACT-PE), and was the co-National PI for the multicenter RESCUE study (N=120) of the Bashir Endovascular Catheter for submassive PE. He co-chaired the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Statement on Interventional Therapy for Pulmonary Embolism and is on the Steering Committee and co-chair the InterventionaI Committee of the NHLBI-sponsored C-TRACT trial.
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