Rahul Prakash Sharma, M.B.B.S., FSCAI
	 
							
	
					
		Rahul Prakash Sharma, M.B.B.S., FSCAI
		
		Stanford University Medical Center
		Stanford, 
		CA
		USA
	
 
	
	
Biographical Sketch: Dr Rahul Sharma, MBBS, FRACP is Director of Structural Interventions at Stanford Healthcare and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. Dr Sharma is an interventional cardiologist with specialized clinical and research interests in structural heart disease, particularly transcatheter valve therapy. He has particular expertise in transcatheter aortic, mitral and tricuspid therapy, percutaneous mitral valve repair, left atrial appendage occlusion, PFO/ASD/VSD closure and cerebral protection. He also has expertise in CT imaging for structural heart disease. He is a clinical investigator in ongoing national multi-center research studies and clinical trials and has co-authored numerous peer reviewed, scientific articles and book chapters. Dr Sharma also serves as a national and international clinical proctor for transcatheter aortic and mitral valve implantation and percutaneous mitral valve repair and speaks regularly at major national and international cardiology meetings. 
	
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