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Meet the Heart Doctor: Cardiology

Atasu K. Nayak, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM
6624 Fannin, Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77030
713-442-0472; Fax 713-442-0972

Atasu K. Nayak, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP

Hospital affiliation:
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.

Academic appointment:
Clinical Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine.

Medical school:
S.C.B. Medical College, India, 1986.

Specialty training:
New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center; University of Missouri, Columbia; Lahey Clinic, Boston.

Certification:
American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Intervention).

Specialty interests:
Interventional cardiology research, complex coronary and peripheral intervention, peripheral vascular disease, PFO closure.

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Updated December 2010

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