Ankur Kalra, Md

Ankur Kalra

MD FACC

Franciscan Health, Indiana, US

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Research areas

Intervention

Biography

Dr Ankur Kalra is an interventional cardiologist, and founder of the non-profit startup, makeadent.org. He is primary investigator at Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center, and an adjunct clinical associate professor of cardiology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is director of Barry J Maron Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center in New Delhi, India. He is also the host of the award-winning, top-ranked cardiology podcast show, Parallax. He has presented late-breaking science at national and international scientific cardiovascular meetings, and has published over 280 scientific manuscripts in various peer-reviewed journals. His past appointments include interventional cardiologist, associate professor, and medical director of clinical research for regional cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.

Educated at Indira Gandhi Medical College (Shimla, India), he completed medical and cardiology training at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi, India), Cooper University Hospital (Camden, NJ), and Hennepin County Medical Center and Minneapolis Heart Institute (Minneapolis, MN). He served as a clinical and research fellow in interventional cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a clinical fellow in medicine at Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA). He then completed a year of advanced interventional and structural cardiology fellowship at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Dr. Kalra is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology from the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a Diplomate in Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography from the National Board of Echocardiography. He is also certified in patient safety, healthcare quality, health informatics and leadership from Harvard Medical School’s 1-year Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership certification program. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science program in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences at the London School of Economics & Political Science in London, United Kingdom.

He is also the author of the poetry book, "Ibadah" that was released on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and launched in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic Arts and Medicine Institute on Valentine's Day, 2020.

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Media

EP 109: Navigating Volume Status in Heart Failure Patients with Dr Andrew Darlington

Ankur Kalra, Andrew Darlington,

Listen time: 38m 44s
EP 108: Song of Our Scars: Authorship & Medicine with Senior Advisor for FDA, Dr Warraich

Ankur Kalra, Haider J Warraich,

Listen time: 44m 44s
EP 107: JACC: Advances - Leadership & the Future of Publishing with Dr Silversides

Ankur Kalra, Candice Silversides,

Listen time: 43m 21s
EP 106: Transforming Health Systems Through Economics with Dr Alex Carter

Ankur Kalra, Alex Carter,

Listen time: 47m
EP 105: The Year 2023 in Review with Dr Sukh Nijjer

Ankur Kalra, Sukhjinder Nijjer,

Listen time: 1h 3m 40s
Parallax: The Year 2023 in Review with Dr Sukh Nijjer

Ankur Kalra, Sukhjinder Nijjer,

Watch time: 1h 5m 20s
EP 104: Caring for All Hearts: Disparities in Care with Dr Anuradha Lala

Ankur Kalra, Anuradha Lala,

Listen time: 44m 2s
EP 103: CCS-AMI: New Classification for Acute Myocardial Infarction with Dr Kumar

Ankur Kalra, Andreas Kumar,

Listen time: 42m 43s
EP 102: Nobility in Small Things with Cardiac Surgeon, Dr Craig R Smith

Ankur Kalra, Craig R Smith,

Listen time: 50m 11s
EP 101: Translating Evidence, Innovations & Value for Patients with Dr John Mandrola

John Mandrola, Ankur Kalra,

Listen time: 47m 13s
EP 100: Conversation with Dr Valentin Fuster: Trust, Fulfilment & Leadership

Ankur Kalra, Valentin Fuster,

Listen time: 54m 38s
EP 99: ESC 23 Review: Interventional Trials with Dr Mirvat Alasnag

Mirvat Alasnag, Ankur Kalra,

Listen time: 36m 34s
EP 98: Hospital of the Future: AI, Sensors & Sustainability with Dr Jag Singh

Ankur Kalra, Jagmeet P Singh,

Differential Diagnosis, Genetic Testing & Patient-centric Therapy

Ankur Kalra, Anjali T Owens,

Listen time: 44m 40s
Navigating HCM Management Paradigms with Dr Masri

Ankur Kalra, Ahmad Masri ,

Listen time: 39m 36s
Conversations about HCM: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Management

Ankur Kalra, Carolyn Ho,

Listen time: 51m 52s
Conversations about HCM: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Management

Ankur Kalra, Carolyn Ho,

Watch time: 51m 52s
EP 94: IU Anesthesia Grand Rounds: Religiosity/Spirituality in Medicine

Ankur Kalra, Nandan S Anavekar,

Listen time: 35m
EP 93: Empowering Learners in Cardiovascular Education with Dr Kashou, Dr Anavekar & Dr Ellauzi

Ankur Kalra, Nandan S Anavekar, Rama Ellauzi, et al

Listen time: 54m
Ep 92: Beyond Metrics (Part 3): Redefining Success Through a Student-Centric Approach with Dr. Nandan Anavekar

Ankur Kalra, Nandan S Anavekar,

Listen time: 41m 36s
Ep 91: Beyond Metrics: Reimagining Success in Academic Medicine with Dr Anavekar

Ankur Kalra, Nandan S Anavekar,

Listen time: 45m 23s
Ep 90: Academic Bullying Unmasked: Enablers, Effects & Solutions with Dr Täuber & Dr Mahmoudi

Ankur Kalra, Susanne Täuber, Morteza Mahmoudi, et al

Listen time: 41m 31s
Ep 89: Contemplative Self-Exploration & Outcome-Focused Cardiology with Dr Nandan Anavekar

Ankur Kalra, Nandan S Anavekar,

Listen time: 44m 54s
Ep 88: Leadership, Advocacy & Involvement in Your Local ACC Chapter with Dr Vijay Rao

Ankur Kalra, Vijay U Rao,

Listen time: 44m 19s
EP 87: Gut Microbiome and Heart Health: The 3 Compounds You Need to Know About with Dr Vuyisich

Ankur Kalra, Momchilo Vuyisich,

Listen time: 45m 50s
EP 86: The Year 2022 in Review with Dr Sukh Nijjer

Ankur Kalra, Sukhjinder Nijjer,

Listen time: 53m 38s
EP 85: Guest Episode: A Talk Between the Mind and Heart

Ankur Kalra, Nupur Goel, Blake Buletko, et al

Listen time: 28m 5s
EP 84: Mastering the Art of Patient Care with Dr Kittleson

Ankur Kalra, Michelle Kittleson,

Listen time: 49m 30s
Ep 82: Hospital Peer Review Process: What You Need to Know as a Physician

Ankur Kalra, Amir Kaki, Lawrence R Huntoon, et al

Listen time: 55m 32s
Ep 81: @Medlife Crisis and Authenticity with YouTuber & Interventionalist, Dr Rohin Francis

Ankur Kalra, Rohin Francis,

Listen time: 44m 41s
EP 80: AHA’s Scientific Sessions: Science, Innovation and Community With Dr Manesh Patel

Ankur Kalra, Manesh R Patel,

Listen time: 39m 43s
Guest Episode: Exploring Art & Advancement Within Medicine

Ankur Kalra,

Listen time: 33m
EP 78: Your Guide to Lipoprotein(a) with Dr. Salim S Virani

Salim S Virani, Ankur Kalra,

Listen time: 46m 28s
ESC 22 in Review With Dr P Parwani: 5 Trials That Will Change Your Practice

Ankur Kalra, Purvi Parwani,

Listen time: 1h 7m 31s
EP 76: Mission, Pakistan & Facing Heart Disease in an Underserved Community

Ankur Kalra, Sohail Khan,

Listen time: 45m 52s
EP 75: Leadership, Innovation & Professional Home with Dr Dipti Itchhaporia, ACC Immediate-Past President

Ankur Kalra, Dipti Itchhaporia,

Listen time: 46m 20s
EP 74: Modern Medicine & Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita with Dr Kavitha Chinnaiyan

Ankur Kalra, Kavitah Chinnaiyan,

Listen time: 47m 59s
EP 73: Passion, Faith & Entrepreneurship with Prof Carolyn Lam, Clinician Scientist

Ankur Kalra, Carolyn Lam,

Listen time: 47m 56s
Burnout, Clinician Wellbeing & Reforming Medicine with Dr Fisher

Ankur Kalra,

Listen time: 45m 51s
EP 71: Cardiology News, Journalism & Leadership with Shelley Wood

Ankur Kalra, Shelley Wood,

Listen time: 49m 15s
EP 70: Technological Ecosystem, Innovation & Personalised Medicine with Dr Ami Bhatt

Ankur Kalra, Ami Bhatt,

Listen time: 45m 59s
EP 69: Global Health, AI and Telemedicine with Dr Hunter Cherwek

Ankur Kalra,

Listen time: 42m 4s
EP 68: Public Health, Fighting Misinformation and TikTok with Dr Muhammad Siyab

Ankur Kalra,

Listen time: 46m 31s
EP 67: Guidelines, Inequality and Moving the Needle with Dr Devesh Rai and Dr Martha Gulati

Martha Gulati, Ankur Kalra, Devesh Rai, et al

Listen time: 46m 9s
EP 66: Goal Setting, Tenure Track & Positive Mindset with Dr Nadia Sutton

Ankur Kalra, Nadia Sutton,

Listen time: 49m 53s
EP 65: Industry Pathway ,“Who” Luck, and Thinking Big with Dr Shon Chakrabarti

Ankur Kalra, Shon Chakrabarti,

Listen time: 41m 44s
EP 64: Patient Advocate, CHD Care and the Mission of Team Uncle Joe with Joe Valente

Ankur Kalra, Joe Valente,

Listen time: 30m 41s
EP 63: Innovation, Research, and the Concept of Hemorrhagic MI with Dr Rohan Dharmakumar

Ankur Kalra, Rohan Dharmakumar,

Listen time: 41m 7s
EP 62: Bullying, Harassment and Jealousy at Workplace with Dr Srihari S Naidu

Ankur Kalra, Srihari S Naidu,

Listen time: 43m 38s
EP 61: The Year 2021 in Review with Dr Sukh Nijjer — Top Trials in Heart Failure and Cardiac Surgery

Ankur Kalra, Sukhjinder Nijjer,

Listen time: 53m 30s

Articles by Ankur Kalra

Foreword

Ankur Kalra,

Published:

Citation: US Cardiology Review 2019;13(2):68.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2019.13.2.ED1
Foreword

Ankur Kalra,

Citation: US Cardiology Review 2018;12(2):76.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2018.15.1
Foreword

Ankur Kalra,

Citation: US Cardiology Review 2019;13(1):4

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2019.8.1
Transcatheter Heart Valve Thrombosis: Incidence, Predictors, and Clinical Outcomes

Ahmad Younes, Guilherme Ferragut Attizzani, Ankur Kalra, et al

Citation: US Cardiology Review 2018;12(1):33–5.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2017:32:2
Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Braghadheeswar Thyagarajan, Ankur Kalra, Alefiyah Rajabali, et al

Citation: US Cardiology Review 2016;10(2):75–7

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15420/usc.2016:7:2