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Karthik Murugiah is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at Yale University's School of Medicine. He specializes in interventional cardiology with expertise in complex coronary interventions, pulmonary hypertension treatments, and specialized procedures like alcohol septal ablation and balloon pulmonary angioplasty. His academic roles include serving as an Executive Associate Editor at JACC and contributing to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) performance measures development. He holds board certifications in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, and Internal Medicine.
Education includes an MBBS from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (2006), Internal Medicine residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Jacobi Medical Center (2010), and clinical fellowships in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology at Yale-New Haven Hospital (2018-2019). He completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at Yale's Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) and earned an MHS in Clinical Informatics & Data Science from the Yale School of Public Health (2024).
Research focuses on leveraging electronic health records and large datasets to develop predictive models for cardiovascular outcomes and evaluate healthcare delivery changes. His work is supported by an NHLBI K08 career development award. Notable contributions include studies on door-to-balloon times in STEMI, acute kidney injury post-PCI, and digoxin prescribing trends.
Murugiah mentors postdoctoral and medical students, including Tom Shin, Claudia See, and Ju-Young Bae. His clinical practice emphasizes patient-centered care, addressing procedural anxieties and ensuring informed decision-making. He maintains affiliations with the Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation (CORE), Janeway Society, and the Cardiomyopathy & Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Program.
Recognition includes the Leo M. Davidoff Society Teaching Award (2010). His research has been published in top journals like JACC, JAMA, and Circulation, with over 68 publications and 3,426 citations. He actively reviews for Lancet, JACC HF, and JAMA Network Open, contributing to peer review and editorial roles in cardiology.