Saibal Kar

Dr. Saibal Kar is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and serves as Director of Structural Heart Disease Interventions and Clinical Research at Los Robles Health System in Thousand Oaks, CA. He specializes in transcatheter interventions for structural heart disease, clinical trials, and device development.

• Medical Degree: Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata, India
• Residency: West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Hospital (US), Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (India)
• Fellowships: Epworth Hospital (Australia), Cedars-Sinai (US)

His research focuses on coronary restenosis, drug-eluting stents, and transcatheter therapies for structural heart disease. He has contributed to over 150 publications and 200 global lectures.

Notable honors include:

• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
• Fellow of the Society of Coronary Angiography and Intervention (FSCAI)
• Active roles in editorial boards of cardiology journals

Dr. Kar leads preclinical labs in device innovation and mentors physicians internationally in structural heart interventions.