Dr. Akshay S. Desai MD, MPH

Akshay S. Desai, MD, MPH, is a cardiovascular medicine specialist and Director of the Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition, he is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Desai received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. He completed an internal medicine residency and fellowships in cardiovascular medicine, vascular medicine, and advanced heart disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology.

His clinical interests include advanced heart failure, cardiomyopathies (myocarditis, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis), congenital heart disease, and cardiac transplantation. The author of over 80 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Desai’s research focuses on improving care and outcomes for heart failure patients, as well as on strategies to reduce heart failure readmissions. His research has received support from the American College of Cardiology and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.