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Dr. Rushi Parikh is an interventional cardiologist and advanced heart failure / heart transplantation specialist who practices in Torrance and performs procedures in Westwood and Santa Monica. He uses invasive evaluation and treatment methods to prevent and manage coronary artery disease, heart failure, and structural heart disease. Specifically, he performs coronary angiography, complex angioplasty/stenting, minimally invasive treatment of aortic valve disease (TAVR), and implantation of heart failure monitoring devices such as CardioMEMS.

Dr. Parikh earned his medical degree from New York University. He then completed his internal medicine residency and advanced heart failure / heart transplant training at UC San Francisco, which he followed with fellowships in general cardiology and interventional cardiology at Stanford University. He is originally from Michigan, and completed his undergraduate studies at Cornell University.

Dr. Parikh is also actively involved in clinical research and has published several peer-reviewed papers in prestigious medical journals. He is currently the lead investigator of an American Heart Association-sponsored study looking at the mechanisms of coronary artery disease in post-heart transplant patients. He also collaborates with researchers at and outside of UCLA to study coronary physiology and outcomes in both transplant and non-transplant populations.

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