Dr. Satyendra Narendra Giri, MD

Why I Chose Cardiology My teachers helped me develop a keen interest in blood vessels (angiology). I pursued my interest further as a Senior Clinical Fellow at the Harvard University, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, completing advanced training and board certification in cardiac catheterization and angiography, interventional cardiology, vascular medicine and endovascular interventions. Perhaps most indispensable, serving as the associate director of the Angiographic Core Laboratory at the Harvard Clinical Research Institute for 4 years helped me gain a valuable familiarity with the investigation of new drugs and devices. My Background I completed medical school at the Armed Forces Medical College as a Colombo Plan Merit scholar. Initially I trained in London, UK at the Royal College of Physicians, and am originally from Nepal. I received my Masters in Epidemiology/Biostatistics from the University of Connecticut and then completed training at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2000. I serve as an investigator of many clinical research trials and published >120 peer-reviewed papers and abstracts in leading medical journals. I enjoy deductive thinking and have authored twelve book chapters, notably updates for "the Braunwald’s Textbook of Heart Disease." I also serve as an Associate Professor at the medical school faculty and have received several awards (listed below). Practicing Interventional Cardiology Primarily, I love taking care of my patients and as a busy cardiovascular interventionist, performing complex interventional procedures. Prior to coming to Kaiser, I put together high-quality interventional cardiovascular program at the Tufts University Western Campus, MA and recently at the University of Chicago, IL where I directed a multidisciplinary Heart & Vascular Interventional Program. Philosophy of Care While at the Royal College in London, UK, I admired the health care model where Doctors work together as a team and do what is best for the patient. I find it akin to Kaiser’s holistic model of care, where clinicians have no financial incentive to do any less or any more than what is necessary, but are encouraged to perform what is "optimal" delivering the most efficient and productive health care. I love being part of my current team at Kaiser where like-minded colleagues continually advance care-giving by collaboration, education, and cutting-edge technology plus have fun doing it. Excellence if what we do every day, therefore, excellent health is a habit and not a chance event. At Kaiser, My current team and I persuade our patients to nourish their body, engage in enjoyable physical activity, and pursue a life of abundant health and happiness. Recommended Web Links HeartSite is a great online resource for learning about cardiovascular tests and procedures, as well as heart disease in general. CardioSmart is the American College of Cardiology patient website which is a terrific resource for patient education surrounding cardiovascular disease. American Heart Association is another great resource for patient education on cardiovascular diseases. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, designed this web page as part of a campaign to increase awareness of the need to act fast when someone may be having a heart attack. Fast action can save lives and limit damage to the heart. Each year, about 1.1 million Americans suffer a heart attack. About 460,000 of those heart attacks are fatal. Those figures would change if more Americans got to a hospital as fast as possible when a heart attack happened.