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Biswajit Kar, MD

Professor and Chief
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States

Dr. Biswajit Kar, M.D., earned his Medical Degree from the University of Pune Armed Forces Medical College in India. He completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Subsequently, he completed a Fellowship in Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology at BCM where he later served as a faculty member.

He currently serves as a Professor and Chief of the Cardiology Division, Vice President of Strategy & Development, Co-Chair of the UTHeath Heart & Vascular Institute and Memorial Hermann (10) Chair at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). As well, Dr. Kar serves as Chief of the Medical Division of the Center for Advanced Heart Failure (CAHF) and Director of the Heart & Vascular Service Line at the Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute in the Texas Medical Center.

Dr. Kar has been practicing medicine in the Houston area since 1995 and is Board Certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, and Interventional Cardiology. He specializes in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, advanced heart failure, and heart transplantation. His clinical interests include advanced structural and complex coronary peripheral intervention and mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock.

Patients value Dr. Kar’s exceptional listening skills and his ability to explain conditions and clearly answer questions.

Dr. Kar is a member of the American College of Cardiology, American Society of Artificial Organs, American College of Physicians, Heart Failure Society of America, and International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. He has published over two hundred original articles and book chapters in a variety of nationally known medical journals.

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