Dr. Devang Desai is board certified in cardiology, nuclear cardiology and intervention cardiology and specializes in interventional and structural heart disease.  He was born to immigrant parents from India and grew up in the Detroit, Michigan area. 

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Dr. Desai completed his residency in internal medicine at the Detroit Medical Center where he earned the honors of intern of the year and resident of the year all three years of his residency.  He was awarded the humanitarian award for his volunteer work with the impoverished in the Detroit community.  He continued his training with a fellowship in cardiovascular disease and interventional and peripheral vascular cardiology at St. Johns Medical Center where he also served as chief cardiology fellow.  He completed a mini structural heart fellowship at the German Heart Center in Munich, Germany. 

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Dr. Desai has published multiple articles and letters in peer reviewed journals including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions,  New England Journal of Medicine, Cardiology, etc.  He has been recognized as a leader in structural heart disease as well as radial angiography and has moderated international conferences in Japan and the United States.  Dr. Desai is on multiple expert physician panels, including the American Heart Association and Structural Heart Key Physician Leadership.

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Dr. Desai is an adjunct clinical faculty at UNR school of medicine where he was honored with the teacher of the year award.   He has served as Medical Director of the chest pain centers at Renown Hospital, Renown South Meadows, Saint Mary’s Hospital and Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center.  He helped establish the first American College of Cardiology accredited Transcatheter Valve Certified program in Nevada.

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