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Ajay J Kirtane

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, US

Biography

Ajay J Kirtane, is Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) Hospital / CUMC. Dr. Kirtane is an internationally-renowned leader in Interventional Cardiology, specializing in the care of patients with complex coronary and peripheral vascular disease.

 

In addition to his clinical commitments, Ajay has a strong interest in clinical education and research, serving as Chief Academic Officer of Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care. He is a director of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference, has served as a director of several international, national, and regional educational conferences, and has participated on the program committees for the scientific sessions of both the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. Ajay’s research interests are in clinical trial methodology and outcomes of device-based and pharmacologic interventions in Interventional Cardiology. He has authored over 350 original manuscripts and over 80 reviews and editorials including the “Coronary Stenting” chapters of the two most widely used textbooks in Interventional Cardiology. He is/has been Principal Investigator and serves on the steering committees of several clinical trials in interventional cardiovascular medicine.

 

Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Bergen County, New Jersey, Ajay is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and completed his residency/chief residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California – San Francisco. He then completed fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Coronary and Peripheral Vascular Intervention at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School and additionally obtained a Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health prior to moving back to Columbia. In his free time, Ajay has avid interests in running, tennis, skiing, and music, and lives in New Jersey with his family.

Ajay is an editorial board member of Interventional Cardiology: Reviews, Research, Resources (ICR3) and with their permission may be contacted here.

Featured Courses

TIO 2023 – Debates
  • 1.00 EBAC

Learning objectives

  • Compare the utility of repair and replacement valve technology in mitral regurgitation
  • Individualise valve choice for aortic regurgitation based on valve durability and patient features
  • Recall the utility and limitations of specialty balloons
  • Evaluate emerging approaches to the treatment of complex left main and other coronary bifurcation lesions
  • Discuss the impact of PCI on top of optimal medical therapy in ischaemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  • Identify suitable patients for interatrial shunting
  • Discuss the merits of alternative antiplatelet strategies to DAPT in ACS and CCS following PCI
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TIO 2023 – Left Main & Bifurcations – Live Cases & Discussions
  • 1.00 EBAC

Learning objectives

  • Compare the utility of repair and replacement valve technology in mitral regurgitation
  • Individualise valve choice for aortic regurgitation based on valve durability and patient features
  • Recall the utility and limitations of specialty balloons
  • Evaluate emerging approaches to the treatment of complex left main and other coronary bifurcation lesions
  • Discuss the impact of PCI on top of optimal medical therapy in ischaemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  • Identify suitable patients for interatrial shunting
  • Discuss the merits of alternative antiplatelet strategies to DAPT in ACS and CCS following PCI
See more
TIO 2023 – Left Main & Bifurcations
  • 1.00 EBAC

Learning objectives

  • Compare the utility of repair and replacement valve technology in mitral regurgitation
  • Individualise valve choice for aortic regurgitation based on valve durability and patient features
  • Recall the utility and limitations of specialty balloons
  • Evaluate emerging approaches to the treatment of complex left main and other coronary bifurcation lesions
  • Discuss the impact of PCI on top of optimal medical therapy in ischaemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  • Identify suitable patients for interatrial shunting
  • Discuss the merits of alternative antiplatelet strategies to DAPT in ACS and CCS following PCI
See more
TIO 2023 – Balloon Revolution – Live Cases & Discussions
  • 1.00 EBAC

Learning objectives

  • Compare the utility of repair and replacement valve technology in mitral regurgitation
  • Individualise valve choice for aortic regurgitation based on valve durability and patient features
  • Recall the utility and limitations of specialty balloons
  • Evaluate emerging approaches to the treatment of complex left main and other coronary bifurcation lesions
  • Discuss the impact of PCI on top of optimal medical therapy in ischaemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  • Identify suitable patients for interatrial shunting
  • Discuss the merits of alternative antiplatelet strategies to DAPT in ACS and CCS following PCI
See more
TIO 2023 – Balloon Revolution
  • 1.00 EBAC

Learning objectives

  • Compare the utility of repair and replacement valve technology in mitral regurgitation
  • Individualise valve choice for aortic regurgitation based on valve durability and patient features
  • Recall the utility and limitations of specialty balloons
  • Evaluate emerging approaches to the treatment of complex left main and other coronary bifurcation lesions
  • Discuss the impact of PCI on top of optimal medical therapy in ischaemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  • Identify suitable patients for interatrial shunting
  • Discuss the merits of alternative antiplatelet strategies to DAPT in ACS and CCS following PCI
See more