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PRAKASH K. DESAI, M.D.
Dr. Prakash K. Desai, M.D. practices Interventional
Cardiology, Electrophysiology and Pacing at Amarillo Heart Group. He established the
Electrophysiology Lab at Baptist St. Anthony's Health System where he serves as Medical
Director. He also runs the Pacemaker and Defibrillator Clinic and arrhythmia service at
Amarillo Heart Group.
Dr. Desai is a Diplomate of the American Board of Cardiovascular Disease and Diplomate of
the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of the Potter-Randall County
Medical Society, Texas Medical Association, American Medical Association, American College
of Cardiology, and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE). He
has received certification in the FLEX examination, Federation Licensing Examination, and
the Standard ECFMG.
Involved in numerous research studies, Dr. Desai has had reports and abstracts appear in
publications including "PACE", "International journal of
Chronobiology", and "American Heart Association".
Dr. Desai received his pre-medical degree from St. Xavier's College in Ahmedabad India. He
received an M.B.; B.S. from B.J. Medical College, Gujarat University in Ahmedabad, India.
He completed his Residency in Internal Medicine at Bergan Pines County Hospital,
affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Dr. Desai
completed his Fellowship in Cardiology at the Metropolitan Hospital in New York which is
affiliated with New York Medical College and Westchester County Medical Center in
Valhalla, New York. His Fellowship in Electrophysiology and Pacing was completed at St.
Elizabeth's Hospital, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Special skills include: Electrophysiology Studies and Ablations; Arrhythmia Management,
Temporary and Permanent Pacemaker Implantations; Defibrillator Implantations; Tilt Table
Tests; Syncope Evaluations; Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty; Diagnostic
Cardiac Catheterization; Cardioversions; Exercise Stress Testing; Two-dimensional Doppler
Echocardiography.
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