Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD

Sanjeeb Bhattacharya, MD, FACC, is a clinical cardiologist and director of the Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) Clinic in the Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Medicine, Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. He also is associate program director for the section’s advanced heart failure fellowship. Dr. Bhattacharya practices at Main Campus.

Specialty Interests: Cardiomyopathy (dilated cardiomyopathy), cardiomyopathy secondary to valvular disease, congestive heart failure (CHF), heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF, diastolic heart failure), pulmonary hypertension, infiltrative cardiomyopathies, restrictive cardiomyopathies, cardiac amyloid, cardiac transplantation, left ventricular assist devices (LVADs)

Experience: Dr. Bhattacharya specializes in caring for patients with heart failure and is experienced in managing this condition to help patients maximize their quality of life. His expertise includes right heart catheterization and exercise right heart catheterization, endomyocardial biopsy and cardioMEMS implantation. 

Dr. Bhattacharya is board certified in internal medicine, echocardiography and advanced heart failure and transplant.

Success Rates: Cleveland Clinic is nationally and internationally renowned for its cardiovascular care. To learn about patient outcomes for specific conditions and procedures at Cleveland Clinic, go to http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/about-heart-vascular-institute/treatment-outcomes.aspx.

Education:

Dr. Bhattacharya is a graduate of Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. After completing his internal medicine residency at Boston University Medical Center, he began his specialty training as a fellow in cardiology at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind., where he was selected as chief cardiology fellow in his final year. Following his cardiology fellowship, he pursued subspecialty training at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) as a fellow in advanced heart failure and transplant.

Research, Publications and Speaking: Dr. Bhattacharya has published articles and abstracts related to heart failure research in peer-reviewed medical journals. He has presented at local and national medical meetings, speaking on some of the latest advances in the understanding and management of heart failure.

About Dr. Bhattacharya: “It is my honor to evaluate and treat patients with complex cardiac disease. We have the ability to work as a multidisciplinary team to approach each patient to provide the best care possible with goals of improving their survival and quality of life.”

Leisure Activities: In his leisure time Dr. Bhattacharya enjoys spending time with his family and pets and reading history and historical fiction with a particular interest in espionage.