Harpreet Bhatia

Harpreet S. Bhatia, MD, MAS is a cardiologist and epidemiologist with a clinical and research focus on the prevention of cardiovascular disease. As an assistant professor of medicine, he is involved in training medical students, residents and fellows at UC San Diego School of Medicine. He is also the assistant program director for the Cardiovascular Diseases fellowship. His research interests include prevention of cardiovascular diseases, especially related to lipids and lipoprotein(a), and the use and improvement of coronary artery calcium scoring. He receives grant support for his research from the National Institutes of Health and his work has been published in leading academic journals including Circulation, JACC, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, JAMA Cardiology, and EJPC.

Dr. Bhatia was chief fellow during his fellowship in cardiovascular disease at UC San Diego School of Medicine, where he also completed a master's degree in clinical research and post-doctoral fellowship in cardiovascular epidemiology. He completed residency training in internal medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, where he also served as chief resident. Dr. Bhatia earned his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.