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Office
14100 Southwest Fwy Ste 400
Sugar Land, TX 77478Phone+1 832-509-4620Fax+1 346-271-4938
Summary
- Dr. Vijaiganesh Nagarajan is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology and currently working as a Cardiologist/ Interventionalist at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land, Texas. He also serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Texas, Houston.
He specializes in Cardiac catheterization through the leg and the wrist to know about blocked heart arteries and perform balloon angioplasty and stent placement to treat heart artery obstruction, angiogram to look at blocked leg arteries and using atherectomy, balloons and stents to treat blockages in leg arteries.
Nagarajan received his medical degree from Thanjavur Medical College in India. His residency was at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. His honors and awards include: American Heart Association Young Investigator Award; Mulholland Resident and Fellow Teaching Award, University of Virginia; Clinical Skills and Scholarship Award, Cook County Hospital, Humanitarian Resident Award, Cook County Hospital; American College of Cardiology Virginia State Jeopardy Winner 2015; American College of Cardiology Texas State Jeopardy Runner; Student Education and Teaching Award, RUSH University. Additionally, he is the author of more than 25 publications in reputed medical journals and has presented more than 25 presentations at national and international conferences.
Dr. Nagarajan holds memberships in the American College of Physicians, the American College of Cardiology and the Society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions. He also holds the certification of Membership of Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom.
Education & Training
- University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2013 - 2016
- Cook County Health and Hospitals SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
- Thanjavur Medical CollegeClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- VA State Medical License 2013 - 2018
- OH State Medical License 2010 - 2014
- IL State Medical License 2007 - 2011
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- American Heart Association Young Investigator Award
- Mulholland Resident and Fellow Teaching Award University of Virginia
- Clinical Skills and Scholarship Award Cook County Hospital
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 107 citationsUsefulness of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in risk stratification of patients with advanced heart failure.Vicente A. Benites-Zapata, Adrian V. Hernandez, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, Clay A. Cauthen, Randall C. Starling
The American Journal of Cardiology. 2015-01-01 - 46 citationsObesity paradox in heart failure: a heavy matterVijaiganesh Nagarajan, Luke Kohan, Eric M. Holland, Ellen C. Keeley, Sula Mazimba
ESC Heart Failure. 2016-01-01 - 46 citationsEffect of diastolic dysfunction on postoperative outcomes after cardiovascular surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysisRoop Kaw, Adrian V. Hernandez, Vinay Pasupuleti, Abhishek Deshpande, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2016-10-01
Journal Articles
- Effect of Diastolic Dysfunction on Postoperative Outcomes After Cardiovascular Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisEugene H Blackstone, Roop Kaw, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, Adrian V Hernandez, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Professional Memberships
- Member
Other Languages
- Tamil
External Links
- Memorial Hermannhttp://www.memorialhermann.org/doctors/interventional-cardiologists/dr-vijaiganesh-nagarajan-md-651080/
- UThttps://www.utphysicians.com/provider/vijaiganesh-nagarajan/
- Medical Schoolhttps://med.uth.edu/cahf/faculty/vijaiganesh-nagarajan-md/
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