Meet Dr. Vikas Veeranna, Cardiologist at The Elliot

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Vikas Veeranna, MD, a board-certified cardiologist, with a specialty in advanced cardiac imaging, his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at Bangalore Medical College in Bangalore, India. Dr. Veeranna completed an internal medicine residency at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit. Dr. Veeranna also completed a research fellowship in cardiovascular outcomes at Michigan Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Reporting Program, University of Michigan; a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center and a fellowship in noninvasive cardiovascular imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
“Patient outcome is paramount in terms of imaging,” he says. “What we see with the kind of imaging techniques we have currently at The Elliot - the cutting-edge technology in terms of CTs, MRIs or PET scans - are that they provide us with that extra step, personalized to the patient, to get to the bottom of answers and direct our therapies based on those answers to improve outcomes for patients.”
As he sees it, “The key for me is putting the patient first, understanding them, understanding their circumstances and sort of walking with them through this journey, because having a heart disease is not a one-time thing it is a lifelong commitment for you and your patient.”
When he’s not working, he enjoys everything related to tennis and spending time with his family. He and his family also love to travel. “The world is an awesome place,” he says.