Tushar Acharya, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Acharya is a practicing cardiologist with Banner University Medical Center Tucson and is a member of American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. He is currently serving a second term on the American Heart Association’s Diabetes Committee of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health.
Degree(s)
- MPH: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2019
- MBBS: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India, 2007
Residency
University of California, San Francisco, Internal Medicine Residency, Fresno, CA, 2009-2012
University of California, San Francisco, Internal Medicine Chief Resident, Fresno, CA, 2012-2013
Fellowship
University of California, San Francisco, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Fresno, CA, 2013-2016
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship, Bethesda, MD, 2016-2018
Board Certifications
Cardiovascular Disease
Echocardiography
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Honors and Awards
American College of Cardiology California Chapter's Excellence in Cardiology Fellowship Award, 2016
UCSF Fresno Borba Housestaff Fellow Research Award, 2014
UCSF Fresno Borba Housestaff Resident Research Award, 2013
Gold Medal in Physiology, 2006
Certificate of Merit for securing First Class in I, II, III, and Final MBBS, 2006
Honors in Physiology, Biochemistry, and Forensic Medicine, 2006
Research Interests
evaluating the clinical applications of advanced cardiovascular imaging modalities like cardiac CT and cardiac MRI, population-based studies, clinical effectiveness and implementation research, study design, statistical methodology