Sanjeev Aggarwal, MD, MBA
Dr. Aggarwal has been internationally recognized for his work in advanced heart failure and structural heart disease. His clinical areas of interest include mechanical circulatory support, cardiac transplantation, ECMO, minimally invasive and transcatheter valve repair and replacement, and complex re-operative procedures. He has served on multiple institutional and national committees and scientific advisory boards. He has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, and book chapters, and has been a principle or co-investigator in several FDA-approved clinical trials.
Prior to joining Abiomed, Dr. Aggarwal served as the Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery and the inaugural Clinical Innovation Officer for Beaumont Health in Michigan. He previously was the Director of Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Aggarwal has also held faculty appointments in the Department of Surgery at Columbia University- New York Presbyterian Hospital and the University of Louisville Medical Center.
Dr. Aggarwal earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry and economics. He earned his medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Aggarwal completed his residency in general surgery at NYU Medical Center, and then attended the University of Michigan for his cardiothoracic surgical training. While at the University of Michigan, Dr. Aggarwal was the recipient of a research training grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH). He also completed an advanced cardiac surgical fellowship in heart transplantation, ventricular assist devices, and minimally invasive surgery at Columbia University-New York Presbyterian hospital in New York. More recently, Dr. Aggarwal has earned an M.B.A. with certification in data science and business analytics from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.