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Amar Pohwani, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, FSVM
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Amar Pohwani, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, FSVM

Briggsmore Specialty Center 1409 E. Briggsmore Avenue Modesto, CA 95355
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(209) 550-4750
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Specialties:

Cardiovascular Disease

Accepting new patients

This physician is hospital-based and does not see patients privately.

Interventional Cardiology

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Professional Interests

Cardiovascular Disease

  • Adult congenital heart clinic, Advanced cardiac device and lead management, Anatomic vascular studies, Angiography, Angioplasty and stent placement, Anti-arrhythmic drug therapy, Aortic aneurysm repair, Arrhythmia, Arrhythmias in pregnancy, Arterial and venous ultrasound, Atherectomy

  • Atrial fibrillation evaluation and management, Atrial septal defect, Biventricular pacing (cardiac resynchronization therapy), Cardiac catheterization, Cardiac critical care, Cardiac pacing and device implantation, Cardiac rehabilitation, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular imaging and diagnostic services, Carotid and cerebral angiography, Chronic total occlusion stenting, Congenital heart disease, Congestive heart failure, Coronary artery disease, Coronary intervention and stenting, Device implantation, Diagnostic vascular imaging, Drug eluting stents (DES), Echocardiograph, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, End-stage heart disease, Extracranial cerebrovascular disease, Heart failure, Heart transplant, Hypertension, Implantable cardiac defibrillator, Implantable cardiac devices, Interventional cardiology, Intravascular ultrasound, Invasive cardiology, Invasive diagnostic cardiology, Lipid management, Marfan syndrome, Mitral valve surgery, Molecular and genomic cardiology, Myocardial infarction, Non-invasive cardiac testing, Non-invasive cardiology, Nuclear imaging, Nuclear stress tests, Pacemaker services, Patent foramen ovale (PFO), Percutaneous valve intervention, Pericardiocentesis, Peripheral percutaneous revascularization, Peripheral stents, Peripheral vascular disease, Peripheral vascular intervention, Preventive cardiology, Pulmonary hypertension, Radial artery catheterization (angiograms, angioplasty and stents through the wrist), Resynchronization therapy, Stent placement, Stress testing, Stroke, Syncope, Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE), Valvular heart disease, Vascular medicine, Ventricular tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
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Interventional Cardiology

  • Atherectomy, Cardiac angiography, Cardiac catheterization, Cardiac CT, Cardiac implantable devices, Cardiac pacing and device implantation, Cardiovascular imaging and diagnostic services, Carotid and cerebral angiography, Carotid artery angioplasty and stent placement

  • Closure of atrial septal defect, Coronary and peripheral percutaneous revascularization, Coronary angiography, Coronary intervention and stenting, Diagnostic and stress echocardiography, Echocardiograph, Extracranial cerebrovascular disease, Heart angioplasty and stent placement, Heart disease, Implantable cardiac devices, Implantable heart failure monitor, Implantable loop recorder, Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), Left heart catheterization, Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery, Minimally invasive treatment of coronary artery disease, Monitoring, Multidisciplinary heart failure clinic, Non-invasive therapy for congenital cardiac defects, Nuclear medicine, Pacemaker services, Patent foramen ovale (PFO), Percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty, Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Peripheral vascular disease, Peripheral vascular percutaneous intervention, Stress testing, Stroke, Stroke rehabilitation, Structural heart disease, Subcutaneous and transvenous defibrillator implantation, Swan-Ganz right heart catheterization, Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR), Vascular imaging
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Affiliations

Medical Affiliations

Sutter Gould Medical Foundation

-  Gould Medical Group

Sutter Medical Network

Practice Locations

View Map of 1409 E. Briggsmore Avenue,Modesto,CA,95355
Address:
Briggsmore Specialty Center1409 E. Briggsmore Avenue Modesto, CA 95355
  • View Map of 1409 E. Briggsmore Avenue,Modesto,CA,95355
(209) 550-4750
(209) 572-1187 fax
Hours
Monday – Friday8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Board Certifications

BOARD CERTIFIED IN:

  • Cardiovascular Disease

  • Interventional Cardiology

Credentials & Notables

Medical School:

The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Residency:

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Internship:

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Fellowship:

Cardiovascular Disease, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Interventional Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Languages

Primary Language(s)

English

Additional Language(s)

Hindi

Punjabi

Sindhi

Urdu

Publications

Impact of Beta Blocker therapy on functional capacity criteria for transplant listing

  • Article
  • Journal of Heart Lung Transplant

Amar L. Pohwani, MD, S Murali MD, G. MacGowan; Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh PA.

1/2003

Intermittent outpatient ultrafiltration for the treatment of severe refractory congestive heart failure

  • Article
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure

R Sheppard, MD, Jessica Panyon PA-C, Amar Pohwani, MD, G MacGowan, D MacGowan, MD, D McNamara, S Murali, MD; University of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA;

10/2004

Community Activities

Volunteers 2 to 3 times each year (since 2005) in remote areas of India for 8-10 days practicing non-invasive cardiology; Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Memorial Medical Center; Board Member of Sutter Gould Medical Foundation

Personal Interests

Tennis, hiking and yoga guest speaker: Role of Yoga and Cardiovascular Diseases

Philosophy of Care

I treat my patients as I would treat my family members. I practice evidence based medicine and follow the guidelines recommended by American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. I strongly believe physician treats and God/Mother Nature cures.

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