Dr. Iyer is an interventional cardiologist specializing in structural heart interventions. His clinical practice includes general cardiology, interventional cardiology and complex valvular heart diseases. He directs a complex valve clinic, as well as structural heart interventions at the Gates Vascular Institute (GVI) and Buffalo General Medical Center (BGMC).
Dr. Iyer is an interventional cardiologist specializing in structural heart interventions. His clinical practice includes general cardiology, interventional cardiology and complex valvular heart diseases. He directs a complex valve clinic, as well as structural heart interventions at the Gates Vascular Institute (GVI) and Buffalo General Medical Center (BGMC). In that capacity, he performs transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR), mitral clip procedures, left atrial appendage occlusion, atrial and ventricular septal defect closure, and percutaneous paravalvular leak closures. He also cares for patients by performing routine diagnostic coronary angiograms and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI)/angioplasty.
His research interests are in new devices for aortic and mitral valve replacement, novel therapeutics in the form of stem cells and newer therapies for acute coronary syndromes. He also collaborates with the Toshiba Stroke and Vascular Research Center to develop advanced imaging modalities in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Dr. Iyer is also investigating the use of robotic PCI to improve precision in stent placement and reduce radiation dosage in the catheterization laboratory, and he serves as the local principal investigator for a number of multicenter clinical trials in these areas.
Dr. Iyer received his medical degree in internal medicine from Grant Medical College, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences and his PhD in pharmacology from Drexel University in Philadelphia. Dr. Iyer was a postdoctoral fellow in the division of cardiology at University at Buffalo (UB). He also completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease from UB and then a fellowship in interventional cardiology at University of Minnesota. Among his accolades are the American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship, Young Investigator Award for New York State American College of Cardiology, and Northwestern University Young Investigators Forum Finalist. He is a current Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Coronary Angiography and Interventions.