Bhupesh Dhama, MD, FACC, FSCAI

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Get to know Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Bhupesh Dhama, who serves patients in New York. 

Dr. Dhama is a board-certified interventional cardiologist practicing at Premier Cardiology Consultants with five offices throughout the state of New York, including New Hyde Park, Jamaica, Queens, and Forest Hills. He specializes in cardiac and peripheral catheterization, balloon angioplasty, stent placement, and laser atherectomy, and he is always working to advance his personal knowledge and training so that he can provide the most advanced treatments in his field.

Premier Cardiology Consultants comprises a passionate group of doctors who strive to be leaders in all aspects of cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, and interventional cardiology. The team has training from some of the most prestigious and advanced cardiology programs in the country, and patients can feel confident that they’re receiving the absolute best diagnostics and treatments for their heart.

Pertaining to his educational background, Dr. Dhama attended the Sophie Davis Biomedical Education program at the City University of New York in New York City. After graduation, he earned his medical degree from the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. He completed his residency and a subsequent fellowship in cardiovascular disease at North Shore University-Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens. Following this, he completed another fellowship in interventional cardiology at the same educational venue. 

His extensive training in various aspects of interventional cardiology has prepared Dr. Dhama to treat a wide range of cardiovascular issues, and he is proactive about remaining on top of new developments in cardiology in the field.

A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the doctor is board-certified in both internal medicine and interventional cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Interventional cardiology is the subspecialty of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter-based treatment of heart diseases. The field includes the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, vascular disease, and acquired structural heart disease. An interventional cardiologist is a cardiologist with one to two years of additional education and training in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease, as well as congenital (present at birth) and structural heart conditions through catheter-based procedures such as angioplasty and stenting.

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