Srinivas Attanti, M.D.

Srinivas Attanti, M.D., FACC, is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and interventional cardiology. He received his medical degree from J.S.S. Medical College in Mysore, India. He performed his internship in internal medicine at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Attanti performed his cardiology fellowship in heart failure research at the Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center/Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, New York, and his cardiology fellowships in cardiology, critical care medicine, and interventional cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He is a member of the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

percent of heart catheterizations through the radial artery in the wrist as opposed to the more traditional groin access, which reduces bleeding and makes recovery easier. He stays abreast of the latest cuttingedge heart procedures to ensure his patients receive the best care possible, including PAD, endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms, TAVI procedures (where the aortic valve is replaced via a catheter), carotid stents, and the emerging catheter-based ASD closures, where a hole in the heart is closed via a catheter instead of an open chest procedure.

Dr. Attanti is hugely compassionate and loves to help his patients. He takes time to listen and is upfront concerning any treatment plans he may use. Dr. Attanti performs approximately ninety-five

“I think it is critically important to be honest with patients, and therefore, I don’t hide anything,” he says. “We talk about it all — both the good and the scary. I tell them what the complication rates are for a given procedure and what that means to their health. Being honest is very important, especially when a patient is entrusting his or her healthcare to me. That’s a privilege and honor.”