Office Doors: Dr. Sarika Desai

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DR. SARIKA DESAI

Cardiologist and CEO of Arizona Heart 360

For Arizona Heart 360 founder and CEO Dr. Sarika Desai, the practice of medicine is personal — both in her approach and in her professional path.

It was her mother’s diagnosis with a serious cardiac condition, and the cardiologist that saved her mother’s life, that served as the initial inspiration for her career.

“We almost lost her three times and it was a cardiologist who saved her,” Desai said. “In fact, it was Mother’s Day and he had told his wife that he wanted to check on my mom in the hospital. My mom actually was going south right then and there. He was the inspiration.”