Dr. Rahul P. Sharma, MBBS, FRACP is the Director of Structural Interventions at Stanford Healthcare, Associate Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University.  

Dr. Sharma is an Interventional Cardiologist with specialized clinical and research interests in structural heart disease, particularly transcatheter valve therapy. He has a large volume of expertise in transcatheter aortic, mitral and tricuspid replacement, percutaneous mitral valve repair, left atrial appendage occlusion, PFO/ASD/VSD closure, alcohol septal ablation, and cerebral protection. He also has expertise in CT imaging for structural heart disease. He is a principal investigator in ongoing national multi-center research studies and clinical trials and has authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters. Dr. Sharma serves as a national and international clinical proctor for transcatheter aortic, mitral and tricuspid valve implantation and percutaneous mitral valve repair and regularly speaks at major national and international cardiology meetings.