Vijaykumar S Kasi, MD, PhD

Expert Publications

• Inhibition of src family kinases by a combinatorial action of 5'-AMP and small heat shock proteins, identified from the adult heart.
• Intellectual property rights.
• Implications of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators in urological practice.
• Association of tyrosine-phosphorylated c-Src with the cytoskeleton of hypertrophying myocardium.
• Differential activation of p70 and p85 S6 kinase isoforms during cardiac hypertrophy in the adult mammal.

Clinical Trials

• AMPLATZER PFO Occluder Post Approval Study

Media Releases

Get to know Cardiologist Dr. Vijaykumar S. Kasi, who serves patients in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Kasi is a cardiologist who specializes in coronary and peripheral vascular interventions. He is currently the Director of Cardiovascular Research and the Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Training Program at Orlando Health. Orlando Health is one of Florida’s most comprehensive private, not-for-profit healthcare networks, and is based in Orlando, FL. The facilities, advanced medical treatments and procedures, and highly qualified staff have distinguished Orlando Health as a healthcare leader for nearly two million Central Florida residents and 10,000 international visitors annually.

Dr. Kasi is also a member of Orlando Health Heart Institute Cardiology Group, an affiliate of Orlando Health Heart Institute, and a member of Orlando Health Physician Group.

Dr. Kasi received his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (India) in 1993. He then went on to receive his PhD from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina in 1998. He subsequently completed his cardiology training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and his interventional cardiology training at the William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.

Dr. Kasi’s research interests include regenerative medicine, stem cell therapy, and heart failure. He is currently a part of the NIH-funded Cardiovascular Cell Therapy Research Network (CCTRN). He is also actively involved in cardiac and peripheral vascular clinical trials.

Dr. Kasi is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, nuclear cardiology, and vascular medicine 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.

Cardiology is a branch of internal medicine. A cardiologist is not the same as a cardiac surgeon. A cardiac surgeon opens the chest and performs heart surgery. A cardiologist specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases of the cardiovascular system. The procedure that Dr. Kasi most frequently performs is EKG (Electrocardiogram).

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