Sunil Kalla, MD, FAAC

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Get to know Cardiologist Dr. Sunil Kalla, who serves patients in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dr. Kalla is a cardiologist at Nevada Heart & Vascular Center, providing comprehensive cardiac and vascular services in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In addition to cardiology & interventional cardiology, he has a busy vein practice and is one of the few doctors in Nevada performing illiac-caval stenting. 

Academically, Dr. Kalla received his medical degree from Dr. S.N. Medical College in India. Subsequently, he was accepted as a postdoctoral cardiology research fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, where he worked on basic and molecular cardiology research. He then went on to complete his internal medicine training at Brown University affiliated hospitals in Rhode Island, followed by a fellowship in cardiology at SUNY Upstate University, Syracuse and a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the University of Calgary. 

A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC), he is board-certified in cardiovascular disease 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.

Professionally, Dr. Kalla served as faculty member at both SUNY Upstate University and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. He is currently affiliated with MountainView Hospital, Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-San Martin Campus, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals-Rose de Lima Campus, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, and Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System-North Las Vegas. 

Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of the heart, as well as some parts of the circulatory system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and electrophysiology. Cardiologists are doctors who diagnose, assess, and treat patients with diseases and defects of the heart and blood vessels (the cardiovascular system).

Outside of practicing medicine, Dr. Kalla enjoys reading, golfing, traveling & spending time with his wife and twin boys.

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