Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD
Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Heart Station
Specialties
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Cardiology (Heart Care)
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- Orland Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
[MUSIC PLAYING] My name is Gaurvav Upadhyay. I'm an electrophysiologist. I'm a cardiologist, who specializes in heart rhythm disturbances, pacemakers, and defibrillators. I've been in practice here, at the University of Chicago, for just about four years. And I've had the chance to take care of patients here, as well as in Boston. Fundamentally, being a physician is something that appeals to me because it lets me put together an interest in science, as well as connecting with people.
When you have a conversation with someone about their heart, it's visceral. It's something that people understand. And I've always enjoyed the opportunity to connect with people in an authentic, and an immediate, way. What we do is to try to understand arrhythmic or electrical disturbances of the heart. So the heart's an electrical organ. We think about plumbing, but it's also got electricity as well. And so if the heart beats too fast or too slow, we help try to develop an intervention, be it medications, a procedure-- we do procedures called ablation procedures, where we actually work inside the heart-- or use technology like pacemakers or defibrillators to try to address that rhythm disturbance.
The most important thing about the care that we provide is that the patient feels that they're being helped in a way that's personal and specific to them, and that we're helping them get the most out of their life. It's not just about being in the hospital, or being healthy at home, or a healthy lifestyle. It's the idea that we have a certain potential, all of us. And we need to be able to rise up to that potential. And illness is a big barrier for that. So if we can address one barrier, then we can help people, kind of, live to their fullest. And that's fundamentally what I think we should do.
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Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD, is a cardiologist with expertise in cardiac rhythm devices. Dr. Upadhyay cares for patients with arrhythmia, syncope and heart failure. He focuses on innovative electrical therapies in heart disease, including cardiac resynchronization therapy, conduction system pacing (including both His bundle and left bundle pacing), catheter ablation, and machine-based learning to improve heart failure (HF) management. Dr. Upadhyay strives to improve the quality of life for his patients, and his goal is to implement pioneering technologies to treat symptoms of heart failure and improve overall health.
Paralleling his focus on patient care, Dr. Upadhyay is an active clinical investigator. An invited national and international speaker, he has authored or delivered over 135 manuscripts, invited talks and book chapters. He is also deeply committed to teaching, and seeks out opportunities to collaborate and engage trainees in teaching at the bedside as well as in transforming models of care.
Areas of Expertise
- Optimizing Response after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
- ECG Analysis and Ambulatory Monitoring
- Radiofrequency Ablation for Complex Arrhythmias
Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Internal Medicine
Practicing Since
- 2006
Languages Spoken
- English
- Hindi
Medical Education
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowship
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American College of Cardiology
- Heart Rhythm Society
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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