Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, MD

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, MD, PhD is a member of the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Karmpaliotis specializes in advanced, complex coronary intervention. He brings a wealth of experience in percutaneous coronary interventions and will direct the new Chronic Total Occlusions, Complex and High Risk Angioplasty Program at CIVT. Dr. Karmpaliotis graduated from the University of Athens School of Health Sciences in 1996 and trained at the prestigious Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School. Before coming to Columbia University, Dr. Karmpaliotis was instrumental in building a world-class interventional cardiology program at Piedmont Heart Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Karmpaliotis has served as principal investigator on more than 50 clinical trials, with special interest in the development of techniques for treating chronic total occlusions in coronary arteries. As part of the CIVT faculty, Dr. Karmpaliotis will assist in the development of master-technician training programs, support the complex coronary fellowship program and contribute to the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutic Conference.