Nikhil V. Sikand, MD

Nikhil Victor Sikand, MD, is a cardiovascular medicine specialist with sub-specialty training in advanced heart failure, including congestive heart failure (CHF), heart transplantation, cardiomyopathies, and mechanical circulatory support. He manages patients needing heart transplantation, left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) and temporary mechanical circulatory support devices as well as patients with heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction and cardiomyopathies. He is also a specialist in the Yale Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence.

Dr. Sikand is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and a clinician educator. He is associate program director of the Yale General Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship and associate program director of the fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He has received awards for his teaching and commitment to medical education.

His research interests include hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, quality improvement in medical education and systems-based approaches to improving heart failure outcomes. He is the principal investigator or sub-investigator on several ongoing clinical trials at Yale.

Dr. Sikand completed medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine followed by residency training at Yale University-Yale-New Haven Hospital and fellowship training at New York University School of Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, and Comprehensive Echocardiography.