The Center for Coronary Artery Disease at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (MHIF) is dedicated to improving clinical practice and ultimately discovering lifesaving treatments through innovative cardiovascular research. As part of the educational aim for the center, a one-year fellowship was created to provide a robust experience to an individual interested in training in complex percutaneous coronary interventions and interventional cardiology research.
MHIF welcomes Parth Desai, MD, as the Frank J. and Eleanor Maslowski Charitable Trust CHIP-CTO Fellow, effective July 1, 2026.
Desai earned his medical degree from the University of Baroda in India, graduating summa cum laude and receiving multiple gold medals. He then moved to Chicago, where he completed an internal medicine residency at Cook County Health and earned a Master of Science in clinical research from Rush University.
He continued his training at Loyola University Medical Center, where he spent one year conducting translational cardiovascular research focused on atrial fibrillation and myocardial remodeling, followed by a fellowship in cardiovascular disease. He then completed an interventional cardiology fellowship at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in Texas and a structural heart disease fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Before joining Allina Health, Desai practiced for one year as an interventional and structural cardiologist in the Quad Cities, Iowa.
The Center for Coronary Artery Disease at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation is dedicated to improving clinical practice and ultimately discovering life-saving treatments through innovative cardiovascular research. The Frank J. and Eleanor Maslowski Charitable Trust CHIP-CTO Fellowship Program is a 1-year hybrid clinical and research training program for Interventional Cardiologists focused on specialized training in complex and high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions, including patient selection, procedural planning, use of advanced interventional techniques, and prevention and management of complications. The program also includes a clinical research focus on complex percutaneous coronary interventions and coronary artery disease.
The curriculum for the program consists of:
- Chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions
- Advanced intravascular imaging and physiology
- Bifurcations, thrombus management, treatment of acute coronary syndromes
- Calcification and tortuosity
- Hemodynamic support and treatment of cardiogenic shock
- Complication prevention and management, radiation safety
- Research in complex percutaneous coronary interventions and coronary artery disease
MHIF is strongly positioned for success with the Center for Coronary Artery Disease through its partnership with 100+ Minneapolis Heart Institute cardiologists, who see patients at 127,000+ clinic visits each year at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and 42 outreach sites.
