
Scott Sharkey, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Scott Sharkey is the chief medical officer for Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation as well as a practicing cardiologist at Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia.
Dr. Sharkey completed medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine followed by a residency at Maine Medical Center and a fellowship at the University of Minnesota.

Professional Interests:
- Acute takotsubo (stress)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Ventricular fibrillation complicating acute myocardial infarction
- Acute myocardial
- Infarction in the absence of significant coronary artery disease
- Appropriate use of troponin testing