Samir Kapadia, M.D.

Samir Kapadia, MD, is an interventional cardiologist in the Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiology and interventional cardiology. As an interventional cardiologist, Dr. Kapadia has a special interest in coronary, structural heart disease-related cardiac interventions as well as carotid and peripheral interventions.

A native of India, Dr. Kapadia received his medical degree with honors from Smt. N.H.L.M. Medical College in Gujarat, India, scoring sixth highest out of 30,000 pre-med students on the state boards. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where he was named Outstanding Resident. He came to Cleveland Clinic for a fellowship in cardiology and stayed on for a fellowship in interventional cardiology, and during this time he became Chief Interventional Fellow. Dr. Kapadia was appointed to Cleveland Clinic in 2003 as a staff interventional cardiologist. He is currently the Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program.  

Prior to his appointment to Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Kapadia had an academic appointment to the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, and he served as an interventional cardiologist at the Puget Sound Health Care System of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Seattle.

Dr. Kapadia has been involved as principal investigator or co-investigator in numerous clinical trials related to percutaneous replacement of aortic valve, percutaneous mitral valve repair, carotid stenting, PFO closure, to name a few. He has been invited to present results of his research at national and international symposia and conferences.

He is author or co-author of more than 30 book chapters in medical textbooks on his specialty interests, and he has authored numerous articles and abstracts in medical journals on his clinical experience. Dr. Kapadia is an editorial reviewer for the peer-reviewed medical journals Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Cytokine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He grades abstracts for the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Kapadia is Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Member of the American Heart Association.

Since 2004, Cleveland Magazine named Dr. Kapadia to its list of “Top Doctors.”

• Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship

Interventional Cardiology

Cardiovascular Disease

Internal Medicine

• Teacher of the Year Award, Interventional Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, 2007
• Innovator Award, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2006
• Top Docs, Cleveland Magazine, 2006
• Top Docs, Cleveland Magazine, 2004
• Lower Clinical Award for Original Investigation and Professional Excellence in Scientific Paper, Cleveland Clinic, 2000
• Lower Clinical Award for Original Investigation and Professional Excellence in Scientific Paper, Cleveland Clinic, 1999
• Young Investigator Award for Clinical Research, Cardiovascular Young Investigator Forum, Astra Merck, 1998
• Peskind Memorial Award for Best Research Paper from Residents and Fellows Training in Division of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 1998
• First Place, Cardiology Research Day, Cleveland Clinic, 1998
• 2nd Place, Basic Science Research, Research Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine, 1996
• Finalist, Melvin L. Marcus - Young Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Physiology, American Heart Association, 1995
• Best Basic Science Research Presentation, Baylor Scientific Symposium, 1994
• Outstanding Resident, Baylor College of Medicine, 1994
• Highest Honors, Final Academic Year, Medical School,1989
• Merit Prize for exceptional performance, Indian Pharmacological Society, 1987
• Highest Honors, Second Academic Year, Medical School, 1987
• National Scholar, National Council of Educational Research & Training, India, 1984
• 7th Rank (30,000 Premed Students), State Board, India, 1984
• 6th Rank (250,000 Students), State Board, India, 1982

• American Heart Association
• American College of Cardiology
• American Society of Vascular Medicine