Professional Bio:

Dr. Kalra is the Division Chief of Cardiology, interventional cardiologist, and associate professor of medicine at State University of New York, Upstate Medical University Center and Norton College of Medicine in Syracuse, NY. He is the founder of the non-profit startup, makeadent.org. He is also the host of the award-winning, top-ranked cardiology podcast show, Parallax. He has presented late-breaking science at national and international scientific cardiovascular meetings and has published over 325 scientific manuscripts in various peer-reviewed journals. His past appointments include interventional cardiologist, associate professor, and medical director of clinical research for regional cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic. His notable professional honors and awards include Sones-Favaloro Excellence in Research Award (Cleveland Clinic, 2020), Hospitals and Health Care Week Award for compassionate, safe and quality care (Franciscan Health, 2024), and Champion in Global Cardiovascular Collaboration and Innovation (Bristol Myers Squibb, 2025). Educated at Indira Gandhi Medical College (Shimla, India), he completed medical and cardiology training at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi, India), Cooper University Hospital (Camden, NJ), and Hennepin County Medical Center and Minneapolis Heart Institute (Minneapolis, MN). He served as a clinical and research fellow in interventional cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a clinical fellow in medicine at Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA). He then completed a year of advanced interventional and structural cardiology fellowship at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX). Dr. Kalra is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology from the American Board of Internal Medicine, and a Diplomate in Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography from the National Board of Echocardiography. He has a Master of Science degree in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences from the London School of Economics & Political Science in London, United Kingdom. He is also certified in patient safety, healthcare quality, health informatics and leadership from Harvard Medical School's 1-year Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership certification program. He is also the author of the poetry book, "Ibadah" that was released on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and launched in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic Arts and Medicine Institute on Valentine's Day, 2020.