Tushar Acharya, MD, MPH, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, Division of Cardiology, a member of the UA Sarver Heart Center, and a practicing cardiologist with Banner University Medical Center, Tucson.
Dr. Acharya received his MBBS from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences in Bengaluru, India, in 2007. At the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, CA., he completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine in 2013, followed by a fellowship in cardiovascular disease in 2016. He then completed an advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship in 2018 at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, MD., and a master’s in public health degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
Dr. Acharya is board certified in cardiovascular disease, echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI. He is a member of American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Echocardiography, the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. He has served terms on the American Heart Association’s Diabetes Committee of the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health and CLCD & CVRI Cardiac Imaging and Intervention Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology.
Dr. Acharya is the medical director of the general cardiology section of the cardiology division at Banner University Medical Center, Tucson and South. He is also the program director for the Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging fellowship and the associate program director for the cardiovascular disease fellowship at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
Degrees:
MBBS: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India, 2007
MPH: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2019
Residencies
University of California, San Francisco, Internal Medicine Residency, Fresno, CA, 2009-2012
University of California, San Francisco, Internal Medicine Chief Resident, Fresno, CA, 2012-2013
Fellowships:
University of California, San Francisco, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Fresno, CA, 2013-2016
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship, Bethesda, MD, 2016-2018
Honors and Awards:
2006 Gold Medal in Physiology, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
2006 Honors in Physiology, Biochemistry and Forensic Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
2006 Certificate of Merit, First Class in I, II, III and Final M.B.B.S., Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
2013 Resident Research Award, Borba Housestaff, University of California, San Francisco
2014 Fellow Research Award, Borba Housestaff, University of California, San Francisco
2016 Excellence in Cardiology Fellows Award, American College of Cardiology, California Chapter
2018 Travel Award, National Cardiovascular Data Registry and American College of Cardiology
2020 Clinical Teaching Faculty of the Year 2019-2020, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2021 Echo Attending of the Year 2020-2021, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2022 Clinic Attending of the Year 2021-2022, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2022 Shining Star for 5-star rating with a significant number of patients, Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ
2023 Echo Attending of the Year 2022-2023, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2024 Consult Attending of the Year 2023-2024, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2025 Faculty Mentoring Award, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Dr. Acharya's clinical interests include integrating multi-modality cardiovascular imaging into routine patient care, practicing evidence-based medicine with an emphasis on preventative cardiology.
His research interests include evaluating the clinical applications of advanced cardiovascular imaging modalities like cardiac CT and cardiac MRI, population-based studies, clinical effectiveness and implementation research, study design, and statistical methodology.
He has authored and co-authored multiple original research publications and presented his research at national and international scientific meetings.