Piedmont Heart of Marietta

Morgan L. Cox, M.D., MHS, received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Butler University. She is board certified in general surgery.

Dr. Cox specializes in a broad range of vascular surgery pathology including aortic disease, carotid artery disease, peripheral arterial disease, dialysis access, and superficial and deep venous disease.

In her spare time, Dr. Cox enjoys spending time with her family and dogs, watching soccer, paddle boarding, and traveling.

Edward Clermont, MD specializes in cardiac electrophysiology, which focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disorders. Dr. Clermont brings a tremendous amount of expertise in caring for patients with many heart rhythm conditions and is be able to diagnose and treat these patients at Piedmont-Eastside Medical Center, in their state-of-the-art electrophysiology lab.

Dr. Loungani earned his medical degree at Medical University of South Carolina. He then completed his internal medicine residency in the Osler Medical Training Program at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He went on to complete fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology at Duke University Hospital. He also completed a research fellowship at the Duke Clinical Research Institute.

Dr. Loungani specializes in Cardiomyopathy, Advanced Heart Failure, and Cardiac Transplantation. He additionally has a special interest in caring for patients with Cardiac Amyloidosis. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, and most recently board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. He is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.

In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and exploring his new home in Georgia.

Christopher Massad, MD, is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology. He specializes in General Cardiology and Non-Invasive Cardiology with a special interest in Valvular Heart Disease, Prevention, and Multimodality imaging.

In his spare time, Dr. Massad enjoys spending time with wife and four children, woodworking, and cycling.

Dr. Massad welcomes new patients and accepts most major insurance plans.

Dr. Prashant Kaul received his medical degree from the University of Cambridge, UK and completed postgraduate residency training in Internal Medicine at the Hammersmith and Royal Brompton Hospitals in London, UK before completing a second internal medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, NY. He completed fellowships in General Cardiology, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging and Interventional Cardiology at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. During his fellowship, he was the recipient of the Jess Peter award for the best Interventional cardiology fellow.Dr. Kaul is an interventional cardiologist with an interest in complex coronary and peripheral vascular interventions. He is the former Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory & Interventional Cardiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also served as Medical Director of the Chest Pain Center and Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Training Program. He continues as an adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His interests include the management of coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndromes, systems of care in primary PCI, trans-radial coronary angiography and complex interventions, chronic total occlusions, percutaneous ventricular support devices, peripheral endovascular interventions and quality and value based care. He has published numerous manuscripts, abstracts and book chapters and has served as the site principal investigator for multiple clinical trials. He has delivered more than 100 lectures on interventional cardiology topics both nationally and internationally and is a member of several national committees including the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Interventional Section Leadership Council. Dr. Kaul is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Kalindi Parikh is originally from Selma, Alabama and received her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology followed by her M.D. from the Chicago Medical School. She did her residency in Internal Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases at Rush University School of Medicine in Chicago. She went on to complete further training in Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) outside Washington D.C.

She is board certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine as well as multiple imaging subspecialties including echocardiography, nuclear medicine, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT.

Dr. Kalindi Parikh was previously at the Atlanta Medical Center, where she also served as Chair for the Department of Medicine prior to the hospital’s eventual closure. She is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and also a member of the American society of Echocardiography.

Her hobbies include reading, traveling and spending time with her husband, kids, and dogs.

Shailesh Malla, M.D. earned his medical degree from Tribhuyan University Institute of Medicine, the premier medical school in Nepal. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Jacobi Medical Center and his fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Montefiore Medical Center in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York. Board certified in Cardiovascular Disease (ABIM), Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC) and Echocardiography (NBE), Dr. Malla brings over 10 years of experience to Piedmont Heart. Prior to joining Piedmont Heart, Dr. Malla was a clinical cardiologist with ACG. Dr. Malla is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology who specializes in invasive cardiology, general and consultative cardiology, trans-thoracic and transesophogeal echocardiography, nuclear stress testing and diagnostic cardiac catheterization. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the American College of Physicians. He has been involved in several research projects in the areas of congestive heart failure and echocardiography and has published several articles in scientific journals. He is an instructor for ACLS as well. Dr. Malla is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans. Board Certification American Board of Cardiovascular Disease, Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC), Echo Board (ASCeXAM), American Board of Internal Medicine