Rajakrishnan Vijayakrishnan, MD, FACC
Associate Professor
Location
- Heart and Vascular Center - Center for Advanced Care - Froedtert Hospital
- 8900 West Doyne Ave.
- Milwaukee, WI 53226
Specialties
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- Cardiology/Cardiovascular Medicine
Overview
Diseases and Conditions
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Cardiomyopathy
- Heart Failure
Treatments and Services
- Heart Transplantation
- Mechanical Circulatory Support/Ventricular Assist Devices
- Heart Failure Management
Patients Ages Seen
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Senior
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Malayalam
Hospital Affiliations
- Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Clinic Locations
Heart and Vascular Center - Center for Advanced Care - Froedtert Hospital
- 8900 West Doyne Ave.
- Milwaukee, WI 53226
- (414) 805-6000
- Get Directions
Pleasant Valley Health Center
- 3200 Pleasant Valley Rd.
- West Bend, WI 53095
- (262) 836-7300
- Get Directions
Biography
Dr. Vijayakrishnan is a board-certified advanced heart failure cardiologist, and serves as Medical Director of the Froedtert & MCW Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Program.
Education and Training
M.B.B.S. - Doctor of Medicine - Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram - Thiruvananthapuram (2004)
MD in Biophysics - All India Institute of Medical Sciences - New Delhi (2005-2008)
Residency in Internal Medicine - St. Vincent Hospital - Worcester, MA (2008-2011)
Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine - Geisinger Medical Center - Danville, PA (2011-2014)
Fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant - University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT (2014-2015)