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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

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Pleasant Valley Health Center

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

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)