Michael Ragosta, MD
Interventional Cardiology
Bio & Overview
Michael Ragosta, M.D., is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology. He specializes in interventional cardiology, heart valve disease, general cardiology and peripheral arterial disease.
Dr. Ragosta has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on 10 clinical trials involving myocardial viability, coronary collateral circulation, coronary flow reserve, fractional flow reserve and myocardial contrast echocardiography. He has shared his research and experience through more than 40 invited lectures or visiting professorships and by authoring or co-authoring more than 120 peer-reviewed journal publications, book chapters and scientific abstracts. Dr. Ragosta is Medical Director for Interventional Cardiology at UVA.
Academic Information
- Department
- Medicine
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Research Interests
- Coronary flow reserve|Coronary artery disease|Myocardial viability|Restenosis|Hemodynamics|Ischemic heart disease|Myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (1985)
- Residency
- Yale University School of Medicine (1988)
- Fellowships
- University of Virginia Medical Center (1992), University of Virginia Medical Center (1993)
- Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Interventional Cardiology), American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease), American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
- Appointment
- Medical Director - Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories Interventional Fellowship Program Director
Highlights
Dr. Michael Ragosta profile video
[MUSIC PLAYING] MICHAEL RAGOSTA: I'm Michael Ragosta. And I'm the director of the cardiac catheterization laboratories at the University of Virginia Hospital. My practice is unique in that I am an interventional cardiologist. And what I get a lot of enjoyment out of is taking care of the very complicated patients with complex coronary disease. And one area in particular I'm known for is chronic total occlusion interventions, which are arteries that have been completely blocked, often for a very long period of time. Those are very difficult to open using conventional techniques. And I've learned skills and developed skills to open those kinds of arteries. What I find most rewarding about working at the University of Virginia is the collegiality we have. Just a great group of people here, both fellow physicians, the nurses, the technicians, secretaries. Everybody works together with the common goal of doing what's best for patients. What I'm most passionate about is patient care. I really enjoy taking care of patients, interacting with the patients and their families. I get a of satisfaction of that. It's very satisfying to have somebody who's quite symptomatic or quite ill and you do something, whether it's medicines, surgery, or working with some of the catheter-based procedures we have, and see them improve-- that's an extremely rewarding thing for us. I feel very privileged to be part of that. [MUSIC PLAYING]
Awards
- 2019 Best Bedside Manner Awards, OurHealth Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley Magazine; Honorable Mention, Cardiology
- 2011-2020 Best Doctors in America® List
Reviews
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