Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Saibal Kar, MD, is Director of Structural Heart Disease Interventions and Clinical Research, Los Robles Health System. The public record shows 415 publications with 31,870 citations (h-index 78), centered on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes. It also documents an investigator role on 19 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 47 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Journal of the American Heart Association
- Top research focus: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- 19 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 47 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 20 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 195.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Federally funded research awards.
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 19 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Pivotal Study of the SUpira System in Patients Undergoing High-Risk Percutaneous COronaRy InTervention (HRPCI)
Sponsor: Supira Medical
InvestigatorRecruitingNCT07296744 - Abbott Cephea Mitral Valve Disease Registry
Sponsor: Abbott Medical Devices
InvestigatorRecruitingNCT07069673 - REdo tranScatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Transcatheter aOrtic Valve failuRE
Sponsor: Medtronic Cardiovascular
InvestigatorRecruitingNCT06777368
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
47 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year202569 payments$26,741openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year202574 payments$14,561openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Program year202510 payments
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Clinical, Functional, and Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Contemporary Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Primary Mitral Regurgitation in the Very Elderly.
Journal of the American Heart Association
2026 - Atrial Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Outcomes Following Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: Results From the EXPANDed Studies.
Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions
2026
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure2,926 citations2018
- 02Percutaneous Repair or Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation2,154 citations2011
- 03
- 04Closure or Medical Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke with Patent Foramen Ovale1,060 citations2012
- 055-Year Outcomes After Left Atrial Appendage Closure996 citations2017
Contact
An office address from a public listing. This research profile has no federal registry record to draw from.
Office address
227 W Janss Rd, Suite 340, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →cacvi.org ↗
- Residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Cardiology
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →cacvi.org ↗ - Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →cacvi.org ↗ - Repeat Internal Medicine Residency
West Los Angeles VA Medical Center; Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →cacvi.org ↗
Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →citoday.com ↗
- Director of Structural Heart Disease Interventions and Clinical Research
Los Robles Health System
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →cacvi.org ↗
Awards & honorshonors on the public record
- FACC
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →cacvi.org ↗ - FSCAI
Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Clinical Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →cacvi.org ↗ - Interventional Cardiologist
Adventist Health (Bakersfield, CA location)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doctors.adventisthealth.org ↗
Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →youtube.com ↗
- The Murmur Pod
episode with Dr. Saibal Kar and Dr. Thomas Waggoner discussing the Champion AF trial data
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →podcasts.apple.com ↗ - "An Interview With Saibal Kar, MD"
Cardiac Interventions Today (print/web interview)
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
scai.org/about-us/scai-staff-listing/saibal-kar-md-fscai
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