Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD,  MSc, FSCAI, is an assistant professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is an interventional and critical care cardiologist, the director of the cardiac intensive care unit at the Rhode Island Hospital, the Miriam Hospital and Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute.

He attended medical school at Manipal University in India, trained in internal medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska, critical care medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, cardiovascular diseases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and interventional cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He also received his Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Science from the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Rochester, Minnesota. He is a quintuple board-certified physician in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, critical care medicine, adult comprehensive echocardiography, and internal medicine. His work in implementation science and outcomes research encompasses the fields of cardiogenic shock, acute myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention, percutaneous mechanical circulatory support, non-cardiac organ failure, septic shock, septic cardiomyopathy, and circulatory shock.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Critical Care Medicine, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention. He serves on multiple leadership committees with the ACC, AHA, SCAI, and SCCM. He has mentored over 75 medical students, residents, and fellows during the last ten years and taught many more in over 150 lectures during this period. He is a highly published clinical researcher with over 275 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals, 150 peer-reviewed abstracts, and over 200 regional, national, and international presentations. His work has been cited more than 5000 times. He has secured multiple research grants from local and national bodies to further his work in acute cardiovascular care. He is one among only 100 physicians in this country trained in cardiovascular medicine, critical care medicine, and interventional cardiology.