Kalgi Modi, MD

Dr. Kalgi Modi practices cardiology and interventional cardiology at Louisiana State University Health, Shreveport. Dr. Modi received her fellowships credentials from Louisiana State University and University of Birmingham Alabama. Dr. Modi is Board Certified Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Modi’s practice is unique in its diversification with focuses in clinical care, diagnosis, treatment, and research development in women specially focusing on pregnancy and heart disease. Dr. Modi performs non-coronary interventions of Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Defect closure. Dr. Modi serves as the director of cardiovascular and interventional cardiology fellowship programs. Dr. Modi also serves as a director of echocardiography laboratory and cardiac telemetry unit. Dr. Modi is widely published on various topics of cardiology, including peripartum cardiomyopathy, vascular complication of cardiac procedures, spontaneous coronary artery dissection, interventional approach to central venous thrombosis, and outcome of cardiac myxomas.  She serves as the site principal investigator for multicenter trials and maintains a large registry of PCI patients, premature coronary artery disease, peripartum cardiomyopathy and challenging echo vignettes. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles.