David Woska, MD

Vivek Modi, M.D., earned his medical degree from Baroda Medical College and completed his residency at Mount Sinai. He went on to do his general cardiology fellowship at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Pennsylvania and finished his advanced cardiac imaging training at the Houston Methodist Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Modi specializes in non-invasive cardiology and cardiac imaging. His special interests include cardiac MRI, cardiac CT, echocardiography and cardiac PET scans. In his spare time, Dr. Modi enjoys running, birdwatching and reading. Dr. Modi is accepting new patients and welcomes most major insurance plans.

Dr. Karia is the founding Medical Director for Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs at Piedmont Augusta. His expertise centers on innovative heart failure therapies. He is a respected thought leader and lectures globally on topics related to Advanced Heart Failure. In addition to taking care of Advanced Heart Failure; Cardiac Transplant; and LVAD patients; he performs echocardiograms; stress tests; and cardiac catheterizations. Dr. Karia is the Principal Investigator in many research studies and is published in many peer-reviewed publications. He serves on the editorial board of many prestigious journals.Dr. Karia has over 17 years’ experience in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology and is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology; and Cardiovascular Medicine. He manages patients with Cardiac Transplants; Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD); Cardiomems® and other implantable cardiac devices with remote heart failure monitoring capabilities. Beloved by his patients; Dr. Karia is an enthusiastic advocate for their care and is always willing to go the extra mile for them.