The epidemic of heart disease and diabetes in South Asians calls for drastic intervention. Physicians refer their South Asian patients to the Center to benefit from the Center’s AIM to Prevent program’s lifestyle focus that is complementary to the medical management their patient receives from them. The synergistic partnership with the Center results in improved outcomes for their patients.

As a referring physician, you may download our Patient Referral form or refer your patients online using our online form. You may also ask your patient to sign up online for the Center’s AIM to Prevent program.

No, that is not something we will do. We believe in a win-win-win partnership between your patient, you and the Center. We share all your patient’s advanced screening results and the Center’s recommendations and our intervention plan with you. Moreover, the Center encourages your patient to set up an appointment with you to discuss our report, review our suggestions for medications as warranted, and seek prescriptions as well as further work-up as you feel necessary for ongoing disease management.

Some of the benefits include:

• Center’s CME courses - Opportunities for advanced training and education about better evaluation and intervention in South Asian patients
• Practice materials targeted towards at-risk patients
• Access to a patient-focused, lifestyle intervention and management program with expert counselors and trained coaches (a unique and complementary resource to address the challenging lifestyle change and management aspects of patient management)
• Improved patient outcomes

The South Asian Heart Center currently partners with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin and CAMSF (Cardiology Associates of Marin and San Francisco) medical groups in addition to hundreds of individual medical practitioners.

The Center welcomes physicians and researchers to collaborate on pertinent questions regarding the epidemic, better prediction and tracking methodologies, impact of lifestyle and other interventions on disease prevention and reversal, and longitudinal analysis on longevity, successful aging, and mortality.  Please submit your research topic interests, specific research questions and aims, and your background and resume to research@southasianheartcenter.org. You will hear back, as appropriate.