Quadruple board-certified interventional cardiologist Nassir Azimi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FASNC, leads the Azimi Cardiovascular Institute from 8911 La Mesa Boulevard in the heart of La Mesa Village, with hospital affiliations at Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center. His scope spans general cardiology through transcatheter structural heart interventions — including TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement) and Watchman left atrial appendage closure for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients — with post-procedural medication management coordinated through nearby dispensaries like Medical Arts Pharmacy on Grossmont Center Drive. A Dartmouth School of Medicine graduate (class of 1998) who completed cardiology and interventional fellowships at Yale-New Haven Hospital, he holds certifications from the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and interventional cardiology, with Castle Connolly Top Doctor recognition in interventional cardiology from 2013 through 2019. Nuclear cardiology stress testing and peripheral vascular intervention round out the diagnostic and treatment capabilities at this La Mesa Boulevard location, and post-procedural cardiac rehabilitation exercise programs route to nearby facilities such as Grossmont Orthopedic Physical Therapy for supervised recovery. The institute's catheterization lab capabilities include coronary angioplasty with drug-eluting stent deployment, intravascular ultrasound-guided lesion assessment, and fractional flow reserve measurement for hemodynamically significant stenosis evaluation.