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{{Short description|Indian American cardiologist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Harvinder Sahota
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| caption =Dr. Sahota in 2014
| birth_name = Iqbal
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1941|04|15}}
| birth_place = Basti Tankawali, [[Ferozepur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[British India]]
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| alma_mater = [[Panjab University, Chandigarh|University of Punjab]] [[M.B.B.S.]] (1965) [[University of Liverpool]] (1970) [[Cardiff University]] (1971) [[University of Rochester]] (1976)
| boards = Orange County Emergency Medicine Commission Metro Hospital Heart Institute Institute of Therapy, Tbilisi [[Claremont Lincoln University]]
| occupation = [[Cardiologist]], [[Surgeon]]
| years_active = 1976-present
| other_names = H Sahota, Harry Sahota, Harvy Sahota
| known_for = Perfusion Balloon Angioplasty
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'''Harvinder Sahota''' (born 15 April 1941) is an [[Indian American]] cardiologist.<ref name="newsindiawest">{{cite news|title=Dr Harvinder Sahota: The father of Perfusion Balloon in Angioplasty|url=http://newseastwest.com/dr-harvinder-sahota-the-father-of-perfusion-balloon-in-angioplasty/|accessdate=10 June 2015|publisher=India-West|date=28 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Claremont Lincoln University Launches Center for Sikh Studies|url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/claremont-lincoln-university-launches-center-for-sikh-studies/article_8e19c136-f7b0-59ac-a737-2990f0aab96d.html|accessdate=10 June 2015|publisher=India-West|date=17 February 2013}}</ref> He is the inventor of the [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] approved Perfusion Balloon Angioplasty known as "Sahota Perfusion Balloon".<ref name="indiatimess"/><ref name="indiawestangioplasty">{{cite news|title=American Heart Association Honors SoCal Physician|url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/american-heart-association-honors-socal-physician/article_ab0f272b-3ceb-5e21-893b-7eeab9b17223.html|accessdate=10 June 2015|publisher=India-West|date=30 May 2012}}</ref>

Sahota holds two dozen patents for other medical inventions including Red Laser Light for prevention of Restenosis, Multi-Lobe Balloon, Fibrin coated Stent, Hemostat to stop bleeding from ruptured artery during the procedure.<ref name="sikhchic">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Khushwant |date=21 August 2008 |title=Dr Harvinder Singh Sahota: Mender of Hearts |url=http://www.sikhchic.com/columnists/dr_harvinder_singh_sahota_mender_of_hearts |accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dr. Harvinder Singh Sahota, icon cardiologist from Punjab|url=http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIdoctors/A_USA/A_Z/S/Dr.Harvinder_Sahota/cardiologist_from_Punjab.htm|accessdate=10 June 2015|publisher=NRI News|date=10 January 2010}}</ref> He holds license to promote a drug-coated stent. He performed the first coronary Angioplasty in many hospitals around the world including India, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine and the United States.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhushan |first=Kul |date=19 March 2018 |title=An Affair of the Heart to Heal the Heart |url=http://www.mauritiustimes.com/mt/an-affair-of-the-heart-to-heal-the-heart/ |access-date=19 March 2018 |website=Mauritiustimes.Com}}</ref> He has served as the Vice Chairman and Chairman of Orange County Emergency Medicine Commission in California and Research Director and Advisory Board members of the Metro Hospital Heart Institute in New Delhi, India, and Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.<ref name="indiatimess">{{cite news|last1=Duttagupta|first1=Ishani|title=Dil ka doctor|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-12-22/news/27530886_1_angioplasty-advisory-board-doctors-of-indian-origin|accessdate=10 June 2015|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 December 2003}}</ref> Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of [[Claremont Lincoln University]].<ref name="claremontlincoln">{{cite web|title=Board of Directors - Claremont Lincoln University|url=https://www.claremontlincoln.org/about/board-of-directors/|accessdate=10 June 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405101840/http://www.claremontlincoln.org/about/board-of-directors/|archivedate=5 April 2015}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sahota was born on 15 April 1941 to Lachman Singh and Dhan Kaur in Basti Tankawali, near [[Ferozepur]] in the Indian state of [[Punjab, India]].<ref name=sikhchic/> He was named Iqbal.<ref name=sikhchic/> Later at the age of five, his name was changed to Harvinder as a result of medical setback he suffered in which he was declared dead.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Gurmukh|title=A Hero of American Hearts|year=2004|publisher=Rupa & Co|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-291-0515-2|page=83|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041121/spectrum/book10.htm|accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref> Because he was revived by a physician, the event was considered a second birth requiring a new name.<ref name=sikhchic/>

Sahota attended high schools and colleges in India, majoring in medicine. After completing an [[M.B.B.S.]] from the University of Punjab in 1965, Harvinder did Internship in Punjab Medical College. In 1967, he went to [[England]] to do further residency and specialization in medicine. For further specialization he enrolled as a post graduate student at the [[University of Liverpool]] where he did his specialization in [[tropical medicine]] and [[pulmonary medicine|pulmonary]] in Cardiff and London Hammersmith Hospitals.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

==Career==
Sahota came to the [[United States]] in 1974. He did his fellowship in cardiology at the [[University of Rochester]] in [[New York (state)|New York]]. Then he went to Regina, [[Saskatchewan]], [[Canada]] to complete his chief residency. In 1977, he came to [[St. Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles)|St Vincent's hospital]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] to do another fellowship in cardiology. After completing his second fellowship in cardiology at St. Vincent, he started his practice in cardiology in Los Angeles in 1978. He holds licenses to practice cardiology in California, [[New York (state)|New York]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[India]].{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

In 1985, Sahota invented "Sahota Perfusion Balloon" which allows blood to flow to the heart muscle during inflation and prevents chest pain during the operation. After getting the US FDA approval in the 1980s the balloon is now used in angioplasty surgeries all over the world.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Gary|title=Dr.Harvinder Singh Sahota, cardiologist- invented "Sahota Perfusion Balloon" & holding 24 patents|url=http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIdoctors/A_USA/A_Z/S/Dr.Harvinder_Sahota/innovation.htm|accessdate=10 June 2015|date=19 January 2010}}</ref> Sahota went on to invent several others devices, some non-medical, including the one with his son Neil about Identity Theft, especially for credit cards.<ref name=sikhchic/> On 17 January 1990 Sahota performed the first coronary angioplasty in North India and nine more followed in the week that the team spent in Chandigarh.<ref name="newsindiawest"/><ref name="claremontlincoln"/>

After the perfusion balloon, Sahota invented Multi-lobe perfusion balloon that straightens the artery on inflation during operation preventing blockages to occur at the bend of the artery. As an inventor, he holds a total of 24 patents and many other medical inventions such as Red Laser Light for prevention of Restenosis, Fibrin coated Stent, Hemostat to stop bleeding from ruptured artery during the procedure.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

In 2000, Sahota received the distinguished physician award presented by former Indian Prime Minister [[I. K. Gujral]] and was honored by the National Federation of Indian-American Associations in the United States.<ref name="indiatimess"/> In 2003, he was appointed commissioner of medicine for Orange County, California, by the Orange County board of supervisors. He has also received the excellence in medicine award from the Global Indian Congress of San Francisco.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}

In 2012, Sahota was honored by the [[American Heart Association]] for his cardiovascular science and medicine research and his significant contribution to interventional cardiology.<ref name="indiawestangioplasty"/><ref name="dailypilot"/> In the same year, he was also awarded the Golden Orange Award by the World Affairs Council of Orange County.<ref name="goldenorangeaward"/>

==Awards, honors and recognitions==
* American Heart Association Award (2012)<ref name="indiawestangioplasty"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=B.W.|title=The Crowd: A heartfelt night at the BBC|url=http://articles.dailypilot.com/2012-05-16/entertainment/tn-dpt-0517-cook-20120516_1_quest-software-dinner-event-sponsors|accessdate=15 June 2015|publisher=[[Daily Pilot]]|date=16 May 2012}}</ref>
* World Affairs Council - Golden Orange Award (2012)<ref name="dailypilot">{{cite news|title=World Affairs Council Award for NRI Dr. SAHOTA|url=http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIdoctors/A_USA/A_Z/S/Dr.Harvinder_Sahota/2012/GOLDEN_ORANGE_AWARD.htm|accessdate=10 June 2015|publisher=NRIpress News Services|date=14 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="goldenorangeaward">{{cite news|title=Sahota Receives Golden Orange Award|url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/sahota-receives-golden-orange-award/article_a633432c-7ca5-52c2-8448-593cfe0e7ec8.html|accessdate=10 June 2015|publisher=India-West|date=24 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Crowd: World Affairs Council honors three longtime members|url=http://articles.dailypilot.com/2012-07-20/entertainment/tn-dpt-0721-cook-20120720_1_dream-guild-nuclear-threat-world-affairs-council|accessdate=15 June 2015|publisher=[[Daily Pilot]]|date=20 July 2012}}</ref>
* Global Indian Congress - Excellence in Medicine Award (2003)<ref name="indiatimess"/>
* Distinguished Physician Award - presented by I.K. Gujral, Prime minister of India (2000)<ref name="indiatimess"/><ref>{{cite web|title=DISTINGUISHED PHYSICIAN AWARDEES|url=http://www.imasc.org/past_events_and_awards.asp|website=Indian Medical Association of Southern California|accessdate=10 June 2015}}</ref>
* Plaque of Excellence in Medicine - National Federation of Indian American Association, Dallas (2000)<ref name="indiatimess"/>

==Publications==
* Harvy Sahota, et al., (2000) "Endoluminal Reconstruction of the Arterial Wall with Endothelial Cell/Glue Matrix Reduced Restenosis in an Atherosclerotic Rabbit," Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 36. No. 4.
* Harvy Sahota, et al., (2000), "Long-term Follow-up after Coronary Stenting and Intravascular Red Laser Therapy," American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 86 (9): 927–937.
* Vossoughi Jafar, (2000), "Stent Graph Update," Medical & Engineering Publisher Inc. ISN 1-903-636-00-8.

== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book |last=Sharma |first=Rashmee |date=2011 |title= Roshni: The Light of South Asia North America |url=https://www.amazon.com/Roshni-Light-South-North-America/dp/B007MOVP88|location=Singapore |publisher=Tien Wah Press|asin= B007MOVP88 |access-date= 5 June 2015}}
* {{cite book |last=Singh |first=Kushwant |date=2007 |title= The Sikhs Unlimited |url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2221910.Sikhs_Unlimited |location=New Delhi |publisher= Rupa & Co |isbn=978-8129112071 |access-date= 5 June 2015}}
* {{cite book |last=Singh |first=Gurmukh |date=2006 |title= California Dream |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ual5AAAAMAAJ|location=Canada |publisher=British Columbia Books |asin= B007HG6WBG |access-date= 5 June 2015}}
* {{cite book |last=Singh |first=Gurmukh |date=2004 |title= A Hero of American Hearts: Dr. Harvinder Sahota Pioneer in Angioplasty|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767229-a-hero-of-american-hearts?from_search=true&search_version=service_impr |location=New Delhi |publisher= Rupa & Co |isbn=81-291-0515-2 |access-date= 5 June 2015}}
* {{cite book |last=Singh |first=Gurmukh |date=2004 |title=The Rise of the Sikhs Abroad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tx91AAAAMAAJ |location=New Delhi |publisher= Rupa & Co |isbn=81-291-0068-1 |access-date= 5 June 2015}}

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