Guru Prasad, MD, is a board-certified general pediatric cardiologist specializing in fetal cardiology, advanced noninvasive cardiac imaging, cardiac critical care, and advanced heart failure in children. He is a member of the Capital Pediatric Cardiology team, which has offices in Sacramento, Roseville, Modesto, Placerville, Cameron Park, Davis, Stockton, Chico, Anderson, and Reading, California.
Dr. Prasad attended Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute in Karnataka, India. After receiving his medical degree, he completed his pediatrics residency at New York University Grossman School of Medicine in New York City and the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India.
For his fellowship in pediatric cardiology, Dr. Prasad chose Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. He also completed fellowships in pediatric critical care at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and pediatric heart failure and mechanical support at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He holds board certification in pediatrics and pediatric critical care.