Akhilesh Keshav Sista MD

Akhilesh Sista, M.D. is a radiologist specializing in Interventional Radiology. He serves as Faculty in the Department of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and performs clinical duties at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Campus.

Dr. Sista graduated from Stanford University where he earned his B.S. in Chemistry in 1999. He then received his M.D. at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2004.

Following an internship at Stanford University, Dr. Sista trained as a resident in Radiology from 2005 to 2009 at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed a fellowship in Biodesign in 2010 at Stanford University, followed by a fellowship in Interventional Radiology in 2011.

Dr. Sista joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in June 2022. His clinical and research expertise lies in the medical and endovascular treatment of venous thromboembolic disease (VTE). He has specific expertise in catheter-based interventions for acute and chronic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE).

He has given 140 invited talks and moderated sessions at national and international meetings on VTE and has served on national committees. He has authored or co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications, including original VTE clinical research and clinical practice standards in the medical and radiologic literature with co-authors from multiple disciplines.

He is on the Board of Directors of SIR and is vice-chair of a subcommittee of the AHA. He has been recognized as a Fellow of both the Society of Interventional Radiology (FSIR) and the American Heart Association (FAHA).