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Robert N. Piana MD

Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Interventional Program, and Professor of Medicine
Insurance Plans Accepted

Areas of Expertise

  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy & Inherited Disease
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Interventional Cardiology and Peripheral Vascular Disease

Conditions and Treatments

Location

Vanderbilt Heart
1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor
Nashville, TN 37232

Services

Languages

  • English
  • French

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine - University of Pennsylvania, 1987
  • Internship - Massachusetts General Hospital, 1988
  • Residency - Massachusetts General Hospital, 1990
  • Fellowship - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1994

Board Certifications

  • Interventional Cardiology - American Board of Internal Medicine, 1999
  • Cardiovascular Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019

Patient Comments

Patient Comments are gathered from the Press Ganey Patient Experience Survey and displayed in full. Patients are not identified in order to respect patient privacy.
Dr. Piana was kind& calming. He took my medical history and laid out options for treatment. He did not seem rushed and gave me lots of opportunities to ask questions.
June 4, 2026
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Always receive excellent care
May 31, 2026
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Dr. Piana is an incredible physician who is thorough, thoughtful, and compassionate.
May 24, 2026
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Dr Piana is the very BEST
May 21, 2026
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A pleasure to have Dr. Piana for my physician!
May 21, 2026
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He is very thoughtful of his patients
May 16, 2026
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An awesome person and cardiologist very satisfied
April 19, 2026
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Dr. Piana is an excellent communicator and concerned physician. Thorough and thoughtful.
April 16, 2026
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Dr. Piana is a superior doctor. He is thorough, patient, and everything I want a doctor to be. He is a credit to his profession and to Vanderbilt Health. You're lucky to have him.
April 15, 2026
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