Dr. Ashish Sarraju, MD
Not yet claimedCardiologist, Preventive cardiologist · Physician (MD)
Cleveland, OH
Ashish Sarraju is listed as a cardiologist with the Cleveland Clinic's preventive cardiology group in Cleveland, Ohio. His listing has not yet been checked, so details about his practice still need to be confirmed.
About Dr. Ashish Sarraju, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Ashish Sarraju is a cardiologist at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He works in the Section of Preventive Cardiology within the Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, part of the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, and sees patients at the Main Campus.
He earned his MD from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Class of 2014). He completed his internal medicine residency at Stanford University, where he was chief medical resident, and a cardiovascular medicine fellowship at Stanford, where he was chief fellow in his final year. He then worked as a cardiologist at Stanford before moving to Cleveland Clinic.
Much of his work focuses on cholesterol and preventing heart disease. On a Cleveland Clinic podcast he described himself as Director of the Center for Inherited Lipid Disorders and Director of Research for Preventive Cardiology. He is a researcher with Cleveland Clinic's C5Research coordinating center and was first author on the TANDEM phase 3 cholesterol drug trial published in The Lancet in 2025. He has also published on lipoprotein(a), on using artificial intelligence to give heart disease prevention advice (JAMA, 2023), and on language-processing methods to understand why patients do not take statins.
Federal Open Payments records list $780.52 in industry payments to him across 8 records from 2021 to 2025, from companies including Regeneron, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, and Corcept Therapeutics. Payments like these are common and legal, and this amount is small.
- Preventive cardiology at Cleveland Clinic
- He practices in the Section of Preventive Cardiology at Cleveland Clinic's Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute and sees patients at Main Campus. providers.clevelandclinic.org
- Stanford chief resident and chief fellow
- He completed internal medicine residency and cardiovascular medicine fellowship at Stanford, serving as chief medical resident and later chief fellow. providers.clevelandclinic.org
- Medical school
- He received his MD from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Class of 2014. doximity.com
- Inherited lipid disorders leadership
- On a Cleveland Clinic podcast he stated he is Director of the Center for Inherited Lipid Disorders and Director of Research for Preventive Cardiology. my.clevelandclinic.org
- Clinical trial leadership
- He was first author of the TANDEM phase 3 randomized trial of a fixed-dose combination of obicetrapib and ezetimibe for lowering LDL cholesterol, published in The Lancet in 2025. researchgate.net
- Research on AI advice
- He was first author of a 2023 JAMA research letter evaluating whether a popular AI chatbot gave appropriate heart disease prevention recommendations. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Lipoprotein(a) review article
- He wrote a November 2025 review in the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine titled 'Lipoprotein(a) in clinical practice: What clinicians need to know.' ccjm.org
- Society fellow and researcher
- He is listed by the American Society for Preventive Cardiology as 'Ashish Sarraju, MD, FASPC,' Associate Staff in Preventive Cardiology and a researcher with Cleveland Clinic's C5Research. aspconline.org
- American Heart Association training
- He completed postdoctoral research training funded by the American Heart Association, focused on health technology and innovation. aspconline.org
- Industry payments 2021-2025
- CMS Open Payments lists $780.52 total across 8 records, with the largest amounts from Regeneron ($403.42), Novo Nordisk ($212.57), and Novartis ($134.49). openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- His board certification in Cardiovascular Disease appears in a third-party online directory and was not confirmed against a primary certifying-board source in this review. connect.medicalnewstoday.com
- Some online listings still show a Stanford, California location for a cardiologist with this name; this appears to reflect his earlier training and faculty years rather than a second physician. providers.clevelandclinic.org
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$781
8 payments
| 2021 | $103 |
| 2022 | $0 |
| 2023 | $0 |
| 2024 | $519 |
| 2025 | $159 |
Top payers
- Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.$403
- Novo Nordisk Inc$213
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation$134
- Corcept Therapeutics$30
Payment types
- Food and Beverage$604
- Travel and Lodging$177
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
Sources: providers.clevelandclinic.org · x.com · aspconline.org · doximity.com · my.clevelandclinic.org · connect.medicalnewstoday.com · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
Summary prepared with AI assistance from the public sources linked above, reviewed every three months. It is not a review, a rating, or an endorsement.
Practice location
Cleveland Clinic Preventive Cardiology
300 Pasteur Dr
Cleveland, OH 94305
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