Center for Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation

Biswajit Kar, MD
Professor
Internal Medicine
McGovern Medical School
Chief, Center for Advanced Heart Failure
Heart and Vascular Institute
Memorial-Hermann Hospital
Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas

Igor D. Gregoric, MD
Chief and Program Director
Surgical Division for the Center for Advanced Heart Failure Cardiopulmonary Support and Transplantation Program University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Memorial Hermann Hospital / Heart Vascular Institute
Professor of Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Marwan Jumean, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor
Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation
Symposium Director, Houston Shock Symposium
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Memorial Hermann Hospital- Heart & Vascular Institute

Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD
President, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
CEO, UT Physicians

Nima Aghili, MD, MPH
Colorado Heart & Vascular

Mehmet H. Akay, MD
Associate Professor, McGovern Medical School
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation

Bindu Akkanti, MD
Assistant Professor, Critical Care
Division of Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Carlos L. Alviar, MD
Director, Cardiac and Coronary Care Unit
Bellevue Hospital Center
Assistant Professor
The Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology
New York University School of Medicine

H. Vernon Anderson, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
University of Texas Health Science Center
McGovern Medical School
Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute
Houston, Texas

Salman A. Arain, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology

David A. Baran, MD, FACC, FSCAI
System Director, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and MCS
Professor of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School (Cardiology)
Sentara Heart Hospital

Sukhdeep Basra, MD
Assistant Professor
Center for Advanced Heart Failure
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA
Medical Director, Advanced Heart failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart transplant program
Co-Director, Heart failure and Transplantation Translational laboratory
Co-Director, Heart failure Disease Management Service, Division of Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Cardiology
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Institute and Methodist J.C Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Houston Methodist Hospital.

Harvey Borovetz, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Former Chair, Department of Bioengineering
Robert L. Hardesty Professor of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh

Daniel Burkhoff, MD, Ph.D.
Director
Heart Failure, Hemodynamics and MCS Research
Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)
New York, New York

Andrew Civitello MD, FACC
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program
Co-Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center / Texas Heart Institute

Daniel De Backer, MD, Ph.D.
Head, Intensive Care and Emergency Depts, CHIREC Hospitals, Belgium
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
ESICM Past President

Kha Dinh, MD
Assistant Professor, Critical Care
Division of Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Aly El-Banayosy, MD
Executive Director, Critical Care and Acute Circulatory Support
Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute/Advanced Cardiac Care
INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center

Jerry D. Estep, M.D., FACC, FASE
Section Head, Heart Failure & Transplantation
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

David Feldman, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Finn Gustafsson, MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Cardiology
Rigshospialet
University of Copenhagen

Ramesh Hariharan, MD, FHRS
Chief, Electrophysiology
Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Medical Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center

Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, MD, MPH, FACP, FACC, FHFSA
Assistant Professor, Cardiology
University of Texas Medical Branch

Steven Hollenberg, MD, FACC, FCCM, FAHA, FCCP
Professor of Medicine
Director, Coronary Care Unit
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Rahat Hussain, MD
Assistant Professor, Critical Care
Division of Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Jacob C. Jentzer, MD
Critical Care Specialist
Cardiology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Hani Jneid, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Amir Kazory, MD, FASN
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Renal Transplantation
University of Florida

Michael Kiernan, MD, MS
Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA

Sachin Kumar, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
McGovern Medical School
Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplantation

D. Michael McMullan, MD, FACS
Extracorporeal Life Support Organization, INC

Michael R. Mooney, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
Director, Coronary Therapeutics
Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Sandeep Nathan, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Director, Coronary Care Unit
Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
University of Chicago Medicine

Sriram Nathan, MD
Associate Professor, McGovern Medical School
Director of Cardiogenic Shock, Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-TMC, Cardiologist, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation
Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology Fellowship, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth

Maria M. Patarroyo Aponte, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiology
Department of Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation
McGovern Medical School

Jayeshkumar Patel, MD
Assistant Professor, McGovern Medical School
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation

Manish K. Patel, MD
Associate Chief, Surgical Division, Center for Advanced Heart Failure, Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-TMC
Assistant Professor, Program of Advanced Heart Failure, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth

David E. Persse, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Public Health Authority
EMS Physician Director, City of Houston
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
McGovern Medical School

Darrell Pile, CEO
Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council

Keshava Rajagopal, M.D., PHD, FACC
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Department of Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation
Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation

Indranee Rajapreyar, MD
Assistant Professor
UAB School of Medicine

J. Edwardo Rame, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Ismael Salas de Armas, MD
Assistant Professor, McGovern Medical School
Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgery, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplantation

Jorge Salazar, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
McGovern Medical School

Atman P. Shah, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Clinical Director, Section of Cardiology
Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Associate Professor of Medicine
The University of Chicago

Saumya Sharma, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiac Electrophysiology
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Jose P. Simano Henriques, MD
Head of Catheterization Laboratory
Department of Cardiology
Academic Medical Center – University of Amsterdam

Leo Simpson, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Interventional Heart Failure
BCM Medicine- Cardiology
CHI St. Luke’s Health/ Baylor College of Medicine

Dayna Skolkin Tillis, AGACNP-BC
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Center for Advanced Heart Failure
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute

Marvin Slepian, MD
Professor of Medicine – Cardiology
University of Arizona

Richard W. Smalling, MD, PhD
Professor and Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine
James D. Woods Distinguished Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine

James Udelson, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Tufts University School of Medicine

Henry E. Wang, MD, MS
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Department of Emergency Medicine

Zhongjun Jon Wu, Ph.D.
Peter G Angelos Distinguished Professor in Entrepreneurial Surgical Sciences
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Research Professor of Bioengineering
University of Maryland College Park

Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD
Professor and Chairman of Surgery
University of Kentucky Healthcare