Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clin. Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Texas A&M Health Science Center, 2002.
Specialty training: Baylor College of Medicine (Internal Medicine, Cardiology); UCLA (Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology)
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology).
Specialty interests: Cardiac electrophysiology, catheter ablation, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia
David D. McPherson, MD
6431 Fannin, MSB 1.252
Houston, TX 77030
713-500-6553
e-mail:
david.d.mcpherson@uth.tmc.eduHospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine; Director, Division of Cardiology, The University of Texas Medical School-Houston.
Medical school: U. of Alberta, Edmonton.
Specialty training: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City; Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiology); Am. Board Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular imaging, molecular imaging, vascular biology, atherosclerosis, echocardiography, valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease, ischemic heart disease.
Andres Mesa, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCAIO'Quinn Medical Tower
6624 Fannin Ste., 2320
Houston, Tx 77030
713-797-1111
Fax: 713-490-0777
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Language: English, Spanish
Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor, Baylor.
Medical school: Escuela Colombiana de Medicina, Bogota
Specialty training: Washington University Medical School, St. Louis; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; Texas Heart Institute, Houston
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology).
Specialty interests: General cardiology, interventional cardiology, advanced peripheral interventions, nuclear medicine, carotid stenting, aneurysms and limb salvage, catheter-based revascularization, atrial septal defect closure, patent foramen ovale closure, atherectomy, laser angioplasty, cardiac transplantation, pacemakers, stents, coronary artery disease prevention, heart failure, valve disease, echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography. Innovative coronary intervention and peripheral intervention, valvular heart disease, acute coronary syndromes and women and heart disease.
Deborah Ellen Meyers, MD, FRACP, FACC
Medical Director, Heart Failure Programs,
Texas Heart Institute and CHI St. Luke’s Health
Medical Director, Heart Failure Clinic,
CHI St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center at the Texas Medical Center
1101 Bates, Suite C350
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-3961
e-mail:
dmeyers@texasheart.orgMedical school: University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
Specialty training: University of California, San Francisco; Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis; University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant), American Board of Cardiology.
Specialty interests: Heart failure and heart transplant; system of care delivery models; patient centered practice models; medical decision making; the role of palliative services in heart failure; physical activity; chronic disease management; and the relationship of exercise and sleep disordered breathing in heart failure patients.
Michael J. Mihalick, MD
6624 Fannin, Suite 2310, Houston, TX 77030
713-796-2668; Fax 713-790-0591
e-mail:
mmihalick@ccohonline.com
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Indiana U., 1969.
Specialty training: Indiana U. Affiliated Hosps.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiology, Adult Thoracic Echocardiology).
Specialty interests: Invasive cardiology, heart failure electrophysiology.
Ali Mortazavi, MD
6624 Fannin, Suite 2000, Houston, TX 77030
713-442-0965; Fax 713-442-0972
e-mail:
axmortazavi@kelsey-seybold.com
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clin. Assoc. Prof., Baylor
Medical school: U. Tehran, 1979.
Specialty training: U. Tehran, THI, Mt. Sinai Medical Center (Cleveland, Ohio), Baylor.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), peripheral vascular intervention, catheter-based revascularization, thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, atrial septal defect closure, patent foramen ovale closure.
Maher M. Nasser, MD, FACC, FSCAI
6624 Fannin, Suite 1710, Houston, TX 77030
713-796-1115; Fax 713-796-2066
e-mail:
mnassercardio@yahoo.com
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointments: Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor; Consultant Cardiologist, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Languages: Arabic and Spanish.
Medical school: Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, 1970.
Specialty training: Yale University Affiliated Hospitals, New Haven, Connecticut.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Preventive, clinical, and interventional cardiology; dyslipidemias, atherogenesis, endothelial dysfunction, valvular disease, heart failure.
Joseph Navarijo, MD
6624 Fannin, Suite 2480, Houston, TX 77030
713-529-5530; Fax 713-791-1786
e-mail:
jnavarijo@hgcardio.com Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Medical school: University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1993.
Specialty training: Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, valvular heart disease, heart disease in pregnancy.
Atasu K. Nayak, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM
6624 Fannin, Suite 2000, Houston, TX 77030
713-442-0472; Fax 713-442-0972
e-mail:
AKNayak@kelsey-seybold.com
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clinical Professor, Baylor College of Medicine.
Medical school: S.C.B. Medical College, India, 1986.
Specialty training: New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center; University of Missouri, Columbia; Lahey Clinic, Boston
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, Vascular Medicine, Endovascular Intervention).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology research, complex coronary and peripheral intervention, peripheral vascular disease, PFO closure.
Srinivas G. Nikam, MD, FACC, FACP
1111 Hwy 6, #125, Sugar Land, TX 77478
281-265-7567; Fax 281-265-4565
e-mail:
nikam@windstream.net Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health, Methodist, Hermann.
Academic appointment: Clin. Assoc. Prof., Baylor
Medical school: Mysore Med. Col., India.
Specialty training: Henry Ford Hosp., Detroit
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, post-cardiac surgery management. Author: "Stressless Mind & Priceless Body"
David Paniagua, MD, FACC
e-mail:
dpaniag@pol.net
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Medical school: U. Costa Rica, 1986.
Specialty training: Baylor College of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Heart valves, outcome research, PTCA, stents.
Emerson C. Perin, MD, PhD, FACC Director, Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medicine, Texas Heart Institute
Medical Director, Stem Cell Center, THI
McNair Scholar 6624 Fannin, Suite 2220, Houston, TX 77030
713-791-9400; Fax 713-795-5651
e-mail:
mturner@swccmd.com Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health, Columbia Kingwood Regional Medical Center, Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
Academic appointments: Clin. Asst. Prof., UTMSH; Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Federal U. Rio Grande Do Sul (Brazil), 1983.
Specialty training: Jackson Memorial Hosp. (Miami), THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Cutting-edge interventional cardiology including transmyocardial laser revascularization, angiogenesis and biosense mapping.
Abdi Rasekh, MD
6624 Fannin, Suite 2480, Houston, TX 77030
713-529-5530; Fax 713-791-1786
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic Appointment: Med. Instructor, Baylor.
Medical school: Univ. Paris XIII, 1991.
Specialty training: THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med.
Specialty interests: Electrophysiology, interventional cardiology.
Haroon-Ur Rashid, MD, PhD, FACP, FACC
713-442-0943; Fax 713-442-0687
e-mail:
hxrashid@kelsey-seybold.com
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health; Kelsey-Seybold Clinic.
Academic Appointment: Clin. Instructor, Cardiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Rawalpindi Medical College (Punjab Univ.), Pakistan.
Specialty training: PhD, Univ. of South Alabama; Fellowship, Baylor.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med.; Am. College of Cardiology
Specialty interests: Hypertension, Hyperlipidemias, Molecular biology, Primary care physician education in cardiology.
Mehdi Razavi, MD
Director, Electrophysiology Clinical Research, THI
6624 Fannin, Suite 2480
Houston, TX 77030
713-529-5530; Fax 713-791-1786
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Medical school: Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995.
Specialty training: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)
Specialty interests: Electrophysiology, radiofrequency ablation, device implantation, supraventricular arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death.
Oscar Rosales, MD
6410 Fannin, Suite 1500, Houston, TX 77030
713-704-1500; Fax 713-704-5107
e-mail:
orosales@mcheart.net
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clin. Assoc. Prof., UTHSC.
Medical school: Javeriana Univ., Columbia, 1983.
Specialty training: Yale, UTHSC.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology, Acute Coronary Syndromes)
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions.
Juan Carlos Rozo, MD, FAAP, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2390, Houston, TX 77030
713-797-1620; Fax 713-797-1543
e-mail:
csh@texas-heart.net
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Language: Spanish
Academic appointment: Medical Director, Noninvasive Laboratory, St. Luke's Sugar Land; Clinical Assistant Professor, Baylor.
Medical school: Escuela Colombiana de Medicina, Bogota
Specialty training: Texas Heart Institute, Houston; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
Certification: American Board Internal Medicine (Pediatrics, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, Coronary CT Angiography).
Specialty interests: Echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, peripheral noninvasive imaging, CT angiography.
Ke-He Ruan, MD, PhD
6431 Fannin, MSB 5.016, Houston, TX 77030
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Hematology, UTMSH
Medical school: Fujian Med. College, P.R. of China, 1982
Specialty training: PhD, Medical College of Miyazaki, Japan; Baylor College of Medicine.
Certification: National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
Specialty interests: Gene therapy for cardiovascular disease, molecular modeling.
Mohammad Saeed, MD
6624 Fannin St., Suite 2480
Houston, TX 77030
713-529-5530; Fax 713-791-1786
e-mail:
mohammadsaeed@yahoo.com
Hospital Affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Languages: Urdu, Hindi.
Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
.Medical school: Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, 1991.
Specialty training: University of Wisconsin; Tufts New England Medical Center.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology).
Specialty interests: Cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology, implantable cardiac devices, atrial fibrillation including catheter ablation, cardiac arrhythmias.
Michele Sartori, MD, FACC
6624 Fannin, Suite 2250, Houston, TX 77030
713-797-1330; Fax 713-797-9821
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clin. Instructor, Baylor.
Medical school: Parma U. (Italy), 1978.
Specialty training: Baylor, Parma U., Columbus Hosp. (Milan).
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Laser myocardial revascularization (TMLR), clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization, angiography, balloon and laser angioplasty, pacemakers.
Mark J. Schnee, MD, FACC
6624 Fannin, Suite 1990, Houston, TX 77030
713-796-2668; Fax 713-790-0591
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health, Matagorda Gen. Hosp. (Bay City).
Academic appointment: Clin. Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Glasgow U. (Scotland), 1972.
Specialty training: CHI St. Luke’s Health, Baylor, U. Nebraska Med. Center (Omaha), Glasgow U. Affiliated Hosps.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, cardiac catheterization, clinical cardiology, cardiac transplantation.
George Schroth, MD
UTMSH
6431 Fannin, MSB 1.256, Houston, TX 77030
713-796-2220
e-mail:
gs@mcheart.net
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health, Hermann.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: U. Manitoba, 1969.
Specialty training: U. Manitoba, Humana Abilene, Harvard U.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology,clinical cardiology.
John J. Seger, MD
6624 Fannin, Suite 1910, Houston, TX 77030
713-791-9444; Fax 713-791-9555
e-mail:
jsegermd@aol.com
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health, Methodist.
Academic appointment: Clin. Assoc. Prof. Med., Baylor, Clin. Asst. Prof. Internal Med., UTHSCH.
Medical school: UTHSC, Houston.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease), Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Specialty interests: Invasive electrophysiology and radiofrequency catheter ablation, implantable defibrillators, permanent pacemaker implantation.
Scott R. Sherron, MD
6624 Fannin, Suite 2720
Houston, TX 77030
713-795-5014; Fax 713-795-4422
e-mail:
srskss@mac.com
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clinical Instructor, UTHSCH.
Medical school: UTHSC, San Antonio, 1988.
Specialty training: University of Kentucky; UTHSC-San Antonio.
Certification: American Board Internal Medicine (Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology); CBCCT (Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography); National Board of Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiac CT angiography, echocardiography; Acute MI, sleep medicine; peripheral intervention; valvular heart disease; heart disease in women; prevention.
Guilherme V. Silva, MD
Director, Structural Heart Disease Program
Baylor Heart Clinic
6620 Main Street, Suite 1225
Houston, Texas 77030
Phone: 713-798-2545
e-mail:
gvsliva@bcm.edu
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic Appointment: Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese.
Medical school: Federal University Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1994.
Specialty training: The University of Texas Medical School; Texas Heart Institute; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiology, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Cardiology and interventional cardiology; TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation); coronary and peripheral angioplasty, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology; stem cell therapy; stents; PFO closure.
Leo Simpson, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FHRS
1200 Binz St. Suite 1290
Houston, TX 77004
713-526-8900; Fax 713-526-8901
e-mail:
doctorleosimpson@hotmail.com
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Medical school: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Dehli, 1999.
Specialty training: Emory University, Atlanta; Texas Heart Institute; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal medicine, Cardiovascular disease, Inverventional cardiology).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, heart failure, cardiac transplantation, electrophysiology, mechanical circulatory support, High risk VT ablation, VAD program, PCI, PVAD.
Arthur J. Springer, MD
Medical Clinic of Houston
1707 Sunset Blvd.
Houston, TX 77005
713-526-5511; Fax 713-520-4729
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health, Methodist.
Academic appointment: Clinical Instructor, Baylor.
Medical school: New York Med. Coll., Valhalla (Westchester, NY), 1975.
Specialty training: St. Luke's Health System, New York Med. Coll., Metropolitan Hosp. (New York).
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization, angiography.
Raymond F. Stainback III, MD, FACC, FASE Medical Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology
Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
6624 Fannin, Suite 2490, Houston, TX 77030
713-529-5530; Fax 713-791-1786
e-mail:
rstainback@hgcardio.com
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center at the Texas Medical Center
Academic appointment: Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine.
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine
Internal medicine residency and clinical cardiology fellowship: Vanderbilt University
Cardiovascular imaging and echocardiography fellowship: University of California, San Francisco.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease); National Board of Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Clinical cardiology; coronary artery disease prevention; heart failure; valve disease, echocardiography, intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
Neil E. Strickman, MD, FACC, FACP 6624 Fannin, Suite 2480, Houston, TX 77030
713-529-5530; Fax 713-791-1786
e-mail:
nedepper@hgcardio.com
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clin. Prof., Baylor College of Medicine.
Medical school: State U. New York (Syracuse), 1977.
Specialty training: University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, St. Luke's Episcopal hospital, Texas Heart Institute.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Peripheral vascular disease, angioplasty, valvular heart disease, TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), non surgical treatment of aortic aneurysm and carotid artery disease, cardiovascular wellness and preventive medicine therapy.
Chung-Shin Sung, MD, FACC
6624 Fannin, Suite 2320, Houston, TX 77030
713-797-1111; Fax 713-790-0008
Hospital affiliations: St. Luke's Health System, East Houston Regional Medical Center.
Academic appointments: Clin. Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Duke Univ., 1973.
Specialty training: Baylor Affiliated Hosps.; St. Luke's Health System.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Cardiac catheterization, angiography, interventional cardiology, laser angioplasty, cardiac transplantation.
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