Dean B. Andropoulos, MD
Chief, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology;
Fellowship Program Director
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
janton@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Specialty training: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Paul W. Brock, Jr., MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
pbrock@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: University of South Alabama, Mobile.
Specialty training: University of South Alabama, Mobile; University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
LiQian Chen, MD
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
E-mail:
lchen@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliations:CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor, UTHSCH.
Medical school: Shanghai First Medical School, 1983.
Specialty training: PhD, Department of Physiology,
UTHSCSA; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Emory University.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, National Board of Echocardiography–Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Transesophageal echocardiography, cadiovascular anesthesiology
C. David Collard, MD, MS
6720 Bertner Avenue, Suite O-520
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
E-mail:
ccollard@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointments: Chief, Anesthesiology Service, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center; Chief of Anesthesia, St. Luke's Medical Group; Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine, 1991.
Specialty training: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology, National Board of Echocardiography–Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Genomics, inflammation, and cardiothoracic surgery.
John R. Cooper, Jr., MD
Fellowship Director, Critical Care Medicine
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
jcooper@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliations: CHI St. Luke’s Health, Texas Children's Hospital.
Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor, UTHSCH.
Medical school: Tulane University, 1972.
Specialty training: University of Tennessee; University of Mississippi; Texas Heart Institute.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology (Critical Care Medicine).
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular anesthesiology, pulmonary bypass, echocardiography.
Joseph P. Creo, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
jcreo@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Ross University Medical School, Dominica West Indies.
Specialty training: Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Kishan Dwarakanath, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
kdwarakanath@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Medical school: The St. Georges University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies.
Specialty training: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiac, thoracic, and general anesthesiology.
Heinrich Epple, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
hepple@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany.
Specialty training: University of Illinois, Chicago; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Samuel J. Hankins, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX: 832-355-6500
e-mail:
shankins1@stlukeshealth.orgHospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clinical Instructor, Baylor
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine
Specialty training: Baylor College of Medicine
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology; National Board of Echocardiography
Specialty interests: Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology; Perioperative Echocardiography
Charles Kiser, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
ckiser@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Texas Tech Health Science Center, Lubbock, Texas.
Specialty training: Texas Tech, El Paso; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Alfredo R. Lopez, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
alopez@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Specialty training: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology; National Board of Echocardiography.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology, perioperative transesophageal echocardiography.
Wanda C. Miller-Hance, MD
6621 Fannin, WT 19345 H,
Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5824; FAX 832-825-1903
e-mail:
wmh@bcm.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliation: Texas Children' Hospital.
Academic appointment: Associate Professor, Baylor.
Medical school: University of Wisconsin, 1991.
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics–Sub-Board of Pediatric Cardiology; American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology, pediatric cardiology.
Wei Pan, MD
Director, CV Anesthesiology Research, THI
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
wpan@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Medical school: Shanghai Medical University, China.
Specialty training: University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Manu Sethi, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
msethi@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
Specialty training: Caritas Carney Hospital & St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Ali R. Shahen, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
arshahen@bcm.edu
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica West Indies.
Specialty training: The University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Stephen A. Stayer, MD
6621 Fannin, WT 19345 H,
Houston, TX 77030
832-826-5831; FAX 832-825-1903
e-mail:
sstayer@bcm.eduHospital affiliation: Texas Children's Hospital
Academic appointment: Baylor.
Medical school: UTSWMS, Dallas.
Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Pediatric cardiovascular anesthesiology and intensive care.
Zachariah Thomas, MD
6720 Bertner Ave. Suite O-520
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
zthomas@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Baylor.
Medical school: Karnatak University, Al-Ameen Medical College, India.
Specialty training: University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston; Texas Heart Institute, Houston.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular adult anesthesiology.
Byron E. Tsusaki, DO
MC 1-226, PO Box 20345,
Houston, TX 77225-0345
832-355-2666; FAX 832-355-6500
e-mail:
btsusaki@texasheart.org
Hospital affiliation: CHI St. Luke’s Health
Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor, UTHSCH.
Medical school: University of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, Iowa, 1991.
Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular anesthesiology.
Dean B. Andropoulos, MD 
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