Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Faculty
Meet the distinguished faculty of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at the Smidt Heart Institute. The teaching staff consists of the top clinicians and investigators in the field.
Janet Wei, MD
Director, Cedars-Sinai Cardiology Fellowship Training Program, Associate Professor of Cardiology & Biomedical Sciences, Associate Medical Director, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Research, Education and Innovation
Kiranbir Josan, MD
Associate Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Director, Cardiology Consult Service, Assistant Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology
Christine Albert, MD, MPH
Lee and Harold Kapelovitz Distinguished Chair in Cardiology, Professor of Cardiology, Chair, Department of Cardiology
Myriam Almeida-Jones, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Cardiology and Pediatrics, Fetal and Pediatric Non-invasive Cardiology, Director, Pediatric Cardiology Elective Rotation, Director, Pediatric Cardiac Inpatient Services
Babak Azarbal, MD
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Co-Director, Heart Failure Unit
C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Director, Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center, Director, Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center, Director, Linda Joy Pollin Women's Heart Health Program, Irwin and Sheila Allen Chair in Women’s Heart Research
Natalie Bello, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Cardiology, Director, Hypertension Research
Daniel S. Berman, MD
Professor of Imaging, Professor of Cardiology, Chief, Cardiac Imaging, Medical Director, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Director, Cardiac Imaging Fellowship
Eric Braunstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Electrophysiologist
Bojan Cercek, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, Eleanore and Harold Foonberg Chair in Cardiac Intensive Care, Director, Coronary Care Unit, Co-Director, Atherosclerosis Research Center
Tarun Chakravarty, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Interventional Cardiologist
David H. Chang, MD
Associate Program Director, Heart Failure and Transplantation Fellowship Program
Peng-Sheng Chen, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Burns and Allen Chair in Cardiology Research
Susan Cheng, MD, MPH, MMSc
Professor of Cardiology, Vice-Chair for Research Affairs, Cardiology, Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women's Cardiovascular Health and Population Science, Division Director, Population Health Sciences, Director, Institute for Research on Healthy Aging
Meshe Chonde
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
Sumeet S. Chugh, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Division Chief, Clinical Electrophysiology, Medical Director, Heart Rhythm Center, Director, Center for Cardiac Arrest Prevention, Pauline and Harold Price Chair in Cardiac Electrophysiology Research
Kuang-Yuh Chyu, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, Atherosclerosis Research Center, Associate Director, Coronary Intensive Care Unit
Eugenio Cingolani, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Director, Preclinical Research, Director, Cardiogenetics Program
Robert M. Cole, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Research and Education Advanced Heart Disease
Lawrence S. Czer, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program, Associate Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, Co-Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Database
Suhail Dohad, MD
Joseph Ebinger, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Director, Cardiac Intensive Care, Director, Clinical Analytics
Ashkan Ehdaie, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Associate Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Training Program
Ruchira Garg, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Congenital Noninvasive Cardiology, Associate Director, Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program
Dael Geft, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Associate Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Advanced Heart Disease, Cardiologist, Advanced Heart Failure/Mechanical Circulatory Support/Transplant Cardiology
Joshua I. Goldhaber, MD
Vice Dean, Graduate Research Education, Dorothy and E. Phillip Lyon Chair in Laser Research, Professor of Cardiology & Biomedical Sciences
Martha Gulati, MD, MS
Professor of Cardiology, Director, Preventive Cardiology, Associate Director, Preventative and Rehabilitative Cardiac Center, Associate Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Anita Dann Friedman Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine and Research
Aakriti Gupta, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Interventional Cardiologist
Antoine Hage, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Director, Solid Organ Transplant Cardiology
Michelle A. Hamilton, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Director, Heart Failure Program
Sean Hayes, MD
Professor of Imaging
Erika Jones, MD
Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, Director, Heart Failure Research, Director, Heart Failure and Transplantation Fellowship Program
Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD
Professor of Cardiology, DSL/Thomas D. Gordon Chair in Heart Transplantation Medicine, Director, Advanced Heart Disease Division, Director, Heart Transplant Program, Associate Director, Smidt Heart Institute, Associate Director, Comprehensive Transplant Center
Evan P. Kransdorf, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Associate Director, Heart Transplant Research and Education, Advanced Heart Disease
Alan Kwan, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Director of Cardiovascular Imaging, Institute for Research on Healthy Aging, Associate Medical Director, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute
Debiao Li, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Sciences and Imaging, Director, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Karl Storz Chair, Minimally Invasive Surgery In Honor of Dr. George Berci
Rajendra Makkar, MD
Stephen R. Corday, MD, Chair in Interventional Cardiology, Professor of Cardiology, Associate Director of Interventional Technologies, Smidt Heart Institute, Cardiology Vice President, Cardiovascular Innovation and Intervention
Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD
Mark Siegel Family Foundation Distinguished Chair, Executive Director of the Smidt Heart Institute, Professor of Cardiology
Jaime D. Moriguchi, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program, Advanced Heart Disease
Mamoo Nakamura, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Interventional Cardiologist
Andriana P. Nikolova, MD, PhD
Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation Cardiologist
Teryl K. Nuckols, MD, MSHS
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Director of General Internal Medicine
David Ouyang, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology & Medicine, Non-Invasive Cardiologist
Jignesh K. Patel, MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, Director, Cardiac Amyloid Program, Director, Heart Transplant Research, Medical Director, Heart Transplant
Charles Pollick, MD
Associate Professor, Cardiology, Director, Quality Noninvasive (Echo) Laboratory Cardiology
Florian Rader, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Medical Director, Hypertension Center of Excellence, Co-Director, Clinic for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Associate Director, Non-invasive Laboratory
Archana Ramireddy, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Electrophysiologist
Prediman K. Shah, MD
Shapell and Webb Family Chair in Clinical Cardiology, Professor of Cardiology, Director, Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Director, Atherosclerosis Prevention and Management Center
Michael D. Share, MD
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiology
Michael M. Shehata, MD
Associate Professor, Director, Interventional Electrophysiology Laboratory, Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Training
Robert J. Siegel, MD
S. Rexford Kennamer, MD Chair in Cardiac Ultrasound, Professor of Cardiology, Medical Director, Clinic for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Aortopathies
Siddarth Singh, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Assistant Director, Echo Fellowship Training Program
Sabah Skaf, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiology, Assistant Director, Interventional Echo Cardiology
Steven Tabak, MD
Medical Director, Quality and Physician Outreach
Louise E. Thomson, MBChB
Professor Medicine, Co-chief, Nuclear Medicine, Director, Cardiac MRI , S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center
Rose Tompkins, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program
Jennifer Van Eyk, PhD
Professor of Cardiology, Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women's Heart Health, Director, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Institute in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Director, Basic Science Research in the Women's Heart Center, Founder, Precision Biomarker Laboratories
Xunzhang Wang, MD
Professor of Cardiology, Director, Complex Ablation Laboratory
Evan Zahn, MD
Director, Congenital Heart Program, Director, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Raymond Zimmer, MD
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Cardiology
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