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 Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology, Assistant Professor of 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

Lawreance 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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