Jorge A. Garcia-Gregory, MD, FACC, FACP
6624 Fannin, Suite 2310, Houston, TX 77030
713-796-2668; Fax 713-790-0591
e-mail:
jgarcia570@aol.com
Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Puerto Rico, 1973.
Specialty training: Baylor, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology.
Yong-Jian Geng, MD, PhD
Director, Heart Failure and Stem Cell Research Laboratory, THI.
UTHSC at Houston School of Medicine
6431 Fannin, MSB 6.037, Houston, TX 77030
713-500-6607; Fax 832-355-6500
Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Medical school: Suzhou Medical College, 1982.
Specialty training: Boston.
Specialty interests: Stem cell therapy, atherosclerosis,
heart failure.
Domingo G. Gonzalez, Jr., MD
902 Frostwood, Suite 215, Houston, TX 77024
713-465-2383; Fax 713-465-3056
Hospital affiliations: SLEH, Memorial Northwest, Spring Branch.
Medical school: UTHSCD, 1983.
Specialty training: THI, Methodist.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular diseases.
Jorge F. Guttin, MD 6624 Fannin, Suite 2220, Houston, TX 77030
713-791-9400; Fax 713-795-5651
e-mail:
mturner@bluegate.com
Hospital affiliations: SLEH, Methodist, Memorial Hosp. System, Woman's
Academic appointments: Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor;
Clin. Asst. Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: UNAM, 1969.
Specialty training: Philadelphia Gen. Hosp., Baylor, Ben Taub, VA, Methodist, SLEH.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Cardiac catheterization, hemodynamics, angioplasty, echocardiography.
Ramesh Hariharan, MD
17350 St. Luke's Way, Suite 320
The Woodlands, TX 77384
281-681-2228; FAX 281-681-2226
e-mail:
mbuchanan@epheart.com
Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Medical school: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
Languages: Tamil
Specialty training: Texas Heart Institute.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology); American Society of Echocardiography (Adult echocardiography, Transesophageal echocardiography); Board of Nuclear Cardiology.
Specialty interests: Cardiac electrophysiology.
Sheila K. Heinle, MD, FACC, FASE
6624 Fannin, Suite 2480
Houston, TX 77030
713-529-5530; Fax 713-791-1786
e-mail:
hallgar@hgcardio.com
Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Medical school: Univ. Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Specialty training: Duke Univ. Medical Center.
Certification: Amer. Board Internal Medicine; Amer. Board Cardiovascular Disease; Nat'l Board Echocardiography (Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography).
Specialty interests: Cardiology, echocardiography, echo assessment of valvular heart disease, clinical echocardiography, echocardiography teaching.
Eduardo A. Hernandez-Vila, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
leachman@leachmancardiology.com
Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Puerto Rico, 1994.
Specialty training: U. Alabama, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: General cardiology, interventional cardiology, advanced peripheral interventions, nuclear medicine, carotid stenting, aneurysms and limb salvage.
Patrick J. Hogan, MD, FACC Director, Learning Resource Center, THI;
Co-Chairman, Medical Education Committee, THI.
6624 Fannin, Suite 2220, Houston, TX 77030
713-791-9400; Fax 713-795-5651
e-mail:
mturner@bluegate.com
Hospital affiliations: SLEH, TCH, Methodist, Hermann.
Academic appointments: Clin. Assoc. Prof., Baylor;
Clin. Asst. Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: Georgetown U., 1970.
Specialty training: Baylor Affiliated Hosps., TCH, SLEH, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, atherectomy, laser angioplasty, cardiac transplantation, pacemakers, stents.
Surendra K. Jain, MD, FACC
6624 Fannin, Suite 2320, Houston, TX 77030
713-797-1111; Fax 713-790-0008
e-mail:
skj2133@hotmail.com
Hospital affiliations: SLEH, TMH.
Academic appointments: Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor;
Clin. Asst. Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1975.
Specialty training: SLEH, Beekman Downtown Hosp. (New York), Westchester County Med. Center (Valhalla, NY).
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Cardology, Invasive Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, heart failure.
Carlos R. Jessurun, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2390, Houston, TX 77030
713-797-1620; Fax 713-797-1543
e-mail:
csh@texas-heart.net
Hospital affiliations: SLEH, E. Hou. Regional Med. Ctr.
Academic appointment: Clin. Instructor, Baylor.
Medical school: Washington U.
Specialty training: THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Clinical cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiology, cardiac catheterization, angiography.
Peter H. Jones, MD, FACP
6565 Fannin, Suite B157, Houston, TX 77030
713-798-4185; Fax 713-798-7885
email:
jones@bcm.tmc.edu
Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Baylor
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine.
Certification: Am. Board of Internal Medicine; Am. Board of Clinical Lipidology.
Specialty interests: Preventive cardiology, Clinical lipidology, Obesity, Drug therapy for dyslipidemia.
Gerardo Kalife, MD 6624 Fannin, Suite @2480
Houston, TX 77030
713-592-5530; FAX 713-791-1786
email:
gkalifec@sbcglobal.net
Hospital affiliation: St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
Medical school: Universidad de Monterrey
Specialty training: Baylor College of Medicine; Texas Heart Institute; Scripps Clinic.
Specialty interests: Coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease in diabetic patients and patients with chronic renal disease, coronary artery disease and diabetes in the Hispanic population.
Biswajit Kar, MD
6720 Bertner, MC 1-268
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-9022
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Delhi, India, 1988
Specialty training: Escorts Heart Research Institute, New Delhi; Baylor College of Medicine.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: New therapies in cardiovascular medicine, treatment of heart failure
Zvonimir Krajcer, MD Co-Director, Peripheral Vascular Disease Service, THI
6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
jmccafferty@leachmancardiology.com
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Zagreb (Croatia), 1970.
Specialty training: Northwestern U., SLEH.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization, interventional cardiology, atherectomy, laser angioplasty, cardiac transplantation, stent-grafts for abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid artery stenting, treatment of peripheral vascular disease.
D. Richard Leachman, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
leachman@leachmancardiology.com
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., UTHSCH.
Medical school: Southwestern, 1977.
Specialty training: Parkland Hosp. (Dallas).
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization, angiography, interventional cardiology.
J. Alberto Lopez, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
leachman@leachmancardiology.com
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Instructor, Baylor.
Medical school: Venezuela Central U., 1984.
Specialty training: Good Samaritan Hosp., U. Cincinnati; Mayo Clinic (Minnesota); THI; Baylor; Memorial Hosp., U. Miami.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Critical Care Medicine).
Specialty interests: Arrythmias, pacing defibrillation, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiovascular critical care.
Pranav Loyalka, MD
6624 Fannin St. Suite 2120
Houston, TX 77030
713-797-0180; Fax 713-797-1217
e-mail: pranavloyalka@yahoo.com
Languages: Hindi, German
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Medical school: University of Missouri-Columbia
Specialty training: Tulane University, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Heart Institute
Certification: American Board Internal Medicine (Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, advanced heart failure and transplant, high-risk angioplasty, congenital heart disease, structural heart disease, heart transplant, and mechanical support.
Roberto Lufschanowski, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
leachman@leachmancardiology.com
Hospital affiliations: SLEH, TCH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Buenos Aires, 1964.
Specialty training: Mt. Sinai Hosp. (Chicago), VA (Washington, D.C.), Baylor.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Adult and pediatric cardiology.
