DIRECTORS
Steven R. Bailey, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FACP,
Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Janey Briscoe Distinguished Chair
of Cardiovascular Research
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
S. Hinan Ahmed, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Clinical and Interventional Fellowship Associate Program Director
Medical Director, Heart and Vascular Institute
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
CO-DIRECTORS
Rushit R. Kanakia, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Fellowship Program Director, Cardiology
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
Jayasree Pillarisetti, MD, MSc, FACC, FHRS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Electrophysiologist
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
GUEST FACULTY
Jose Banchs, MD, FACC, FASE
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of
Internal Medicine
Director of Echocardiography
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas
Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Medical Care Line Executive,
Director of Winters Center for Heart Failure,
Associate Director for CV Research Institute
Baylor College of Medicine and
Michael E DeBakey
VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas
Marvin H. Eng, MD, FACC
Structural Heart Disease Fellowship Director
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan
Peter S. Fail, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Research
Cardiovascular
Institute of the South
Houma, Louisiana
Gregg Gerasimon, MD, FACC, FHRS
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Cardiology Fellowship Program Director
San Antonio Military Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas
Ian C. Gilchrist, Sr., MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine
M. S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Ty J. Gluckman, MD, FACC, FAHA
Medical Director, Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research and Data Science (CARDS)
Providence Heart and
Vascular Institute
Providence St. Joseph Health
Portland, Oregon
Paul A. Grayburn, MD, FACC
Director, Cardiology Research
Baylor University Medical Center
Baylor Scott and
White Heart Hospital at Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Timothy D. Henry, MD, MSCAI, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Cardiology
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Los Angeles, California
James B. Hermiller, MD, MSCAI, FACC
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
St. Vincent Heart Center
Indianapolis, Indiana
Chandra Kunavarapu, MD, FACC
Medical Director,
Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program
Adult ECMO Program,
Methodist Hospital
Associate Clinical Professor, UTHSCA
San Antonio, Texas
Merry L. Lindsey, MD
Director, Mississippi Center for Heart Research
Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi
Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi
Mark S. Link, MD
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Stephan May, MD, FHRS
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Arrhythmia Associates of
South Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Masahiro Ono, MD, PhD
Surgical Director of Heart Transplant & MCS
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, Texas
Douglas Packer, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Mayo Clinic – St. Mary’s Campus
Rochester, Minnesota
Monica B. Patel, MD
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
Fellowship Program Director
UT Health Houston
Houston, Texas
George W. Vetrovec, MD, MACC, MSCAI
Professor Emeritus, VCU Pauley Heart Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FACA
Founder, President and
Medical Director
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
LSU School of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
Houma, Louisiana
Nanette K. Wenger, MD, MACC, MACP, FAHA
Professor of Medicine (Emeritus)
Arrhythmia Associates of South Texas
Founding Consultant, Emory Women’s Heart Center
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Christopher J. White, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FACP
Professor and Chairman of Medicine
Chief of Medical Services
System Chairman for Cardiovascular Disease
Director, John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute
John Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nelson N. Wolff, JD
Bexar County Judge
San Antonio, Texas
UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO FACULTY
Ildiko Agoston, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, MARC Cardiology Clinic
Lee A. Birnbaum, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Andrea J. Carpenter, MD, PhD
Professor, Thoracic Surgery, Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency
Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD, MBA, FACHE, FRCSI, FACS
Professor and Chief
Division of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
Medical Director,
South Texas Center for
Vascular Care
Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Chief, Diabetes Division
John M. Erikson, MD, PhD, FACC, FASE
Professor of Medicine
Ronald K. Blumberg Professor of Cardiology
Monica Esquivel, ACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Marc D. Feldman, MD
Professor of Medicine & Engineering
Director, Cardiac Care Unit
Janey and Dolph Briscoe Distinguished
Chair in Cardiovascular Research
Bethany A. Kalich, PharmD, BCPS-AQ Cardiology
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology
Michael B. Little, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Director of Cardiac and Transplant Anesthesiology
Anjlee Mehta, MD
Cardiology
Internal Medicine
Manoj M. Panday, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Jason Phillips, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine / Cardiology
Anand Prasad, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory University Health System
Freeman Heart Association Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Disease
Interventional Cardiology, Endovascular Therapy, Vascular Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
W. Brian Reeves, MD, FACP
Professor, Chair of Medicine
Horace Robb, MBA
Division Administrator, Cardiology
Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Diabetes Division
Rajeev Suri, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, Radiology