Shyamasundar Balasubramanya (Sam Bala), M.D.

Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India

General Surgery Internship: Mount Sinai Hospital, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

General Surgery Residency: New York Presbyterian (Queens), Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, Maimonides Medical Center, New York

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship: Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellowship: Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Fellowship: Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship: Lurie Children’s Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago

Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship: Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Healthcare Administration, Western Governors University (WGU) School of Business

American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) Certification in Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery

American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) Certification in Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS Eng)

Fellow of the European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery (FEBCTS)

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center/Mattel Children’s Hospital (2018-2025)

Associate Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center/Mattel Children’s Hospital (2025-present)