Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Transplant and Circulatory Support
Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center
Director, Cardiovascular Surgery Research
Texas Heart Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Total Artificial Heart
Cardiac Transplant
Lung Transplant
Adult Cardiac Surgery
Stem Cell Cardiac Regeneration
Clinical Outcomes Analysis
Quality Improvement
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (MD, 1999)
Mount Sinai Medical Center, General Surgery Residency (1999-2002)
Columbia Presbyterian, CT Surgery Research Fellowship (2002-2003)
Mount Sinai Medical Center, General Surgery Residency (2003-2005)
New York University, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (2005-2007)
Columbia Presbyterian, MCS and Cardiac Transplant Fellowship (2007-2008)
Henry Ford Hospital, Surgical Director of MCS, Associate Director of Heart and Lung Transplant, Director of Cardiac Surgical Research (2008-2015)
Texas Heart Institute, CHI Baylor St. Lukes Medical Center, Surgical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplant (2016-Present)