
Overview
Jorge Cheirif, M.D., was born and raised in Mexico City. He obtained his medical degree from the National University of Mexico and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.Cheirif is the director of the non-invasive cardiology lab, medical director of the Hispanic Initiative, and immediate past president and director of the Behavioral Event Review Committee (BERC) at Texas Health Dallas. He also serves as chair of the Heart & Vascular Accreditation Case Manager (HV-ACM) strategy committee. He is board-certified in cardiovascular diseases and internal medicine, focusing on consultative cardiology, echocardiography, CT angiography and cardiac catheterization.Cheirif was on the American Heart Association local affiliate board of directors for two years; has received the Clinician Scientist Award from the American Heart Association; and was named Teacher of the Year by Ochsner Clinic, Texas Health Dallas, and Baylor College of Medicine. In addition, he has been named to Best Doctors in Dallas and Texas Super Doctors for 10 years. Cheirif speaks Spanish, Yiddish and Hebrew, and lives in Dallas with his wife, Heidy.
Dr. Cheirif is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial HDL Deficiency. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Myocarditis, Necrosis, Aortic Regurgitation, and Mitral Valve Regurgitation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
8440 Walnut Hill Ln, Ste 610 Bldg 4, Dallas, TX 75231
490 US Highway 80 E, Ste 100, Sunnyvale, TX 75182
3142 Horizon Rd, Ste 110, Rockwall, TX 75032
Clinical Research
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Texas Health Heart And Vascular Specialists
Tulika Jain is a Cardiologist and an Internal Medicine provider in Rockwall, Texas. Dr. Jain is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial HDL Deficiency. Her top areas of expertise are Aortic Regurgitation, Atrial Fibrillation, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.
Texas Health Heart And Vascular Specialists
Dr. Geetha Ramaswamy was always inspired by her uncle, who practiced family medicine for more than 40 years. When she decided to attend medical school, she knew early on that she wanted to focus on cardiology because of the ever-evolving nature of the field. Dr. Ramaswamy is an interventional cardiologist with subspecialty board certification in adult echocardiology and nuclear cardiology. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and has been serving the heart and vascular needs of patients since 2006. After serving North Texas communities for several years, Dr. Ramaswamy spent more than a decade in Northern Arkansas as a trailblazer in the fields of radial interventional cardiology, women’s heart care and heart valve treatments. She returned to the DFW area in 2021 to continue her work in interventional/structural cardiology.Dr. Ramaswamy earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Chennai Medical College in India. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Dr. Ramaswamy completed her clinical cardiology fellowship at Barnes-Jewish Hospital-Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo.She is also fellowship trained in advanced nuclear cardiology and interventional cardiology through Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.Dr. Ramaswamy is fluent in the Tamil and Hindi languages. When not with her patients, she enjoys meditating and the practice of yoga to strengthen not only her physical being but also for the mental strength and emotional balance they provide. Dr. Ramaswamy is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial HDL Deficiency. Her top areas of expertise are Unstable Angina, Angina, Coronary Heart Disease, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).
Texas Health Heart And Vascular Specialists
To say Dr. M. Hassan Pervaiz is a board-certified interventional cardiologist is to only capture a small fraction of his career in medicine. His years of training and experience encompass research, teaching, and clinical and national committee involvement in vascular and endovascular medicine, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, vascular interpretation, cardiac CT, structural and valvular heart disease interventions, and cardiovascular angiography and interventions. In all, Dr. Pervaiz holds eight board certifications. He is also certified as a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation. Dr. Pervaiz is an elected Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society for Vascular Medicine. His areas of special interest and focus include the treatment of adult coronary artery disease and heart failure; minimally invasive structural heart disease interventions, including TAVR, MitraClip, the Watchman procedure, and transcatheter closure of adult congenital heart defects like PFO, ASD and VSD; multimodality cardiovascular imaging, including 3D transesophageal echocardiography; nuclear stress testing; vascular ultrasound and peripheral vascular interventions. Dr. Pervaiz earned his medical degree at King Edward Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan. He came to the United States in 2003 and served for a year as a research associate for Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill. He went on to complete his internal medicine residency and cardiovascular disease fellowship at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing in 2010. Dr. Pervaiz also completed advanced fellowship training in interventional cardiology and endovascular interventions at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. and a structural heart disease interventions fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. Dr. Pervaiz comes to Texas Health Heart and Vascular Specialists from Melbourne, Fla., where he served as Medical Director of the Structural Heart Disease Program at Holmes Regional Medical Center. Dr. Pervaiz also served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and received a Clinical Faculty of The Year Award in 2016. He currently serves on numerous regional and national committees through his involvement in many membership organizations. Dr. Pervaiz is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Familial HDL Deficiency. His top areas of expertise are Necrosis, Pediatric Myocarditis, Aortic Regurgitation, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Cheirif isDistinguished. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Cheirif isDistinguished. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Glucocorticoid-Remediable AldosteronismDr. Cheirif isDistinguished. Learn about Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.
- Heart FailureDr. Cheirif isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
- High CholesterolDr. Cheirif isDistinguished. Learn about High Cholesterol.
- Advanced
- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. Cheirif isAdvanced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.
- AnginaDr. Cheirif isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Cheirif isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Cheirif isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Cheirif isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
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- AbetalipoproteinemiaDr. Cheirif isExperienced. Learn about Abetalipoproteinemia.
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Cheirif isExperienced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Aortic DissectionDr. Cheirif isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Dissection.
- Apo A-I DeficiencyDr. Cheirif isExperienced. Learn about Apo A-I Deficiency.
- Atrial MyxomaDr. Cheirif isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Myxoma.
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)Dr. Cheirif isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).



