Dr. Michael J. Chiu

Dr. Jainy Savla is fellowship-trained in cardiovascular disease and holds board certifications in internal medicine, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography. She specializes in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition that affects the heart muscle, and cardiogenetics to assess the likelihood of heart disease development. Dr. Savla uses noninvasive cardiovascular imaging such as transthoracic, stress and transesophageal echocardiography to diagnose and treat heart failure and circulatory disorders. Dr. Savla earned her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of California-San Diego before going on to complete her cardiovascular disease fellowship at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 2019. Dr. Savla previously served for four years as an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, at the University of Washington in Seattle. She returned to North Texas in 2023. Dr. Salva is a member of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. Dr. Savla is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). Her top areas of expertise are Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Sengers Syndrome, Pulmonary Edema, and Heart Failure.

Satyam Sarma, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Cardiology Division.Dr. Sarma became interested in cardiovascular diseases during his undergraduate studies in engineering. He pursued medical training at Boston University, where he also served as Chief Medical Resident.Interested in molecular biology research, he worked at Baylor Medical College as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biophysics and Molecular Physiology, focusing on abnormalities in cardiac ryanodine receptor function. After two years of research fellowship, he went on to complete a clinical cardiology fellowship at Northwestern University, where he was selected as Chief Cardiology Fellow during his second year.Dr. Sarma is interested in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a type of heart failure common in seniors, and came to UT Southwestern in 2012 to study new treatment options for patients with this common but difficult-to-treat condition.He also specializes in metabolic disorders, specifically diabetes and insulin resistance, and his clinical practice focuses on exercise training programs to improve patient symptoms and quality of life. Dr. Sarma is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).

"Shirley Ann Williams, M.D., was born in Peoria, Ill. Raised in a family with 12 children, she received her B.S. in Biology from Peoria's Bradley University, where she graduated cum laude. After completing medical school in 1977 at the University of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, Williams continued her education at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, where she completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in noninvasive cardiology.Upon completion of her formal medical training, Williams became a staff cardiologist at the Veterans Administration Center in Temple, Texas. While there, she also served as assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine. These experiences inspired Williams to expand her skills by pursuing an additional fellowship in invasive cardiology at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1990. Prior to her move to Dallas, she was in private practice in Macon, Ga., for 4 1/2 years. A Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Williams is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), and the ABIM Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Diseases.In 2011, Williams was nominated as ""Cardiologist of the Year"" for Denton County. She serves as medical director and chairman of the quality improvement committee and utilization review committee at Lewisville Medical Center, where she is also a member of the leadership team and serves as secretary of the medical staff. Williams is also a member the hospital's critical care committee and open heart committee. She received the Thomas F. Frist humanitarian award from Lewisville Medical Center in April 2011. Williams also serves on the HCA North Texas Division physician quality advisory committee for the nine north Texas hospitals.Williams holds active medical staff privileges at Texas Health Flower Mound, Lewisville Medical Center and Texas Health Denton.Williams joined Cardiovascular Specialists P.A. in April, 1995. One of her strengths is an ability to relate to different kinds of people much of which she attributes to growing up with so many siblings. She also has a special fondness for the elderly, and counts her experiences in caring for older patients as some of her most rewarding.". Dr. Williams is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). Her top areas of expertise are Orthostatic Hypotension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, and Pediatric Myocarditis.