
Overview
Dr. Alpesh Amin is a fellowship-trained cardiologist and heart failure physician. He is also board-certified in cardiology and heart failure. Dr. Amin has served as a clinical educator since 2001 and has been involved with the heart valve and MitraClip™ program at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas since 2019. Earlier in his career, he began serving as the medical director of the Heart Failure Clinic at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. He also has served as associate medical director of Mechanical Circulatory Support at UT Southwestern since 2018.Dr. Amin’s areas of clinical interest and focus include advanced heart failure disorders and heart attack, heart valve procedures, and extracorporeal circulation (ECMO) and other mechanical circulatory support. He earned his medical degree at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine before completing an internal medicine residency at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education in Rochester, Minn. Dr, Amin completed his cardiology and heart failure/transplant fellowships at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Mo. During his final year in cardiology training, he served as chief fellow.Dr. Amin is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He serves as a regional reviewer for the Heart Transplant Committee of the United Network of Organ Sharing. When not with his patients, Dr. Amin enjoys spending time with his family and coaching his children in soccer. He also is active on other committees and groups in cardiology, quality improvement and public health.
Dr. Amin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Shwartzman Phenomenon. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 13 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1300 W Terrell Ave, Ste 500, Fort Worth, TX 76104
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Texas Health Heart And Vascular Specialists
Dr. Jawwad Yusuf is a fellowship-trained interventional and advanced heart failure cardiologist. Dr. Yusuf’s areas of clinical interest and focus include complex CAD, peripheral vascular disease, chronic total occlusions, advance heart failure, mechanical circulatory support including extracorporeal circulation (ECMO). He also has a special interest in diastolic dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension. Since 2015, Dr. Yusuf has served as a clinician, researcher and educator with a focus on advancing the field of cardiology. He has been involved in countless clinical investigations in the areas of heart failure therapies and treatments. Dr. Yusuf earned his medical degree in Pakistan before setting down roots in the United States. He completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. He completed additional fellowship training at the University of Chicago (advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology) and Michigan State University for his interventional cardiology. Dr. Yusuf also holds a physician executive MBA from the University of Tennessee-Haslam College of Business in Knoxville. He most recently served as a cardiologist for Methodist LeBonheur Health Care in Memphis.Dr. Yusuf is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Fellow of the American College of Physicians and Fellow American society of cardiac angiography and interventions. He is also a member of the American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Away from the office, Dr. Yusuf enjoys traveling and skiing with his family. Dr. Yusuf is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Shwartzman Phenomenon. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Myocarditis, Cardiogenic Shock, Necrosis, and Angina.
Baylor Scott & White Legacy Heart Center McKinney
John Hollowell is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist in Mckinney, Texas. Dr. Hollowell has been practicing medicine for over 41 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Shwartzman Phenomenon. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Angina, Coronary Heart Disease, and Atherosclerosis.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiogenic ShockDr. Amin isDistinguished. Learn about Cardiogenic Shock.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Amin isDistinguished. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.
- Heart FailureDr. Amin isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
- Pulmonary EdemaDr. Amin isDistinguished. Learn about Pulmonary Edema.
- Advanced
- ApoplexyDr. Amin isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Amin isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Amin isAdvanced. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Cardiac ArrestDr. Amin isAdvanced. Learn about Cardiac Arrest.
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)Dr. Amin isAdvanced. Learn about Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM).
- Experienced
- AnginaDr. Amin isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Amin isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Amin isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Amin isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Arterial InsufficiencyDr. Amin isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Insufficiency.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Amin isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.

