Dr. Craig M. Alpert

Dr. Raina is Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Cardiology and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs at Allegheny General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Drexel University School of Medicine. He is a nationally renowned physician with expertise in diagnosing and managing advanced heart failure, heart transplant care, mechanical circulatory support, and pulmonary hypertension. He is also an experienced echocardiographer with expertise in interventional echocardiography, using advanced heart imaging to help guide care for patients with complex heart conditions. His clinical and research interests focus on advanced imaging of the right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension and in patients with mechanical circulatory support. He has published extensively in this field, including numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, and book chapters. Dr. Raina was named one of Pittsburgh Magazine’s “Best Doctors” from 2019 through 2025. Dr. Raina is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Cardiomyopathy, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Raina is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology and American Board Of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Azam Hadi is a cardiologist with Allegheny Health Network who provides advanced care for heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. He has expertise in mechanical circulatory support, heart transplantation, cardiomyopathies, and heart failure outcomes. Dr. Hadi completed cardiovascular disease fellowship training at Tulane University, cardiac CT/MRI training at the Texas Heart Institute, and advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation fellowship training at Washington University in St. Louis. He previously served as a teaching attending physician at Tulane and as Director of Cardiac Transplantation at Indiana University for more than six years. He is board certified in cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation. Dr. Hadi is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Hadi is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology and American Board Of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Hadi is currently accepting new patients.

Gavin W. Hickey, MD, is an advanced heart failure and transplant, pulmonary hypertension cardiologist and is board-certified in cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure and transplant, and echocardiography by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Hickey is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Hickey is board certified in National Board Of Echocardiography, American Board Of Internal Medicine , and American Board Of Internal Medicine . Dr. Hickey is currently accepting new patients.