Dr. Susan T. Laing

Dr. Susan Laing is a Professor at the University of Texas at Houston and holds the John Edward Tyson Distinguished Professorship in Cardiology. She serves as the Director of the Echocardiography Laboratories for the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston as well as the Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center. Dr. Laing’s clinical interests include contrast echocardiography, preventive cardiology, women’s health, and cardiac rehabilitation. Dr. Laing’s research interests include novel ultrasound contrast agents for targeted pharmaceutic delivery, sudden cardiac death in the young, and cardiovascular diseases in minority populations. She is a reviewer of several cardiology journals and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. She is a co-investigator in several grants from the National Institutes of Health, and is an active collaborator in the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort Project in Brownsville, Texas. Dr. Laing has authored and co-authored >30 publications and book chapters and >60 abstracts in peer reviewed scientific journals.

Dr. Laing is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Atherosclerosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Metabolic Syndrome, and Sengers Syndrome.

She is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 34 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Laing is currently accepting new patients.