25 of the Best Heart Failure Specialists Near Me in Sugar Land, TX

Martin Berk is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Berk is highly rated in 37 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Atrial Fibrillation, Pediatric Myocarditis, and Sitosterolemia.

Maryjane Farr is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Farr is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiomyopathy, Pulmonary Edema, and Heart Transplant.

Shelley Hall, MD, FACC, FHFSA, FAST has practiced at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX for over 20 years in the field of advanced heart failure and cardiac transplant. Dr. Hall has seen the evolution and growth of the program to the largest in Texas and top 10 in the USA as Chief of Transplant Cardiology, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Failure. She has a clinical interest in percutaneous support of cardiogenic shock and minimization of testing in cardiac transplant. Dr. Hall is married to another cardiologist and together have five children. She loves the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Stars as well as traveling and relaxation on tropical beaches. To view Dr. Hall's publications, please click here . Dr. Hall is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Heart Transplant, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Dr. Hall is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Med/Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine, and Internal Medicine- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Biswajit Kar is an Interventional Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kar is highly rated in 41 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Attack, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Kar is currently accepting new patients.

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 highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Mark Drazner is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Tyler, Texas. Dr. Drazner is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery.

David Rawitscher is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Plano, Texas. Dr. Rawitscher is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Heart Transplant. Dr. Rawitscher is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Med/Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Med/Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Medicine, and Internal Medicine- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Arvind Bhimaraj is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Bhimaraj is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Bhimaraj is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Kale specializes in the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure and heart transplant candidates and recipients. He works together with a multi-disciplinary team to support the management and treatment of patients with advanced heart failure and evaluate possible candidacy for transplantation. He is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. Dr. Kale’s professional interests include mechanical support in advanced heart failure, cardiac transplant and adult congenital heart disease. Dr. Kale is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Transplant, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Dr. Kale is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Med/Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Hernandez-Montfort grew up watching his parents – both physicians – work, and learning early the art of medicine and communication. He has pioneered programs in advanced cardiopulmonary disease and recovery across the globe with the goal of translating research to educational initiatives that help couple improved patient experience and longitudinal outcome. He is thrilled to now serve the Central Texas community and help improve their well-being. He is interested in advanced heart disease translational and clinical research with a focus on early recognition and early staging of cardiogenic shock, mechanical circulatory support, ventricular unloading and transitions to recovery, replacement and/or palliation. Dr. Hernandez-Montfort enjoys soccer, spending time with his family, talking about The Savage Detectives, and watching his kids grow in multiple dimensions. Connect with Dr. Hernandez-Montfort: Dr. Hernandez-Montfort on Doximity Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, MD, MPH, MSc | LinkedIn. Dr. Hernandez is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Hernandez is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Anita Deswal is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Deswal is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Myocarditis, Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Transplant.

Aasim Afzal, MD, MBA is board certified and specializes in treating patients with advanced heart failure. Dr. Afzal received his medical education at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. He completed an Internal Medicine residency at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, where he also served as the Chief Cardiology Fellow. Dr. Afzal holds a Master's in Business Administration with a focus in Healthcare Management from the University of Texas at Dallas. To view Dr. Afzal's publications, please click here . Dr. Afzal is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Embolectomy. Dr. Afzal is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Med/Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine- American Board Of Internal Med, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Med/Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Internal Medicine- American Board Of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine, and Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Bindra specializes in the treatment of patients with advanced heart failure and heart transplant candidates and recipients. He works together with a multi-disciplinary team to support the management and treatment of patients with advanced heart failure and evaluate possible candidacy for transplantation. Dr. Bindra is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. His professional interests include mechanical support in advanced heart failure, cardiac transplant and adult congenital heart disease. Dr. Bindra is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Ventricular Tachycardia, Bidirectional Tachycardia, Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Bindra is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Med/Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Med/Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine - Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, and Internal Medicine- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Andrew B. Civitello, MD FACC is Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Co-director of the Advanced Heart Failure Center of Excellence and Program Director for the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. He has achieved board certifications in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Civitello treats the entire spectrum of heart failure, with special clinical and research interest in novel therapies, mechanical circulatory support and transplantation. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles for major scientific journals and spoken professionally in both national and international forums. Dr. Civitello is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Ventricular Tachycardia, Heart Transplant, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Dr. Civitello is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Civitello is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Timothy Gong is the Section Physician Leader for the Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Transplant Cardiology Program at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas and an Assistant Professor with Texas A&M University College of Medicine. He received a Bachelor of Science from the University of California Berkeley and a medical degree from Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of California Irvine, cardiovascular disease fellowship at Saint Louis University, and mechanical circulatory support and transplant fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center. He has remained in Dallas as faculty since 2017 before being appointed Section Physician Leader effective on January 1, 2021. In this role, he represents the transplant group in issues involving advocacy, policy development, contract negotiations, and program oversight. In February 2022, he was appointed to a three-year term as the Region 4 Representative of the OPTN Heart Transplantation Committee. Dr. Gong has served with OPTN/UNOS since 2017 as a member of the Region 4 Review Board and remains most interested in policy focused on primary graft dysfunction and multi-organ transplantation. His ultimate desire is to bring bedside, local, regional, and national level experience to help develop and shape evidence-based policies. He was the recipient of the 2021 American Society of Transplantation Research Network Grant for investigation into the variability of donor-derived cell-free DNA after heart transplantation and the relationship with cardiac allograft vasculopathy. He recently completed an update for the American College of Cardiology Heart Failure Self-Assessment Program entitled “Multi-Organ Transplantation Considerations” to be used for National Board Exam review. Recently, he has contributed peer-reviewed publications to journals including Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Interventions, Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, and the European Society of Cardiology: Heart Failure. In October 2021, he was named to the Advisory Panel on Clinical Effectiveness for the non-profit organization, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), authorized through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and funded by appropriations from the Treasury General Fund and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Trust Fund. To view Dr. Gong's publications, please click here . Dr. Gong is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Hypertensive Heart Disease, Heart Transplant, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Gong is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Medicine, and Internal Medicine- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Barry Trachtenberg is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Trachtenberg is highly rated in 46 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Primary Amyloidosis, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Trachtenberg is currently accepting new patients.

Wissam Khalife is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in League City, Texas. Dr. Khalife is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Transplant. Dr. Khalife is currently accepting new patients.

Mahek Shah is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Shah is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Dr. Shah is currently accepting new patients.

Jennifer Thibodeau is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Tyler, Texas. Dr. Thibodeau is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Colonoscopy.

Claudius Mahr is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Mahr is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Pulmonary Edema, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Mahr is currently accepting new patients.

Lauren Truby is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Truby is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Pulmonary Edema, and Heart Transplant.

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 highly rated in 26 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pediatric Myocarditis, Cardiogenic Shock, Necrosis, and Angina.

Sriram Nathan is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Sugar Land, Texas. Dr. Nathan is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Nathan is currently accepting new patients.

Lazaros Nikolaidis is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Temple, Texas. Dr. Nikolaidis is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Nikolaidis is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine- American Board Of Internal Medicine, and Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Medicine.

James Boehrer is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Boehrer is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Metabolic Syndrome, Angina, Atherosclerosis, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Boehrer is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Med/Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Med/Interventional Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Med/Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease- American Board Of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine, and Interventional Cardiology- American Board Of Internal Medicine.