25 of the Best Heart Failure Specialists Near Me

Michael Craig is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Craig is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Craig is currently accepting new patients.

Liviu Klein is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Walnut Creek,, California. Dr. Klein is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Sara Tabtabai is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Tabtabai is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Pulmonary Edema, and Heart Transplant.

Thomas O'neill is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. O'neill is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic Shock, and Hypertensive Heart Disease. Dr. O'neill is currently accepting new patients.

Haseeb Basha is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Rantoul, Illinois. Dr. Basha is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Primary Amyloidosis.

David Feldman is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Lockport, New York. Dr. Feldman is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic Shock, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Feldman is currently accepting new patients.

Mark Cruz is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Oak Lawn, Illinois. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic Shock, and Hypertensive Heart Disease. Dr. Cruz is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology.

Ritesh Shrestha is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Charlotte, North Carolina. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypertensive Heart Disease, Pediatric Myocarditis, Necrosis, and Heart Failure. Dr. Shrestha is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, American Board Of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and American Board Of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease. Dr. Shrestha is currently accepting new patients.

Robert A. Gordon, MD, a cardiologist at Endeavor Health, specializes in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. With expertise in mechanical circulatory support, he treats patients with complex cardiac conditions and helps guide long-term management of heart failure through advanced therapies and multidisciplinary care. Dr. Gordon is highly rated in 47 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Gordon is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Kevin Alexander is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in San Jose, California. Dr. Alexander is highly rated in 43 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Primary Amyloidosis, Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy, Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Cardiac Amyloidosis, and Heart Transplant.

Dr. Biswajit Kar earned his medical degree from the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where he also finished a fellowship in cardiology and interventional cardiology. During his residency, he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. A professor of medicine in the Center for Advanced Cardiopulmonary Therapies and Transplantation at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), He Dr. Kar is chief of the medical division of the Center for Advanced Heart Failure at Larry D. Johnson Heart & Vascular Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. Dr. Kar has practiced medicine in Houston since 1995 and is board certified in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. He specializes in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, advanced heart failure and heart transplantation, and his clinical interests include advanced heart failure, cardiac transplantation, mechanical assist devices, high-risk coronary interventions, structural heart disease and cardiogenic shock. Patients value Dr. Kar’s exceptional listening skills and his ability to explain conditions and answer questions. They also say he doesn’t rush through appointments. Dr. Kar is a member of the American College of Cardiology, American Society of Artificial Organs, American College of Physicians, Heart Failure Society of America and International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Dr. Kar is highly rated in 40 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).

Theo Meyer is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Worcester, Massachusetts. He has been practicing medicine for over 50 years. Dr. Meyer is highly rated in 31 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Meyer is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease.

Alexandros Briasoulis is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. Briasoulis is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Primary Amyloidosis, Heart Transplant, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Todd Koelling joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1997. At present, Dr. Koelling is the Medical Director of Heart Failure and co-directs the Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Management Program at the University of Michigan. He is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. His research interests include heart failure quality improvement, heart failure management, and risk/prognosis assessment. He has studied targeted patient education interventions in heart failure patients and has directed community hospital quality improvement initiatives in the State of Michigan. He is committed to improving the quality of care provided to patients with advanced heart failure treated at the University of Michigan Health System. Dr. Koelling is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Sarcoidosis, Heart Transplant, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Koelling is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology.

Akshay Desai is a Cardiologist and an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Desai is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, Low Blood Pressure, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Desai is currently accepting new patients.

Jeffrey Teuteberg is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Teuteberg is highly rated in 22 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation.

Mathew S. Maurer, MD - Dr. Maurer is a general internist and geriatric cardiologist with advanced training in heart failure and cardiac transplantation.  He is the Arnold and Arlene Goldstein Professor of Cardiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, where directs the Clinical Cardiovascular Research Laboratory for the Elderly (CCRLE). Dr. Maurer is a member of the Advanced Cardiac Care Center at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia Campus.  He is the Director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis Program. He has published over 300 articles including peer reviewed manuscripts, reviews and book chapters. He was Chair of the American College of Cardiology’s Geriatric Cardiology Member Section, which is the largest organization dedicated to advancing the care of older adults with cardiovascular disease. He was co-chair of the Steering Committee of the ATTR-ACT trial showing tafamidis was a safe and effective therapy for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.   Throughout his career, he has promulgated an approach to older adults with cardiovascular disease that offers the best of both geriatric and cardiovascular medicine in which a comprehensive holistic approach to enhance functional capacity and quality of life is at the forefront of emerging techniques to address cardiovascular physiologic derangement that disproportionately afflict older adults. Dr. Maurer is highly rated in 21 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiac Amyloidosis, Primary Amyloidosis, Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Maurer is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Maurer is currently accepting new patients.

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.

Zijian Xu is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist practicing medicine in Sacramento, California. Dr. Xu is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Patent Foramen Ovale Repair. Dr. Xu is board certified in Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology. Dr. Xu 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 20 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Brett Sperry is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Lees Summit, Missouri. Dr. Sperry is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiac Amyloidosis, Primary Amyloidosis, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Tenotomy. Dr. Sperry is currently accepting new patients.

Barry Borlaug is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Borlaug is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Heart Transplant, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Borlaug is currently accepting new patients.

Keith Aaronson, MD, PhD, MS, is the Bertram Pitt, MD Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, the Medical Director of the Cardiac Transplant Service and the Center for Circulatory Support and the Co-Director of the Heart Failure and Transplant Management Program for Michigan Medicine. Dr. Aaronson is actively engaged in clinical practice and clinical research in the areas of heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. His research has focused on improving health, quality of life and economic outcomes in these populations, utilizing methodologies ranging from small to large scale observational analyses, Markov modeling, meta-analyses, and both industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated randomized clinical trials of standard pharmaceutical interventions, alternative medicines, patient education and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Aaronson has had a particular interest in modeling outcomes in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support to inform appropriate utilization of health resources. He co-developed the first prospectively validated survival model for patients with advanced heart failure, the Heart Failure Survival Score, which remains in use by heart failure specialists worldwide to help select the most appropriate candidates for heart transplantation and other advanced therapies. He was national Co-PI of the completed HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device (HVAD) Bridge to Transplant ADVANCE Trial, the NHLBI-funded REVIVE-IT trial and the ongoing REVIVAL registry. His present research includes investigations of novel devices for percutaneous circulatory support, cardiac remodeling and cardiorenal syndrome. Dr. Aaronson is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Transplant, and Atherectomy. Dr. Aaronson is board certified in Internal Medicine and Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology.

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.

I am grateful for the opportunity to practice cardiology and to improve people's lives in truly meaningful ways. My clinical practice is focused on patients with advanced heart failure, pulmonary arterial hypertension and complex valvular disease. Modern medicine is complicated, and I strive to help patients and families understand their conditions and treatment options as completely as possible. I work with patients to develop an individualized treatment approach that best satisfies their goals of care. It is a privilege to practice at Duke. We have extensive resources, broad expertise, and access to novel treatment options to help patients improve their quality and quantity of life. Outside of work, I enjoy cycling, running, hiking and spending time with my family. Dr. Trichon is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Trichon is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology.