Leadership
Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
President, UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Director, Interventional Cardiovascular Center
Co-Director, Vascular Center
Eric D. Hess
Vice President, Strategy and Operations, UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Yasir Abu-Omar, MD, FRCSC
Surgical Co-Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Center
Mauricio Arruda, MD
Director, Electrophysiology Center
Director, Atrial Fibrillation Center
Guilherme Attizzani, MD
Co-Director, Valve & Structural Heart Disease Center
Cristian Baeza, MD
Co-Director, Aortic Disease Center
Teresa Carman, MD
Director, Center for Wound Care
Director, Vascular Medicine
Martin Bocks, MD
Christopher Snyder, MD
Co-Directors, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center
Jae Cho, MD
Co-Director, Aortic Disease Center
Barry Effron, MD
Director, Evaluation & Prevention Center
Interim Director, Cardio-Oncology Program
Robert Gilkeson, MD
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Center
Heather Gornik, MD
Director, Fibromuscular Dysplasia Program
Co-Director, Vascular Center
Eiran Gorodeski, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Center
Ewa Gross-Sawicka, MD, PhD
Director, Women's Cardiovascular Center
Mukesh Jain, MD
Chief Research Officer
Trevor Jenkins, MD
Co-Director, Dyspnea Center
Co-Director, LDL Apheresis Program
Francis Lytle, MD
Director, Integrated Heart & Vascular Intensive Care Center
Judith Mackall, MD
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Genetics
Alan Markowitz, MD
Chief Surgical Officer
Co-Director, Valve & Structural Heart Disease Center
Marc Pelletier, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Director, Heart Surgery Center
Surgical Co-Director, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Center
Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Center
Joseph Sabik, MD
Chairman, Department of Surgery
John Schaeffer, MD
Chief Community Officer, Western Region
Robert Schilz, DO, PhD
Co-Director, Dyspnea Center
David Zidar, MD, PhD
Co-Director, LDL Apheresis Program