 The Texas Heart Institute (THI) 160-member Professional Staff consists of cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, cardiovascular anesthesiologists, cardiovascular pathologists, scientists, and specialists in related disciplines. These physicians and scientists, who have trained at the nation's best medical schools, also hold academic appointments at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Baylor College of Medicine.
The Institute's affiliations with Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas Medical School at Houston provide opportunities for collaborative research and allow physicians in training to gain additional experience at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The Texas Heart Institute was founded by Dr. Denton A. Cooley in 1962. Its location in and affiliations with St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital assured that all age groups would be treated and freed the Institute of the burden of financing a health care facility. Chiefs of Service | Name | Title | | L. Maximilian Buja, MD | Chief, Cardiovascular Pathology Research | | Denton A. Cooley, MD | President and Surgeon-in-Chief | | Joseph S. Coselli, MD | Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery | | Charles D. Fraser Jr., MD | Chief, Adult Congenital Heart Surgery | | O.H. Frazier, MD | Chief, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation | | Noel Martin Giesecke, MD | Interim Chief, Cardiovascular Anesthesiology | | Douglas L. Mann, MD | Chief, Cardiology | | Jeffrey A. Towbin, MD | Chief, Pediatric Cardiology | | James T. Willerson, MD | President-Elect and Medical Director | Special Programs | Name | Title | | Roberta C. Bogaev, MD | Medical Director, Heart Failure and Transplant | | S. Ward Casscells III, MD | Director, Vulnerable Plaque Research Laboratory; Associate Director, Basic Cardiology Research
On leave from these positions during his tenure as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. | | William E. "Billy" Cohn, MD | Director, Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology | | Reynolds M. Delgado, III, MD | Medical Director, Mechanical Support Devices in Heart Failure | | R. David Fish, MD | Director, Interventional Cardiology Research and Education | | O.H. Frazier, MD | Director, Cardiovascular Surgical Research; Co-Director, Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories | | Igor D. Gregoric, MD | Director, Center for Cardiac Support; Associate Director, Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplant Research | | Patrick J. Hogan, MD | Director, Learning Resource Center; Co-Chairman, Medical Education Committee | | Zvonimir Krajcer, MD | Co-Director, Peripheral Vascular Disease Service | | Edward K. Massin, MD | Medical Director, Division of Cardiopulmonary Transplant | | Ali Massumi, MD | Director, Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology | | Emerson C. Perin, MD, PhD | Director, New Cardiovascular Interventional Technology;
Director, Clinical Research for Cardiovascular Medicine | | George J. Reul, MD | Associate Chief, Surgery;
Co-Director, Peripheral Vascular Disease Service | | Ross M. Reul, MD | Director, Surgical Innovation | | Raymond F. Stainback, III, MD | Medical Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging | | James T. Willerson, MD | Director, Cardiology Research;
Co-Director, Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories | | James M. Wilson, MD | Director, Cardiology Education | | Pierre Zoldhelyi, MD | Director, Wafic Said Molecular Cardiology and Gene Therapy Research Laboratory | Updated March 2008 |
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