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Arup Achari, MD
1707 Sunset Blvd., Houston, TX  77005
713-526-5511; FAX 713-520-4729
e-mail: ccross@mchllp.com

Hospital affiliation: SLEH, Methodist, TWH.
Academic appointment: Clinic. Inst., Baylor.
Medical school: UTMB, 1991.
Specialty training: Baylor, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, peripheral vascular intervention, venous disease, nuclear cardiology.

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H. Vernon Anderson, MD
6431 Fannin, MSB 1.232, Houston, TX  77030
713-500-6585; FAX 713-500-6556
e-mail: H.V.Anderson@uth.tmc.edu

Hospital affiliation: SLEH, Hermann.
Academic appointment: Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: Emory U., 1980.
Specialty training: Emory U.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular diseases.

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Paolo Angelini, MD
Medical Director, Center for Coronary Artery Anomalies, THI
PO Box 20206, Houston, TX 77225
713-790-9401; FAX 713-790-0353
e-mail: leachman@leachmancardiology.com

Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Milan (Italy), 1966.
Specialty training: National Institute Cardiology (Mexico City), Baylor.
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, congenital heart disease in adults, coronary artery anomalies.

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Bruce E. Barnum, MD, FACC
6624 Fannin, Suite 2000, Houston, TX 77030
713-442-0625; FAX 713-442-0972

Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Medical school: Baylor, 1978.
Specialty training: THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Cardiac catheterization, angiography, interventional cardiology, cardiac transplantation.

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Jaime Benrey, MD, FACC
6624 Fannin, Suite 2310, Houston, TX 77030
713-796-2668; FAX 713-790-0591
e-mail: jaimeb1@aol.com

Hospital affiliations: SLEH, Memorial Southeast.
Academic appointment: Clin. Assoc. Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: U. Mexico, 1968.
Specialty training: Laboratory of Immunological Investigations (Mexico City), Methodist, Baylor, SLEH, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interest: Interventional cardiology.

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Yochai Birnbaum, MD
1709 Dryden Road, Suite 9.32
Houston, TX 77030
713-798-2735;  FAX 713-798-0270
e-mail: ybirnbau@bcm.edu

Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Language: Hebrew
Academic appointment: Professor of Medicine, John S. Dunn Chair in Cardiology Research and Education, Baylor College of Medicine; Medical Director, Baylor Heart Clinic; Medical Director, Baylor Cardiology Consult Service at SLEH.
Medical school: Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Specialty training: Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel; A. Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel; Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interest: Clinical cardiology, cardiac intensive care, echocardiography, myocardial protection against ischemia-reperfusion injury, ECG in acute coronary syndrome.

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Eric Boerwinkle, PhD
UTHSC-Houston PO Box 20334
Houston, TX  77225-0334
713-500-9816; FAX 713-500-0900
e-mail: eric.boerwinkle@uth.tmc.edu  

Academic appointment: Research Professor, Texas Heart Institute; Professor, Center and Division Director, Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, UTHSC-H; Institute of Molecular Medicine, UTMS.
Graduate degree: Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, PhD in Human Genetics.
Specialty training: The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. 
Specialty interests: Human genetics, epidemiology, genetic analysis.

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Roberta C. Bogaev, MD, FACC, FACP
Medical Director, Heart Failure and Transplant, THI 
PO Box 20345, MC 2-114A
Houston, TX  77225-0345
832-355-3977; FAX 832-355-9004
e-mail: rbogaev@heart.thi.tmc.edu  

Hospital affiliation: SLEH
Academic appointment: Assist. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville.
Specialty training: Univ. of Virginia; National Institutes of Health. 
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease); Am. Board Cardiology.
Specialty interests: Heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, cardiac transplantation, heart failure treatment research, noninvasive technology.

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Blase A. Carabello, MD
Chief, Cardiology, THI and SLEH;
Director, Center for Heart Valve Disease, THI
6770 Bertner, Suite C520
Houston, TX 77030 
e-mail: bcarabello@texasheart.org

Hospital affiliations: SLEH, VA Medical Center.
Academic appointment: Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Baylor.
Medical school: Temple University, Philadelphia, 1973.
Specialty training: Harvard Medical School; Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interest: Valvular heart disease, severe congestive heart failure, left ventricular function, cardio/renal disease.

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Robert J. Card, MD
6624 Fannin, Suite 2390, Houston, TX 77030
713-797-1620; FAX 713-797-1543
e-mail: csh@texas-heart.net

Hospital affiliations: SLEH, Sun Belt Regional, AMI Heights.
Academic appointment: Clin. Instructor, Baylor.
Medical school: Tulane U., 1974.
Specialty training: Parkland Hosp. (Dallas), SLEH, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interest: Clinical cardiology.

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S. Ward Casscells III, MD
Senior Research Scientist and
Director, Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques Research, THI

Medical School: Harvard, 1979, magna cum laude
Specialty training: Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston), Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston), Beth Israel Hospital (Boston), National Institutes of Health (Bethesda)
Certification: American Board Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Prediction and prevention of myocardial infarction; nonsurgical treatment of coronary artery disease and heart failure; angiogenesis .

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Benjamin Y. Cheong, MD, FACC, FRCP
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
6720 Bertner Ave., MC 2-270
Houston, TX  77030
832-355-8968; FAX 832-355-4741
e-mail: bcheong@sleh.com  

Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Language: Cantonese.
Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology, Radiology - Baylor.
Medical school: University of Liverpool, England, 1994.
Specialty training: Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston. 
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Internal medicine, cardiology, cardiovascular MRI/CT imaging; myocardial viability; perfusion; coronary artery and aortic disease.

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Patrick J. Cook, MD, FACC, FACP
Medical Clinic of Houston
1701 Sunset Blvd.
Houston, TX 77005 
713-526-5511

Hospital affiliations: SLEH, Methodist, Travis center Angiography.
Academic appointment: Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: Baylor, 1979.
Specialty training: SLEH, Baylor, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization, interventional cardiology.

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Stephanie A. Coulter, MD
Director, Center for Women's Heart & Vascular Health, THI
6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; FAX 713-790- 0353
e-mail: leachman@leachmancardiology.com

Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Baylor.
Medical school: UTMSH.
Specialty training: THI.
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Echocardiography, valvular heart disease, women and heart disease.

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Barry R. Davis, MD, PhD
University of Texas School of Public Health
1200 Herman Pressler St., E-801
Houston, TX 77030
713-500-9515; FAX 713-500-9530
e-mail: Barry.R.Davis@uth.tmc.edu

Academic appointment: Prof. of Biometry, UTSPH.
Medical school: UCSD, 1977.
Specialty training: U. Massachusetts, Brown U.
Certification: Am. Board of Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.
Specialty interests: Clinical trials, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, biostatistics.

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Reynolds M. Delgado III, MD, FACC
Medical Director, Mechanical Assist Devices in Heart Failure, THI
6624 Fannin, Suite 2420, Houston, TX 77030
713-383-9300; FAX 713-383-8306

Hospital affiliations: SLEH, Park Plaza.
Academic appointments: Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor; Clin. Asst. Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: UTMSW.
Specialty training: UTMSW, UTMSH.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Treatment of CHF, cardiac transplantation.

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Jose G. Diez, MD, FACC, FSCAI
19770 Kingsland Blvd, Suite 340, Houston, TX 77094
281-599-6970; FAX 281-599-6977
e-mail: jgdiez@mac.com  

Hospital affiliations: CHRISTUS St. Catherine; SLEH; VAMC (Houston).
Appointments: Associate Editor, Texas Heart Institute Journal; Senior Research Scientist, THI.
Medical school: Pontificia Univ. Javeriana Medical School (Bogota, D.C., Colombia).
Specialty training: Boston University School of Medicine, THI, SLEH, Baylor College of Medicine.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology (coronary, structural, aortic valve, and peripheral interventions), acute coronary syndromes, acute and chronic aortic syndromes, antiplatelet and antithrombin therapies.

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MacArthur A. Elayda, MD, PhD
Vice President, Biostatistics & Epidemiology, THI 
PO Box 20345, MC 3-239
Houston, TX  77225-0345
832-355-3730; FAX 832-355-2961
e-mail: melayda@heart.thi.tmc.edu  

Hospital affiliation: THI, SLEH 
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof. Medicine, UTMS-H; Assist. Prof. Medicine, Baylor.
Medical school: Univ. of Phillipines, Manila.
Specialty training: National Institute of Cardiology (Mexico City); Texas Heart Institute;  St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital; Baylor College of Medicine.  
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular epidemiology, biostatistics, outcomes research in cardiovascular disease, risk scoring techniques, research database development.

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Sayed F. Feghali, MD
6624 Fannin, Suite 1720, Houston, TX 77030
713-797-0200; FAX 713-797-0228

Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: American U. (Lebanon), 1978.
Specialty training: American U., THI, Baylor.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure.

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R. David Fish, MD, FACC
Director, Interventional Cardiology Research and Education, THI
Co-Director, Center for Heart Valve Disease, THI
6624 Fannin, Suite 2220, Houston, TX 77030
713-791-9400; FAX 713-795-5651
e-mail: mturner@bluegate.com

Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Medical school: Southwestern, 1982.
Specialty training: Massachusetts Gen. Hosp. (Boston), Brigham and Women's Hosp. (Boston).
Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, coronary and peripheral vascular stents, cardiac electrophysiology, pacemakers.

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Wayne J. Franklin, MD 
6620 Main St., MS 621
Houston, TX 77030
713-798-2545; FAX 713-798-2578
e-mail: wjf@bcm.tmc.edu

Hospital affiliation: SLEH, TCH.
Academic appointments: Asst. Prof. Medicine and Pediatrics, Baylor; Medical Director, Texas Adult Congenital Heart Center (TACH).
Medical school: U. of California Los Angeles, 1997.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Medicine
Specialty interests: Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Clinical expertise in echocardiography, diagnostic catheterization, nuclear cardiology, intensive care, pediatric cardiology. Research interests in adult congenital heart disease, heart failure, single ventricle physiology.