Jorge A. Garcia-Gregory, MD, FACC, FACP
6624 Fannin, Suite 2310, Houston, TX 77030
713-796-2668; Fax 713-790-0591
e-mail:
jgarcia570@aol.com Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Assoc. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Puerto Rico, 1973.
Specialty training: Baylor, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology.
Yong-Jian Geng, MD, PhD
Director, Heart Failure and Stem Cell Research Laboratory, THI.
UTHSC at Houston School of Medicine
6431 Fannin, MSB 6.037, Houston, TX 77030
713-500-6607; Fax 832-355-6500
Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Medical school: Suzhou Medical College, 1982.
Specialty training: Boston.
Specialty interests: Stem cell therapy, atherosclerosis,
heart failure.
Domingo G. Gonzalez, Jr., MD
902 Frostwood, Suite 215, Houston, TX 77024
713-465-2383; Fax 713-465-3056
Hospital affiliations: SLEH, Memorial Northwest, Spring Branch.
Medical school: UTHSCD, 1983.
Specialty training: THI, Methodist.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med.
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular diseases.
Jorge F. Guttin, MD 6624 Fannin, Suite 2220, Houston, TX 77030
713-791-9400; Fax 713-795-5651
e-mail:
mturner@bluegate.com Hospital affiliations: SLEH, Methodist, Memorial Hosp. System, Woman's
Academic appointments: Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor;
Clin. Asst. Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: UNAM, 1969.
Specialty training: Philadelphia Gen. Hosp., Baylor, Ben Taub, VA, Methodist, SLEH.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Cardiac catheterization, hemodynamics, angioplasty, echocardiography.
Sheila K. Heinle, MD, FACC, FASE
6624 Fannin, Suite 2480
Houston, TX 77030
713-529-5530; Fax 713-791-1786
e-mail:
hallgar@hgcardio.com Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Medical school: Univ. Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Specialty training: Duke Univ. Medical Center.
Certification: Amer. Board Internal Medicine; Amer. Board Cardiovascular Disease; Nat'l Board Echocardiography (Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography).
Specialty interests: Cardiology, echocardiography, echo assessment of valvular heart disease, clinical echocardiography, echocardiography teaching.
Eduardo A. Hernandez-Vila, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
leachman@leachmancardiology.com Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Puerto Rico, 1994.
Specialty training: U. Alabama, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology).
Specialty interests: General cardiology, interventional cardiology, advanced peripheral interventions, nuclear medicine, carotid stenting, aneurysms and limb salvage.
Patrick J. Hogan, MD, FACC Director, Learning Resource Center, THI;
Co-Chairman, Medical Education Committee, THI.
6624 Fannin, Suite 2220, Houston, TX 77030
713-791-9400; Fax 713-795-5651
e-mail:
mturner@bluegate.com Hospital affiliations: SLEH, TCH, Methodist, Hermann.
Academic appointments: Clin. Assoc. Prof., Baylor;
Clin. Asst. Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: Georgetown U., 1970.
Specialty training: Baylor Affiliated Hosps., TCH, SLEH, THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, atherectomy, laser angioplasty, cardiac transplantation, pacemakers, stents.
Surendra K. Jain, MD, FACC
6624 Fannin, Suite 2320, Houston, TX 77030
713-797-1111; Fax 713-790-0008
e-mail:
skj2133@hotmail.com Hospital affiliations: SLEH, TMH.
Academic appointments: Clin. Asst. Prof., Baylor;
Clin. Asst. Prof., UTMSH.
Medical school: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 1975.
Specialty training: SLEH, Beekman Downtown Hosp. (New York), Westchester County Med. Center (Valhalla, NY).
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Cardology, Invasive Cardiology).
Specialty interests: Interventional cardiology, heart failure.
Carlos R. Jessurun, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2390, Houston, TX 77030
713-797-1620; Fax 713-797-1543
e-mail:
csh@texas-heart.net Hospital affiliations: SLEH, E. Hou. Regional Med. Ctr.
Academic appointment: Clin. Instructor, Baylor.
Medical school: Washington U.
Specialty training: THI.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Clinical cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiology, cardiac catheterization, angiography.
Peter H. Jones, MD, FACP
6565 Fannin, Suite B157, Houston, TX 77030
713-798-4185; Fax 713-798-7885
email:
jones@bcm.tmc.edu Hospital affiliations: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Baylor
Medical school: Baylor College of Medicine.
Certification: Am. Board of Internal Medicine; Am. Board of Clinical Lipidology.
Specialty interests: Preventive cardiology, Clinical lipidology, Obesity, Drug therapy for dyslipidemia.
Biswajit Kar, MD
6720 Bertner, MC 1-268
Houston, TX 77030
832-355-9022
Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assistant Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Delhi, India, 1988
Specialty training: Escorts Heart Research Institute, New Delhi; Baylor College of Medicine.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: New therapies in cardiovascular medicine, treatment of heart failure
Zvonimir Krajcer, MD Co-Director, Peripheral Vascular Disease Service, THI
6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
kbrown@leachmancardiology.com Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Zagreb (Croatia), 1970.
Specialty training: Northwestern U., SLEH.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization, interventional cardiology, atherectomy, laser angioplasty, cardiac transplantation, stent-grafts for abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid artery stenting, treatment of peripheral vascular disease.
D. Richard Leachman, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
leachman@leachmancardiology.com Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Assoc. Prof., UTHSCH.
Medical school: Southwestern, 1977.
Specialty training: Parkland Hosp. (Dallas).
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization, angiography, interventional cardiology.
J. Alberto Lopez, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
leachman@leachmancardiology.com Hospital affiliation: SLEH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Instructor, Baylor.
Medical school: Venezuela Central U., 1984.
Specialty training: Good Samaritan Hosp., U. Cincinnati; Mayo Clinic (Minnesota); THI; Baylor; Memorial Hosp., U. Miami.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Critical Care Medicine).
Specialty interests: Arrythmias, pacing defibrillation, cardiac electrophysiology, cardiovascular critical care.
Roberto Lufschanowski, MD, FACC 6624 Fannin, Suite 2780, Houston, TX 77030
713-790-9401; Fax 713-790-0353
e-mail:
leachman@leachmancardiology.com Hospital affiliations: SLEH, TCH.
Academic appointment: Clin. Prof., Baylor.
Medical school: U. Buenos Aires, 1964.
Specialty training: Mt. Sinai Hosp. (Chicago), VA (Washington, D.C.), Baylor.
Certification: Am. Board Internal Med. (Cardiovascular Disease).
Specialty interests: Adult and pediatric cardiology.
