Program leadership

Aasim M. Afzal, MD, MBA, FACC, FHFSA
Program Director

Specialties: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Robert Gottlieb, MD, PhD, FACC
Associate Program Director

Specialties: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Faculty

Sahil Bakshi, DO
Core Faculty

Specialties: Cardiovascular Disease

Timothy George, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery

Marika Harada, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Nitin Kabra, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Gregory Milligan, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease

David Rawitscher, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Cardiovascular Disease, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Akash Rusia, MD
Core Faculty

Specialties: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine

Fellows

PGY-8

Khaled Ojjoh, MD
University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine
Federico Oliveri, PhD
Università Politecnica delle Marche Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia

Alumni

2022-2023 graduates

Megan Toole, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Baylor Scott & White Cardiovascular Consultants, Grapevine
 

2021-2022 graduates

Imran Baig, MD
Interventional & Structural Cardiologist
Connected Cardiovascular Care Associates
Arthur Lee, MD
Cardiac Surgeon
University of British Columbia
 

2020-2021 graduates

Clarence Findley, MD, PhD
Interventional & Structural Cardiologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Carmen Tugulan, MD
Thoracic Surgeon
Christiana Care Health Services
 

2019-2020 graduates

Adam Shpigel, MD
Cardiologist
Memorial Heart and Vascular Center of Excellence
 

2018-2019 graduates

Karim Al-Azizi, MD
Interventional & Structural Cardiologist
Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano
Anita Krueger, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Baylor Scott & White Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Fort Worth
 

2017-2018 graduates

Sibi Thomas, DO
Interventional & Structural Cardiologist
Centennial Medical Center
 

2016-2017 graduates

Sukhdeep Basra, MD
Interventional & Structural Cardiologist
UT Health Science Center at Houston
Deborah Tabahnick, MD
Thoracic Surgeon
Rush University Medical Center