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PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Barry H. Greenberg, MD, FACC
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Treatment Program
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA

PROGRAM CO-DIRECTOR

Marcus Anthony (Tony) Urey, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Heart Failure and Transplant
UC San Diego
La Jolla, CA


GUEST FACULTY

Matthew Budoff, MD
Investigator, Cardiology
Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Lundquist Institute
Torrance, CA

Uri Elkayam, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director Maternal Cardiology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Gregg Fonarow, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
The Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
Director, Ahmanson – UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center
Co-Director, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program
David Geffen School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASPC, MACE
Medical Director & Principal Investigator, Metabolic Institute of America
Chair Scientific Advisory board, DCMi- Diabetes, CardioRenal & Metabolism Institute  
Chair & Program Director World Congress on IR, DM & CVD & Heart in Diabetes 
Past- President: American College Endocrinology, American Association Clinical Endocrinologists, Pacific Lipids Association
Tarzana, CA

J. Thomas Heywood, MD, FACC
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Director, Heart Failure Research and Recovery Program
Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Scripps Clinic
San Diego, CA

Rola Khedraki, MD, FACC
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
Scripps Clinic, John R. Anderson V Medical Pavilion
San Diego, CA

Tracey McLaughlin, MD, MS
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism
Stanford Medicine
Stanford, CA

Ahmad Masri, MD, MS
Cardiologist
Associate Professor of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR

Hao (Howie) Tran, MD, FACC, FHFSA
Executive Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Hoag | Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart & Vascular Institute
Newport Beach, CA

Ronald Witteles, MD
Professor of Medicine – Cardiovascular Medicine
Co-Director of Stanford Amyloid Center
Co-Director of Stanford Multidisciplinary Sarcoidosis Program
Program Director for the Stanford Internal Medicine Residency Program
Stanford, CA

Richard Wright, MD, MACC
Cardiologist
Heart Failure and Transplantation Cardiology
Pacific Heart Institute
Santa Monica, CA

Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACC, FAHA, MACP, FHFSA, FRCP, FASPC (Hon.), FPCNA (Hon)
2022 HFSA Distinguished Leadership Award Winner
Vice Dean, Diversity & Inclusion
Professor of Medicine
Chief of Cardiology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Associate Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Professor, Department of Medical Social Sciences
Chicago, IL


UC SAN DIEGO FACULTY

Eric Adler, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
The Czarina and Humberto S. Lopez Chancellors Endowed Chair in Cardiology
Director Strauss Center for Cardiomyopathy & Section Head Heart Failure

Laith Alshawabkeh, MD, MSc, FPICS
Professor of Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Fellowship

Harpreet S. Bhatia, MD, MAS, FACC
Cardiologist and Epidemiologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Quan Bui, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist

Theresa Brush, PharmD

Jose Benjamin (Ben) Cruz Rodriguez, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Lori B. Daniels, MD, MAS, FACC, FAHA, FESC
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Cardiovascular ICU
Program Director, UCSD Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship

Neal Dixit, MD, MBA
Advanced Heart Failure Fellow
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Gordon Ho, MD, FACC, FHRS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Cardiac Electrophysiologist

Kimberly N. Hong, MD, MHSA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Advanced Heart Failure,
Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support

Jonathan C. Hsu, MD, MAS
Professor of Medicine
Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology
Division of Cardiology

Julia McCain, PA-C
Advanced Heart Failure

Omar Mesarwi, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Diana Otero Mostacero, MD
Cardiologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mazen Odish, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician

Demos Papamatheakis, MD
Professor of Medicine
Pulmonologist

Hilary Shapiro, MD, MSc, FACC
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology

Jia Shen, MD, MPH, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Bankers Hill
Cardiovascular Clinics
Department of Cardiology

Jorge Silva Enciso, MD, FACC
Professor of Medicine
Heart Failure and Transplant

Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC
Director of Preventive Cardiology
Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Nicholas Wettersten, MD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Heart Failure and Transplant


PATIENT ADVOCATES

Rhonda Monroe
BOOST - Better Outcomes Optimal Scientific Therapies™
Boone, NC

Lisa Salberg
Founder Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Foundation
Denville, NJ