Cardiology Physicians

Faculty members of the Division of Cardiology at UTMB Health are strongly motivated to provide our patients with state-of-the-art and compassionate care, made possible by their years of experience, teaching, and research. Our strength is specialization and teamwork–while each faculty member focuses on a very specialized area of cardiology, he/she collaborates with other experts to provide patients with the best overall care.

We have four major sections within our division: General Cardiology including Cardiac Imaging, Consultative and Inpatient Cardiology, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Heart Station; Heart Failure, Transplant, and Circulatory Assist Device Service; Heart Rhythm (Electrophysiology) Service; and Interventional Cardiology Service including Peripheral Vascular Intervention.

Members of your care team include:

 Masood Ahmad, MD

Director, Echocardiography Laboratory

Professor

Edward D. and Sally M. Futch Professorship in Cardiology

Clinical Focus: General Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging

 

Harvinder Arora, MD, MPH

Director, Victory Lakes Operation

Assistant Professor

Clinical Focus: Interventional Cardiology

 

Alejandro Barbagelata, MD

Associate Director, Heart Failure, Transplant, and Circulatory Assist Device Service

Associate Professor

Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Fellowship

Clinical Focus: Heart Failure and Transplant

 

George Carayannopoulos, MD

Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Service

Assistant Professor

Clinical Focus: Cardiac Electrophysiology

 

Ken Fujise, MD

Director, Division of Cardiology

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program

Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

John Sealy Distinguished Centennial Chair in Cardiology

Clinical Focus: Interventional Cardiology

 

Syed Gilani, MD

Director, Peripheral Vascular Intervention

Assistant Professor

Clinical Focus: Interventional Cardiology

 

Wissam Khalife, MD

Director (Interim), Heart Failure, Transplant, and Circulatory Assist Device Service

Assistant Professor

Clinical Focus: Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, and Circulatory Assist Device

 

Shreyas Modi, MD

Assistant Professor

Director, Heart Station and Cardiac Rehabilitation

Quality Improvement Champion

Clinical Focus: General Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging

 

Mohamed Morsy, MD

Assistant Professor

Clinical Focus: General Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging

 

Umamahesh Rangasetty, MD

Assistant Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Assistant Professor

Clinical Focus: Interventional Cardiology

 

Tony Tran, MD

Program Director, General Cardiology Fellowship

Assistant Professor

Clinical Focus: General Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging