The University of Texas Medical School
Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty Roster by Division

 

H. Vernon “Skip” Anderson, M.D., Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-6576

Email:              H.V.Anderson@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:         Sandra Vick

Phone:             713-500-6576

Email:              Sandra.K.Vick@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interest:  Interventional cardiology, coronary stents, coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndromes.

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Michael Bungo, M.D., Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-5532

Email:              Michael.W.Bungo@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Karen Harvey

Phone:            713-500-7596

Email:             Karen.Harvey@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interest:  General non-invasive cardiology

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Zhiqiang Chen, M.D., Instructor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:              713-500-6496

Email:               Zhiqiang.Chen@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests:  unavailable

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Emma Cid, M.D., Assistant Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:            713-566-4550

Email:             Emma.Cid@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:         Sandra Vick

Phone:            713-500-6576

Email:             Sandra.K.Vick@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests:  General cardiology, adult cardiovascular disease, echo and TEE.

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Ali Denktas, M.D., Assistant Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:            713-500-6590

Email:             Ali.E.Denktas@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:       Sonya Emmert

Phone:           713-500-6590

Email:            Sonya.K.Emmert@uth.tmc.edu

 

Clinical Interests and Procedural Expertise:  Adult cardiovascular disease.  Research Interests:  Stem Cell Infusion in acute myocardial infarction.

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Anne Dougherty, M.D., Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-6590

Email:              Anne.H.Dougherty@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Sonya Emmert

Phone:            713-500-6590

Email:             Sonya.K.Emmert@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests:  Cardio electrophysiology and arrhythmias

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David Engler, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine - Research

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             832-355-2989

Email:              David.A.Engler@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research Interests:   proteomics of cardiovascular diseases.

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Frank Fuentes, M.D., Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:            713-500-6576

Email:             Francisco.Fuentes@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Sandra Vick

Phone:            713-500-6576

Email:             Sandra.K.Vick@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests:  General, invasive, and preventive cardiology, echocardiography, coronary artery disease and diabetes.

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Yong-Jian Geng, M.D., Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:              713-500-3073

Email:               Yong-Jian.Geng@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:         Susanna Patras

Phone:             713-500-6071

Email:              Suzana.pastragus@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests:  Atherosclerosis and heart failure

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K. Lance Gould, M.D., Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-6611

Email:              gould@pet.med.uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Susan Hood

Phone:            713-500-6611

Email:              Susan.M.Hood@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests:  Non-invasive imaging, nuclear cardiology, and PET imaging.

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Andrew J. Hamilton, M.D., Ph.D.,

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-6614

Email:              Andrew.J.Hamilton@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Kathy Brucki

Phone:            713-500-6559

Email:             Kathy.M.Brucki@uth.tmc.edu

 

Clinical Interests:  early detection, prevention and reversal of coronary artery disease, evaluation of valvular heart disease, heart failure, cardiovascular imaging including echocardiography, cardiovascular CT and vascular ultrasound.
Research Interest: ultrasound for early detection of coronary heart disease, cardiac CT in high risk patients without symptoms, targeted ultrasound contrast agents for ultrasound tissue enhancement and targeted drug and gene delivery.

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John P. Higgins, M.D., Assistant Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-6553

Email:              John.P.Higgins@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Karen Harvey

Phone:            713-500-7596

Email:             Karen.Harvey@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests: 

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Shao-Ling Huang, M.D., Assistant Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-2338

Email:              shaoling.huang@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests:  coronary hemodynamics and vascular macro structure.

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Bharat Kantharia, M.D., Associate Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-6590

Email:              Bharat.K.Kantharia@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Sonya Emmert

Phone:            713-500-6590

Email:             Sonya.K.Emmert@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests: arrhythmia mechanisms and clinical trials evaluating new pharmacological agents, designs of catheters, devices and mapping systems. 

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Patrick Kee, M.D., Assistant Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-5912

Email:              Patrick.Kee@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Karen Harvey

Phone:            713-500-7596

Email:             Karen.Harvey@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research Interests: Atherobiology, Lipid metabolism, Molecular imaging of atherosclerosis
Clinical Interest:
Non-invasive cardiac imaging, Preventive cardiology, Lipidology
 

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hyunggun Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-2338

Email:              Hyunggun.Kim@uth.tmc.edu

   

Research Interests: Molecular ultrasound imaging for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Computational biomechanics for the evaluation and prediction of physiologic characteristics of the cardiovascular system. 

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Melvin klegerman, ph.d.,

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-2338

Email:              Melvin.E.Klegerman@uth.tmc.edu

   

Research Interests: Development of targeted ultrasound contrast agents for the study, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. 

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Susan Laing, M.D., Associate Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-6630

Email:              Susan.T.Laing@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Sandra Vick

Phone:            713-500-6576

Email:             Sandra.K.Vick@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests: Echocardiography, Prevention, Exercise and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Women’s Health, Novel Contrast Agents for Diagnosis and Therapy 

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Richard “Rick” Kirkeeide, Ph.D., Associate Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-6580

Email:              Richard.L.Kirkeeide@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:        Sonya Emmert

Phone:            713-500-6590

Email:             Sonya.K.Emmert@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests:  coronary hemodynamics and vascular macro structure.

 

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N. Kunapareddy

 

Narendra kunapareddy, ms, Instructor, Office of Biotechnology

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:             713-500-3937

Email:              Narendra.Kunapareddy@uth.tmc.edu

   

Research/Clinical Interests: Distributed object computing infrastructures, e.g., J2EE,.NET, Web services and semantic Web services, information brokering. 

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Catalin Loghin, M.D., Assistant Professor

 

Cardiology

 

Phone:                713-500-6604

Email:                 Catalin.Loghin@uth.tmc.edu

 

Assistant:           Sandra Vick

Phone:               713-500-6576

Email:                Sandra.K.Vick@uth.tmc.edu

 

Research/Clinical Interests:  General cardiology, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

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