Faculty Accolades

The following is a list of our local, state, national and international accomplishments, awards, recognitions, committee positions and other accolades.

Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD
• Treasurer, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ladder to president)
• Beverly B. and Daniel C. Arnold Distinguished Endowered Chair in Cardiology

Arvind Bhimaraj, MD
• Chairman/Committee, Early Career, Heart Failure Society of America
• Co-Chair/High-Risk/Surgery Committee, Heart Failure and Transplant Section, American College of Cardiology

Su Min Chang. MD
• Customer Service Award, William S. Middleton Memorial VAMC Department of Veteran Affairs Chapter
• Member, American Society of Echocardiography Information Technology Committee
• External Reviewer, Cardiac Computed Tomography Appropriateness Use Criteria, American College of Cardiology

Bindu Chebrolu, MD
• Women in Cardiology Committee (Co-Chair), Texas Chapter, American College of Cardiology
• Credentialing and Member Services Subcommittee, American College of Cardiology
• CME Committee, American Society of Echocardiography
• Cardiology FIT (Fellows in training) Jeopardy Committee, Texas Chapter, American College of Cardiology
• Committee Member, American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI)

Nadeen Faza, MD
• CME Editor and social media consultant, Journal of American College of Cardiology (JACC Case Reports)
• Chair, Social Media, Texas Chapter, American College of Cardiology
• Member, Public Relations Committee & Twitter Journal Club Task Force, American Society of Echocardiography
• Member, Curriculum Design Committee, American College of Cardiology

Nadia Fida, MD
• Member, Early Career Council, American College of Cardiology
• Chair, Webinars Working Group, ECC, ACC

Sachin Goel, MD
• SCAI Emerging Leader Mentorship (ELM) Program Circle Member
• CRT 2019 Young Leadership Recognition Program

Mahwash Kassi, MD
• Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group Grant
• Texas A&M Presidential Research Partnership Grant

Neal Kleiman, MD
• Master Interventionalist, Society of Cardiovascular Interventions and Angiography, 2018
• Journal of American College of Cardiology - Elite Reviewer, 2007-2008
• Established Investigator Award: The Platelet Colloquium, 2009
• Simon Dack Award for Scholarship: Journal of American College of Cardiology, 2009
• Co-Chair, ACC Annual Scientific Session, 2000 & 2013

Stephen Little, MD
• Vice President, American Society of Echocardiography (ladder position to President)
• Endowed Chair: John S. Dunn Chair in Cardiovascular Education and Research

Maan Malahfji, MD
• Associate Editor of the Methodist Debakey Cardiovascular Journal
• Rising Star Committee Member, CME committee, American Society of Echocardiography

Faisal Nabi, MD
• Chair, TX chapter ACC Imaging Section

Khurram Nasir, MD
• Member, Applied Health Innovation Consortium Workgroup (American College of Cardiology)
• Society of Cardiac CT, Arthur S. Agaston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award, 2020
• Board of Directors, American Society of Preventive Cardiology (ASPC)
• Board of Directors, Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography (SCCT), 2014-2017

Miguel Quinones, MD
• Editor-in-Chief, Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
• Master of the American College of Cardiology (MACC), 2012
• Board of Trustees, American College of Cardiology, 2004-2009
• American Society of Echocardiography Recipient Physician Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, 2012

Dipan Shah, MD
• Beverly B. and Daniel C. Arnold Distinguished Centennial Chair in the Department of Cardiology
• Texas Chapter, American College of Cardiology, Co-Chair, Annual CME Meeting
• Publication Committee, Vice-Chair, Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR)

Barry Trachtenberg, MD
• Chair, Heart Failure Section of Texas Chapter, American College of Cardiology
• Co-Chair, Educational Planning Committee, Texas Chapter, American College of Cardiology

William Zoghbi, MD
• Master of the American College of Cardiology (MACC)
• President, American Society of Echocardiography, 2008-2009
• President, American College of Cardiology, 2012-2013
• Board of Trustees, American College of Cardiology, 2001-2015