Heart Transplant Team

Cindy Martin, MD
Chief, Division of Advanced Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory System
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Co-Director, Heart Failure Translation Research Laboratory

Co-Director, Heart Failure Disease Management Service

Associate Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute

Associate Clinical Member, Houston Methodist Academic Institute

Associate Professor of Medicine
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Weill Cornell Medical College

Syed Ahsan, MD
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiologist

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Erik Eddie Suarez, MD
Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation Program
Associate Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Academic Institute
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Weill Cornell Medical College

Ashrith Guha, MD, MPH, FACC

Medical Director, Heart Transplant & MCS Program

Director, PH & RV Failure Program (MHHAVC)

Co-Director, CTEPH Program

Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiologist
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Weill Cornell Medical College

Imad Hussain, MD

Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiologist
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute

Assistant Clinical Member, Academic Institute 

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Weill Cornell Medical College

Sapna Legha, MD

Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiologist

Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure
Houston Methodist The Woodlands

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Rayan Yousefzai, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist

Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute

Assistant Clinical Member, Academic Institute

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Unit

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Weill Cornell Medical College

Ju H. Kim, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist

Associate Medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute 

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Weill Cornell Medical College

Nadia Fida, MD, FACC

Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiologist

Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute
Assistant Clinical Member, Academic Institute

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Weill Cornell Medical College

Mahwash Kassi, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist

Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute 

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Weill Cornell Medical College

Phillip Chou, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Guillermo Torre-Amione, MD, PhD, FACC

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute

Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center

Weill Cornell Medical College

President of TecSalud

Vice President of Research

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Salman Bandeali, MD

Alexander Butkevich, MD

Barry H. Trachtenberg, MD, FACC

Joggy George, MD

Priyanka Sen, MD