Joggy K. George, MD
Joggy K. George, MD
About Dr. Joggy K. George
Dr. George graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in biochemistry and graduated from Ross University School of Medicine with Highest Honors. After completing his internal medicine residency at Maimonides Medical Center, he moved to Houston for his training in cardiovascular medicine. He completed his fellowships in Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology as well as Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation at Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine. During his residency and fellowship training, he received many notable awards, including Resident and Fellow of the Year as well as selection as Chief Cardiology Fellow and Chief Interventional Cardiology Fellow. Thereafter, he has stayed on in the Texas Medical Center in private practice and is on the medical staff at Houston Methodist Hospital. During his tenure as professional staff at Texas Heart Institute and clinical faculty he has excelled in the practice of cardiovascular medicine and has continued to be recognized for the clinical and teaching aptitude. Dr. George has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards, as selected by the fellows and has received the Physician-Nurse Collegiality Award at the Heart Institute.
Dr. George is a Debakey Center Member & of the JC Walter Transplant Center. He is a member of the Debakey Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation Service at Houston Methodist.
Dr. George is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, interventional cardiology and advanced heart failure / transplantation. He is also board certified in comprehensive echocardiography by the National Board of Echocardiography.
Dr. George provides patient centered, comprehensive care of cardiovascular illnesses, with a particular focus on management of complex atherosclerotic disease and cardiomyopathy.
Clinical Interests
Heart Transplant
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Pulmonary Hypertension
Right Heart Failure
Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure
Cardiogenic Shock
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy
Myocarditis
Accepted Insurance Plans
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Aetna Choice POS / Open Choice
- Aetna EPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna International
- Aetna Managed Choice / Elect Choice
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna TRS ActiveCare
- Blue Advantage HMO
- Blue Advantage HMO Plus
- Blue Choice POS
- Blue Choice PPO
- Blue Choice PPO Affordable Care Act/Marketplace plan
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Best Choice PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage PPO/UT Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
- Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Select Choice PPO
- Cardiovascular Care Providers
- CARDIOVASCULAR CARE PROVIDERS
- Cigna Allegiance
- Cigna Allegiance Houston Methodist Employee Medical Plan
- Cigna APWU
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Network
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- Coventry PPO
- HMO Blue
- Humana HMO / EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Molina HealthCare
- TRS-Care Medicare Advantage PPO Plan
- UnitedHealthcare EPO
- UnitedHealthcare HMO
- UnitedHealthcare POS
- UnitedHealthcare PPO
- WellMed UHC Dual Complete HMO D-SNP
Credentials
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology | American Board of Internal Medicine | 2014
- Interventional Cardiology | American Board of Internal Medicine | 2014
- Cardiovascular Disease | American Board of Internal Medicine | 2013
- Comprehensive Echocardiography | National Board of Echocardiography | 2013
- Internal Medicine | American Board of Internal Medicine | 2008
- Ross University School of Medicine - Roseau, Dominica | 2005
- Internal Medicine | Maimonides Medical Center - Brooklyn, NY | 2008
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation | Texas Heart Institute - Houston, TX | 2009
- Cardiovascular Diseases | Texas Heart Institute - Houston, TX | 2013
- Interventional Cardiology | Texas Heart Institute - Houston, TX | 2014
- Houston Methodist Hospital
- Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
- Houston Methodist J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Languages
- English
- French
- Arabic
- Spanish
- Urdu
- Hindi
- Malayalam