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Our Heart & Vascular Team

UChicago Medicine’s heart and vascular care team includes some of the nation’s best minds in cardiology, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery and research. Our experts offer treatments not available at other hospitals, providing hope for patients with even the most complex conditions.

Meet Our Heart & Vascular Team

Karima Addetia, MDKarima Addetia, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Charina Alcain, MSNCharina Alcain, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Francis Alenghat, MD, PhDFrancis Alenghat, MD, PhD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Zaid Aziz, MDZaid Aziz, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Trissa A. Babrowski, MDTrissa A. Babrowski, MD

Surgery

Husam H. Balkhy, MDHusam H. Balkhy, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)

Andrew Beaser, MDAndrew Beaser, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Mark Belkin, MDMark Belkin, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Clayton Brinster, MDClayton Brinster, MD

Vascular Surgery

Bow (Ben) Young Chung, MDBow (Ben) Young Chung, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Michael H. Davidson, MDMichael H. Davidson, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Jeanne DeCara, MDJeanne DeCara, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Chelsea Dorsey, MDChelsea Dorsey, MD

Vascular Surgery

Kathleen Drinan, DOKathleen Drinan, DO

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Michael Earing, MDMichael Earing, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Ibett Colina Garcia, MDIbett Colina Garcia, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Charles German, MD, MSCharles German, MD, MS

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Jonathan Grinstein, MDJonathan Grinstein, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Narutoshi Hibino, MD, PhDNarutoshi Hibino, MD, PhD

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Valluvan Jeevanandam, MDValluvan Jeevanandam, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)

Amber E. Johnson, MD, MS, MBA

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Sara Kalantari, MDSara Kalantari, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Gene H. Kim, MDGene H. Kim, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Hiroto Kitahara, MDHiroto Kitahara, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)

Surya Kumar, MDSurya Kumar, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)

Roberto M. Lang, MDRoberto M. Lang, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Aaron Manshaem, MMSAaron Manshaem, MMS

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)

Moira McDowell, MSNMoira McDowell, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Ross Milner, MDRoss Milner, MD

Surgery

Kathy Nagle, MSNKathy Nagle, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSSandeep Nathan, MD, MS

Interventional Cardiology

Ann Nguyen, MDAnn Nguyen, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

David Onsager, MDDavid Onsager, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)

Takeyoshi Ota, MD, PhDTakeyoshi Ota, MD, PhD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)

Cevher Ozcan, MDCevher Ozcan, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Lira Palen, MSNLira Palen, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Hena Patel, MDHena Patel, MD

Cardiac Imaging

Jonathan D. Paul, MDJonathan D. Paul, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Luka Pocivavsek, MD, PhDLuka Pocivavsek, MD, PhD

Vascular Surgery

Tamar Polonsky, MDTamar Polonsky, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Christopher T. Salerno, MDChristopher T. Salerno, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)

Nitasha Sarswat, MDNitasha Sarswat, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Emilie Sauser, MSNEmilie Sauser, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Sarah Sebastian, MSPASarah Sebastian, MSPA

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Atman P. Shah, MDAtman P. Shah, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Prateek Sharma, MDPrateek Sharma, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Christopher Skelly, MDChristopher Skelly, MD

Surgery

Jeremy A. Slivnick, MDJeremy A. Slivnick, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Bryan Smith, MDBryan Smith, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Matthew Sorrentino, MDMatthew Sorrentino, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Stanley Swat, MDStanley Swat, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Corey Tabit, MDCorey Tabit, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MDGaurav A. Upadhyay, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology

R. Parker Ward, MDR. Parker Ward, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

Srinath Yeshwant, MDSrinath Yeshwant, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)

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