Amer Ardati, MD—is a an interventional cardiologist. Dr. Ardati serves as the Medical
Director of the UIC CCU where he focuses on quality improvement and education. Prior
to joining UIC Amer served on the cardiology faculty at the University of Michigan
where he had trained in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology.
Dr. Ardati's research interests are in assessing medical practice patterns and their
impact on health-care quality.
Boaz Avitall, MD, PhD—is an Electrophysiologist. In addition to his clinical work
in the electrophysiology lab, Dr. Avitall has a large animal research lab were he
investigates new technologies for cardiac arrhythmia ablation, pacing for atrial
fibrillation suppression and atrial remolding.
Nitin Barman, MD—is an interventional cardiologist. He is the Chief of Cardiology
and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Thorek Memorial Hospital.
His interests include complex coronary interventions peripheral interventions and
percutaneous treatment of aortic valve disease.
Joan Briller, MD—is a non-invasive cardiologist and echocardiographer. She is the
Director of the Womens Health Program and of Treadmill Exercise Lab. She has an interest
in women's issues in cardiac disease, gender differences in risk factors and therapy,
and in pregnancy and heart disease. She has cared for several hundred women who were
pregnant with cardiac complications
Robert Danziger, MD, PhD—is a non-invasive cardiologist and an associate Professor
of Medicine, Physiology, and Pharmacology. His primary research interests include
genetics of complex disorders such as high blood pressure. He is the recipient of
National Institute of Health, Veterans Administration, and American Heart Association
funding.
Ankit A. Desai, MD—is a non-invasive cardiology and translational researcher. His
lab investigates the pathophysiology and treatment for pulmonary hypertension, heart
failure, and lung injury with a focus on under-represented minorities and patients
with sickle cell disease. He utilizes novel genome-wide plaforms in expression profiling,
metabolomics, and genotyping along with advanced cardiovascular imaging with the
goal of personalizing medicine for patients susceptible to these diseases.
Afshin Farzaneh-Far, MD, PhD—is a non-invasive cardiologist and echocardiograher.
He is the Director of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging . His interests include
the use of MR for evaluation of cardiomyopathies and stress MR imaging.
Leon J. Frazin, MD— is a non-invasive cardiologist and echocardiographer. He is
the Director of Echocardiography at Jesse brown VA Hospital. In 1975 he introduced
transesophageal echocardiographic methodology which today is used worldwide. Research
work includes the first description of helical blood flow in the descending aorta
and establishing anatomic landmarks for imaging the descending aorta. He holds multiple
patents on ultrasound technology.
Christopher Gans, MD—is a non-interventional cardiologist and echocardiographer.
His interests include invasive hemodynamic assessment of patients with heart failure
and pulmonary hypertension and advanced therapies for heart failure.
Mayank Kansal, MD - is a non-invasive cardiologist and echocardiographer. He is
the Director of the Genetic Cardiomyopathy Clinic at UIC and the Heart Failure clinic
at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. His research interests include speckle strain
echocardiography in detecting preclinical disease, as well as the validation of the
utility of 3D echocardiographic imaging. His clinical areas of interest are in multidisciplinary
heart failure management and multimodality imaging in genetic diseases that affect
the heart.
George T. Kondos, MD - is the Chief of Clinical Cardiology and Vice Chair of the
Department of Medicine. His interests focus on the detection of subclinical cardiovascular
disease using Electron Beam Computed Technology. He has developed one of the few
Cardiovascular Teaching Centers in the Midwest using Harvey, a patient mannequin,
to simulate twenty-seven different cardiovascular diseases, a Heart Sound Simulator,
and numerous multimedia computer assisted instruction programs.
Jefferson Lee - is an electrophysiologist. His clinical interests in cardiac electrophysiology
include ablation of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias as well as implantation of
pacemakers, cardioverter-defibrillators, and CRT devices. His research interests
include the metabolic profiles of patients with ICD's who experience ventricular
tachycardia and fibrillation, He also has interests in telemedicine, especially for
specialty care outreach to underserved populations.
Jalees Rehman, MD - is a non-invasive cardiologist and basic researcher. He studies
the biology of regenerative stem and progenitor cells in the cardiovascular system.
His lab is investigating the role of mitochondrial metabolism and reactive oxygen
species as regulators of stem cell differentiation, the maturation and senescence
of endothelial progenitor cells, studying the role of mitochondrial networks in cell
proliferation and the angiogenic potential of adult mesenchymal stem cells. More
recently, they have begun to use induced pluripotent stem cells because they represent
a new approach to create disease-in-the-dish models.
Melissa Robinson Wood, MD - is an electrophysiologist. She is the acting director
of Clinical Electrophysiology. Her interests include ventricular arrhythmia management
including endocardial and epicardial ablation as well as atrial fibrillation ablation.
Adhir Shroff, MD, MPH - is an interventional cardiologist. He is the Director of
the Cardiac Catheterization lab and interventional cardiology fellowship program.
His interests relate to outcomes research in PCI, quality of care, medication adherence,
and gender disparities
Thomas Stamos, MD - is a non-invasive cardiologist and echocardiographer. He is the
Director of the Heart Failure Program, Director of the Echocardiography Lab and Director
of the Fellowship Program. His interests include investigating individual ancestry
as a predictor of response to heart failure therapy and the use of pharmacogenetics
for personalizing heart failure therapy.
Mladen Vidovich, MD - is an interventional cardiologist. He is Director of the Division
of Cardiology at the Jesse Brown VA. His clinical interests in include coronary and
peripheral intervention as well in CT angiography. His research interests include
outcome and cost-effectiveness analysis, time-dependent modeling for outcome analysis
and heart-mind interaction.
