Department of Medicine
Cardiology
Division Chief
Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Director, Sarver Heart Center
Professor, Medicine
Faculty
Tushar Acharya, MD, MPH
Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor, Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Program Director, Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship
Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Deepak Acharya, MD, MSPH
Professor, Medicine
Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Joseph S. Alpert, MD
Professor, Medicine
Professor, Clinical Translational Sciences
Vice Chair for Appointments & Promotion, Department of Medicine
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Alvaro Altamirano Ufion, MD
Fellow, Cardiovascular Diseases
Clinical Instructor
Hossein Ardehali, MD, PhD
The Irving L. Levinson Professor of Cardiology
Professor, Medicine
Associate Director, Sarver Heart Center
Associate Dean, Translational Research and Training
Director, Translational Research Program
Director, MD/PhD Dual Degree Program
Sandesh Dev, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine
Interim Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Gordon A. Ewy, MD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Director Emeritus, Sarver Heart Center
Kenneth Alan Fox, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Surgery
Joint Appointment Pediatrics
Steven Goldman, MD
Professor, Division of Cardiology
C. Leonard Pfeiffer Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center
David Hamilton, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Cardiology Fellowship Site Director, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson
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Mathew Hutchinson, MD, FACC, FHRS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Program, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson
Julia H. Indik, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Flinn Foundation and American Heart Association Endowed Chair in Electrophysiology and Heart Disease Research
Program Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Program
Rajesh Janardhanan, MD, MRCP, FACC, FASE
Professor, Medicine and Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Medical Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging, BUMC-T and BUMC-S
Director, Echocardiography, BUMC-T and BUMC-S
Elizabeth B. Juneman, MD
Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Medical Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson and South
Scott E. Klewer, MD
Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Professor, Pediatrics
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor, Medicine
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Saad Kubba, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine
Member, Sarver Heart Center
James K. Liao, MD, FACP, FACC
Chair, Department of Medicine
The Robert S. and Irene Flinn Endowed Chair in Medicine
Professor, Medicine
Member, Sarver Heart Center
Member, Graduate Faculty
Lorraine L. Mackstaller, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)
Omar Ziad Meziab, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar Track)
Talal Moukabary, MD
Clinical Professor, Medicine
Member, Sarver Heart Center
Medical Director, Cardiac Rehab and Pulmonary Rehab
Peter Ott, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
J.R. Exequiel “Keng” Pineda, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Interventional Cardiologist at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson (North and South Campus)
Nanda Pullela, MBBS
Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)
Franz Rischard, DO, MSc
Associate Dean, Clinical Research
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Professor, Medicine (Clinical Scholar Track)
Member, Sarver Heart Center
Member, Comprehensive Center for Pain & Addiction
William R. Roeske, MD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine & Pharmacology
Allan C. Hudson and Helen Lovaas Endowed Chair for Cardiovascular Imaging
Hesham Sadek, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Cardiology
Director, Sarver Heart Center
Professor, Medicine
Madhan Shanmugasundaram (Sundaram), MD
Associate Professor, Medicine
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Director of Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Cath Lab, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson
Amitoj Singh, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine and Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Marvin Slepian, MD, JD
Regents Professor of Medicine, Medical Imaging, Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Arizona Center for Accelerated Biomedical Innovation
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Sharanyah Srinivasan, MBBS
Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)
Jil C. Tardiff, MD, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor, Medicine
Steven M. Gootter Endowed Chair for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
Member, Sarver Heart Center and BIO5 Institute
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Carl W. Tong, MD, PhD
Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Member, Sarver Heart Center
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Administrative Staff
Christeana B. Castro
Lead, Medical Education Program
Program Coordinator, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Scott Hall
Clinical Associate Director, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Nephrology divisions, Department of Medicine
Health Care Partner
Research Staff
Gerrie P. Farman
Assistant Research Scientist, Sarver Heart Center
Jordan Lancaster, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Assistant Research Scientist, Sarver Heart Center