Faculty and Staff - Division of Cardiology

Faculty

Tushar Acharya, MD, MPH Clinical Assistant Professor (520) 626-6453 tacharya@shc.arizona.edu

Sophia Airhart, MD Assistant Professor, UA College of Medicine - Tucson, Division of Cardiology Sophia.Airhart@bannerhealth.com

Joseph S. Alpert, MD Professor, Medicine (520) 405-8338 jalpert@email.arizona.edu

Rupa Bala, MD Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory (520) 626-6453 rbala@email.arizona.edu

Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA Assistant Professor, Medicine (520) 626-1933 kbreathett@shc.arizona.edu

Jennifer L. Cook, MD Associate Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track) Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program jencook@email.arizona.edu

Gordon A. Ewy, MD Professor Emeritus of Medicine Director Emeritus, UA Sarver Heart Center GAEWY1933@gmail.com

Mark J. Friedman, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Heart Failure Program and Cardiac Transplant Service The Thomas and Sabina Sullivan, Sr., Endowed Chair for the Prevention and Treatment of Heart Failure marktul@email.arizona.edu

Steven Goldman, MD Professor, Division of Cardiology C. Leonard Pfeiffer Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center (520) 626-2329 goldmans@email.arizona.edu

Carol Gregorio, PhD Co-Director, Sarver Heart Center Department Head, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Director, Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program Professor, BIO5 Institute Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology Vice Dean, Innovation and Development (520) 626-8113 gregorio@email.arizona.edu

Joel Holland Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine jholland52@email.arizona.edu

Joel B. Holland, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology (520) 626-3766 Joel.Holland@bannerhealth.com

Mathew Hutchinson, MD Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Program, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson mathewhutchinson@email.arizona.edu

Julia Indik, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Flinn Foundation and American Heart Association Endowed Chair in Electrophysiology and Heart Disease Research Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program (520) 626-6358 jindik@email.arizona.edu

Raj Janardhanan, MD, MRCP, FACC, FASE Professor, Medicine and Medical Imaging - (Clinical Scholar Track) Faculty Member, UA Division of Cardiology/UA Sarver Heart Center Medical Director, Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson Director, Echocardiography, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson rjanardhanan@email.arizona.edu

Elizabeth B. Juneman, MD Associate Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track) Member, UA Sarver Heart Center Director, Outpatient Cardiology, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson and South (520) 626-9512 ejuneman@email.arizona.edu

Arun S. Kannan, MD Fellow, Cardiovascular Disease akannan@deptofmed.arizona.edu

Charles Katzenberg, MD Clinical Professor, Medicine (520) 626-2448 ckatzenberg@shc.arizona.edu

Karl B. Kern, MD Professor, Medicine Co-director, UA Sarver Heart Center Chair, the Sarver Heart Center Resuscitation Research Group The Gordon A. Ewy, MD, Distinguished Endowed Chair for Cardiovascular Medicine, UA College of Medicine (520) 626-2477 kernk@email.arizona.edu

Scott E. Klewer, MD Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Professor, Medicine Professor, Pediatrics (520) 626-5585 sklewer@peds.arizona.edu

Tom Lassar, MD Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track) (520) 626-6453 lassart@email.arizona.edu

Kwan S. Lee, MD Associate Professor, Medicine Associate Chief, Division of Cardiology Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiology Clinic, Banner – University Medical Center South (520) 626-5346 kslee@email.arizona.edu

Kapildeo Lotun, MD Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track) Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Division of Cardiology Director, Structural Heart Disease Program and Vascular Medicine, UA Sarver Heart Center Director, Catheterization Laboratory at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson klotun@shc.arizona.edu

Frank I. Marcus, MD Professor Emeritus (520) 626-6262 fmarcus@email.arizona.edu

Peter Ott, MD Associate Professor, (Clinical Scholar Track) (520) 626-8615 pott@shc.arizona.edu

William R. Roeske, MD Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology Associate Chief for Finance, Cardiology Allan C. Hudson and Helen Lovaas Endowed Chair for Cardiovascular Imaging (520) 626-6221 wroeske@email.arizona.edu

Ranjith Shetty, MD Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track) Associate Director of Structural Heart Disease Associate Director of the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program (TAVR) (520) 626-6453 rshetty@email.arizona.edu

Marvin J. Slepian, MD Associate Department Head, Clinical / Industrial Affairs Clinical Professor, Biomedical Engineering Professor, BIO5 Institute Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Professor, Medical Imaging Professor, Medicine (520) 626-8543 slepian@email.arizona.edu

Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, PhD Director, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center Professor, Medicine, College of Medicine – Tucson Chief, Division of Cardiology (520) 626-2000 nancysweitzer@shc.arizona.edu

Jil C. Tardiff, MD, PhD Professor, Medicine Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Associate Chair for Research, Department of Medicine Steven M. Gootter Endowed Chair for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death Member, UA Sarver Heart Center and BIO5 Institute (520) 626-8001 jtardiff@email.arizona.edu

Huu Tam D. Truong, MD Assistant Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track) (520) 792-1450 truong@email.arizona.edu

Gerald A. Wolff, MD Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine gawolff@email.arizona.edu

Research Staff

Emilia Barraza Perez Research Specialist Research/Laboratory Assistant (520) 626-6044 emiliab@email.arizona.edu

Gerrie P Farman Assistant Research Scientist (520) 626-6051 gpfarman@email.arizona.edu

Trina D. Hughes Research Specialist, Senior (520) 626-0968 tdhughes@email.arizona.edu

Jordan Lancaster, PhD Assistant Research Scientist, Sarver Heart Center (520) 626-2939 lancaste@email.arizona.edu

Staff

Jennifer L. Bunger Program Coordinator (520) 626-2901 bungerj@email.arizona.edu

Christeana B. Castro Administrative Associate, Cardiology Fellowship Programs (520) 626-8927 christeanacastro@shc.arizona.edu

Monique Crawford, RN, MSN Clinical Coordinator, Structural Heart Disease Program (520) 626-2769 moniqueramirez@email.arizona.edu

Lorraine Glazar Clinical Division Senior Manager, Cardiology Clinical Division Senior Manager, Infectious Diseases (520) 626-5836 Lorraine.Glazar@bannerhealth.com

Dawn Henderson Administrative Assistant (520) 626-3766 dmhenderson@email.arizona.edu

Cheryl House, CFRE Senior Director, Development - Health Sciences (520) 626-6022 chouse@email.arizona.edu

Katie Maass Director of Communications/Public Education, Sarver Heart Center (520) 626-4083 kmaass@email.arizona.edu

Catherine MacDonald, BSN, MBA Associate Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Research (520) 626-4899 cmacdonald@email.arizona.edu

Gilbert M. Maldonado Assistant to the Director, Sarver Heart Center (520) 626-2000 gmaldona@email.arizona.edu

Dominica Padilla Administrative Assistant (520) 626-8615 dominicap@medadmin.arizona.edu

Charlotte E. Todd Business Manager, Senior (520) 626-6051 ctodd@email.arizona.edu

Mari D. Vayre Administrative Assistant (520) 626-1933 marivayre@email.arizona.edu