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

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Karima Addetia, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Francis Alenghat, MD, PhD

General Cardiology
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Zaid Aziz, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Trissa A. Babrowski, MD

Vascular Surgery
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Husam H. Balkhy, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)
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Andrew Beaser, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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John Blair, MD

Interventional Cardiology
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Bow Young Chung, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Michael H. Davidson, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Jeanne DeCara, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Chelsea Dorsey, MD

Vascular Surgery
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Kathleen Drinan, DO

General Cardiology
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Michael Earing, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Charles German, MD, MS

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Jonathan Grinstein, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Narutoshi Hibino, MD, PhD

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
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Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)
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Sara Kalantari, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Rohan Kalathiya, MD

Interventional Cardiology
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Gene Kim, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Hiroto Kitahara, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)
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Roberto M. Lang, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Ross Milner, MD

Vascular Surgery
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Sandeep Nathan, MD

Interventional Cardiology
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Ann Nguyen, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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David Onsager, MD

Thoracic Surgery
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Takeyoshi Ota, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)
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Cevher Ozcan, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Hena Patel, MD

Cardiac Imaging
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Jonathan D. Paul, MD

Interventional Cardiology
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Luka Pocivavsek, MD, PhD

Vascular Surgery
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Tamar Polonsky, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Christopher T. Salerno, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)
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Nitasha Sarswat, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Atman P. Shah, MD

Interventional Cardiology
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Christopher Skelly, MD

Vascular Surgery
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Jeremy A. Slivnick, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Bryan Smith, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Tae H. Song, MD

Thoracic Surgery
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Matthew Sorrentino, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Corey Tabit, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Gaurav A. Upadhyay, MD

Cardiac Electrophysiology
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R. Parker Ward, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Charina Alcain, DNP

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Mark Belkin, MD

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Kristen Hill, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Surya Kumar, MD

Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)
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Moira McDowell, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Kathy Nagle, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Lira Palen, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Kathy Rogien, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)
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Emilie Sauser, MSN

Cardiology (Heart Care)

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