2026 COURSE DIRECTORS
Bow (Ben) Chung, MD
Co-Course Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Manreet K. Kanwar, MD
Director, Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Center
Chicago, IL
2026 Faculty
Jeanne DeCara, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardio-Oncology Program
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Leo Gozdecki, DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Jonathan Grinstein, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Henry Huang, MD, FACC, FHRS
Professor of Medicine, Director of Electrophysiology
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Valluvan Jeevanadam, MD
Cynthia Chow Professor of Surgery
Director, Heart, and Vascular Center
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Gene H. Kim
Associate Professor
Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship Director
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Rachel Lavelle, PharmD, BCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Cardiology
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Nikhil Narang, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support at Endeavor Health
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Sandeep Nathan, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Director, Coronary Care Unit
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Ann Nguyen, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Hena Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Nitasha Sarswat, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Director, Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy Program
Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Transplantation
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Atman Shah, MD
Professor of Medicine, Clinical Director, Cardiology, Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Stanley Swat, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Nir Uriel, MD, Msc, FACC
Seymour, Paul and Gloria Milstein Professor of Medicine
Director of NYP Heart Failure, Heart Transplant & Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
