Faculty

Brief Bio

Radha Gopalan, MD
Radha Gopalan, MD

Program Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant

Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Fellowship: Drexel University College of Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology

Roderick Tung, MD
Roderick Tung, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiology

Medical School: Northwestern University Medical School
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Fellowships: Cardiovascular Disease, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Electrophysiology, Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Board Certifications: Internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology

Jamal Mahar, MD
Jamal Mahar, MD

Medical School: AGA Khan University
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Fellowships: Stanford University School of Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology

Anusha Sunkara, MD
Anusha Sunkara, MD

Medical School: NTR University of Health Sciences/Rangaraya Medical College
Residency: Houston Methodist Hospital
Fellowships: Houston Methodist Hospital
Board Certifications: Internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology

Gabrielle Rubin, MD
Gabrielle Rubin, MD

Medical School: Lake Erie College
Residency: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Fellowships: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Board Certifications: Internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology

Francisco Arabia, Sr., MD, MBA
Francisco Arabia, Sr., MD, MBA

Physician Executive Director, Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Banner Health

Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Tulane University School of Medicine
Fellowships: UA College of Medicine – Tucson and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Board Certifications: Surgery, thoracic and cardiac surgery

Ali Mehr, MD
Ali Mehr, MD

VA Core Faculty
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, UA College of Medicine – Phoenix
Director of Heart Failure Program, Phoenix VAHCS

Medical School: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Residency: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Fellowships: Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center (SA) and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, University of California San Francisco
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular disease, advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology

Marc Silver, MD
Marc Silver, MD

Medical School: Rush Medical School, Chicago, IL
Residency: Rush University, Chicago, IL
Fellowships: Cardiac Pathology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD; Cardiology, Rush University, Chicago, IL
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation