Heart Failure Therapy Staff
Our Heart Failure Therapy and Transplantation Team is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art evaluation and therapy for adult patients in various stages of congestive heart failure. Those with advanced symptoms will be evaluated for cardiac transplantation or investigational drug therapy. Our focus is the education of our patients and their families to become full participants in their own home care, improve their quality of life and subsequently reduce the need for repeated, long hospital stays.
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Andrew L. Smith, MD Medical Director, Heart Failure and Transplantation |
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J. David Vega, MD Program Director, Adult Transplantation |
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Wendy M. Book, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology |
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S. Raja Laskar, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiology |
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Jerre F. Lutz, MD Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology |
Patient referrals by physicians may be made by calling 404-778-5544 or the
Heart Center 24-hour Transfer Service at 1-800-43-HEART.







