Transplant Center
UTAH CARDIAC
(Utah Transplant Affiliated Hospitals)
The University of Utah Hospital participates in UTAH Cardiac, which is one of the most successful collaborative Heart Transplant programs in the country. The UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program utilizes the specialized skills and resources of the four main Transplant Hospitals in Salt Lake City: University of Utah Hospital, VA Hospital, LDS Hospital and Primary Children’s Medical Center, to provide the highest level of clinical expertise to all patients with heart failure throughout the Intermountain West. The UTAH Cardiac Transplant program has one of the best survival rates in the country.
Feras M. Bader, M.D.
Locations| University Hospital | (801) 585-3693 |
| University Hospital | (801) 585-5122 |
Specialties: Cardiology, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant
David A. Bull, M.D.
Locations| University Hospital | (801) 581-5311 |
Specialties: Cardiac Mechanical Support, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Coronary Revascularization, Esophageal Surgery, Heart Transplant, Lung Cancer, Lung Transplant, Valvular Heart Disease
Georges Desjardins, M.D.
Specialties: Anesthesiology, Heart Transplant
Stavros G. Drakos, M.D., Ph.D.
Locations| University Hospital | (801) 585-5122 |
Specialties: Cardiac Mechanical Support, Cardiology, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant
Aaron W. Eckhauser, M.D., M.S.C.I
Specialties: Cardiac Mechanical Support, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Transplant, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Edward Michael Gilbert, M.D.
Locations| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | (208) 367-4278 |
| University Hospital | (801) 585-3693 |
| University Hospital | (801) 585-5122 |
Specialties: Cardiology, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant
Peter J. Gruber, M.D., Ph.D.
Locations| Primary Children's Medical Center | (801) 662-5566 |
Specialties: Cardiac Mechanical Support, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Transplant, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Aditya K. Kaza, M.D.
Locations| Primary Children's Medical Center | (801) 662-5566 |
Specialties: Cardiac Mechanical Support, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Transplant, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stephen McKellar, M.D., M.Sc.
Specialties: Cardiac Mechanical Support, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Coronary Revascularization, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Lung Transplant, Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery, Minimally Invasive Lung & Esophageal Surgery, Valvular Heart Disease
Kimberly M. Molina, M.D.
Locations| Primary Children's Medical Center | (801) 662-5400 |
Specialties: Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Pediatric Cardiology
Amit N. Patel, M.D., B.S., M.S.
Locations| University Hospital | (801) 587-7946 |
Specialties: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Failure, Heart Stem Cell Therapy, Heart Transplant, Lung Transplant, Valvular Heart Disease
Craig H. Selzman, M.D.
Locations| University Hospital | (801) 587-9348 |
Specialties: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Mechanical Support, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Coronary Revascularization, Heart Failure, Heart Stem Cell Therapy, Heart Transplant, Lung Transplant, Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery, Surgical Ventricular Restoration, Valvular Heart Disease
Josef Stehlik, M.D., M.P.H.
Locations| University Hospital | (801) 585-5122 |
| University Hospital | (801) 585-3693 |
Specialties: Cardiology, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant
A. Kirk Volkman, APRN
Locations| University Hospital | (801) 585-5122 |
Specialties: Cardiology, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Nurse Practitioner
Jill Stratford Waldron, M.S., APRN
Locations| University Hospital | (801) 585-5122 |
Specialties: Cardiology, Geriatrics, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Nurse Practitioner
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Drug Reference
- Dobutamine
- Hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata
- Milrinone
- Nesiritide, BNP
- Dopamine
- Inamrinone
- Nitroprusside
- Coenzyme Q-10
- Magnesium
- Bisoprolol
- Captopril
- Carvedilol
- Cyclosporine
- Digitoxin
- Digoxin
- Enalapril, Enalaprilat
- Ethacrynic Acid
- Hydralazine; Isosorbide Dinitrate, ISDN
- Lisinopril
- Metoprolol
- Muromonab-CD3
- Mycophenolate
- Nicardipine
- Nitroglycerin
- Quinapril
- Ramipril
- Valsartan
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