Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty
EMERITUS PROFESSOR
Peter N. Temesy-Armos, M.D.
Faculty Appointment: Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Degree: MD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Residencies: Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Internal Medicine at
Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC
Fellowship: Cardiology at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Diseases
PROFESSORs
Mark W. Burket, M.D.
Faculty Appointments: Professor of Medicine, Director of Vascular Medicine, Director of Cardiovascular Research
Degree: MD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Residency: Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Fellowship: Cardiology at Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Diseases / Interventional Cardiology
Samer J. Khouri, M.D.
Faculty Appointments: Professor of Medicine, Interim Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Degree: MD, Damascus University College of Medicine, Damascus, Syria
Residency: Internal Medicine at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Fellowship: Cardiology at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Diseases / Echocardiography / Nuclear Cardiology
Christopher J. Cooper, M.D.
Faculty Appointments: Professor of Medicine
Degree: MD, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Residency: Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA
Fellowship: Cardiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Diseases / Interventional Cardiology
Ehab Eltahawy, M.D., M.P.H.
Faculty Appointments: Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief, Program Director of Cardiovascular Medicine
Fellowship and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Degrees: MD, Ain Shams University , Cairo, Egypt - MBBCh; MPH, University of Toledo/Bowling
Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Residency: Internal Medicine at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Fellowship: Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology at The University of Toledo,
Toledo, OH
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Disease / Interventional Cardiology / Nuclear
Cardiology / Echocardiography / Vascular Medicine / Endovascular Medicine
Blair P. Grubb, M.D.
Faculty Appointments: Distinguished University Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Director of Clinical
Electrophysiology Program (Pacing & RF ablation lab), Director of Clinical Autonomic
Disorders & Syncope Center
Degree: MD, Universidad Central Del Este, San Pedro, Dominican Republic
Residency: Internal Medicine at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Fellowships: Cardiology at Pennsylvania State University Hospital, Hershey, PA; Electrophysiology,
Pennsylvania State University Hospital, Hershey, PA
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Diseases
Associate Professors
Rajesh Gupta, M.D.
Faculty Appointment: Associate Professor of Medicine
Degree: MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency: Internal Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowships: Cardiovascular Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL; Interventional
Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Peripheral Vascular and
Structural Heart Interventions at Columbia; University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian
Hospital in New York
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Disease / Valvular Heart Disease and Interventional
Cardiology
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Steven T. Haller, Ph.D.
Faculty Appointments: Associate Professor of Medicine
Degrees: BS, Biology/Chemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH; MS, Molecular Basis of Disease,
Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, OH; PhD, Biomedical Sciences, University of Toledo
Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH
Fellowships: University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Department of Medicine; American Heart
Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
Clinical Specialty: Cardiovascular Research
Specialty Interests: Renal Artery Stenosis, Hypertension, Renal Fibrosis, Atherosclerosis
Research Interests: Ischemic Renal Disease, Cardiorenal Syndrome
David J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
Faculty Appointment: Associate Professor of Medicine
Degrees: BS, Biology at John Carroll University, University Heights, OH; MS, Biological Sciences
at Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH; PhD, Biomedical Sciences at Medical University
of Ohio, Toledo, OH
Fellowships: University of Toledo Health Science Center, Department of Medicine in Toledo, Ohio;
David and Lindsay Morgenthaler Endowed Fellowship at Lerner Research Institute
Clinical Specialty: Cardiovascular Research
Specialty Interests: Heart Failure, Kidney Failure, Hypertension, Atherosclerosis
Research Interests: Cardiorenal Syndrome
George V. Moukarbel, M.D.
Faculty Appointments: Professor of Medicine; Director of Heart Failure and LVAD Program; Associate Director
of Cardiovascular Fellowship Program
Degree: MD, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Residency: American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Fellowships: Heart Failure and Transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA;
Advanced Echocardiography at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Interventional
Cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Cardiac Structural and Peripheral
Vascular Interventions at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Paul Chacko, M.D.
Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor of Medicine
Degree: MD, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India and Ludhiana, India
Residency: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowships: Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH; Case Western Reserve University-MetroHealth
Campus, Cleveland, OH; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Board Certified: Internal Medicine-Electrophysiology / Echocardiography / Internal Medicine-Cardiology
/ Internal Medicine
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